A straight gut-check

Is he (or she) losing interest?

Losing interest usually shows up as a downward pattern, not a single cold day: replies getting slower AND shorter AND less curious about you, over weeks. One off day is just an off day.

Trust the trend over the exception. And if the pattern is real, a direct "where's your head at with us?" beats months of decoding. You deserve an answer, not a guessing game.

These are the patterns — your situation has its own details. Tell Sided what happened and it gives you a straight, private read: are you overreacting, reading it right, or missing something.

More gut-checks

• Am I overreacting
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• stop overthinking a text
• it normal to fight this much
• hasn't he (or she) texted back
• Should I text first