6 weeks of dating, now 6 days of silence after a hard week. Looking for honest perspective
I (24M) have been seeing a girl (23F) for about six weeks. We met on Hinge, and we both admitted we don’t really do that kind of thing very often, but we pushed through and ended up hitting it off. Several dates in, we’ve been intimate, she’s stayed over, met my pet, and things felt genuinely warm. She’s a very nice, sweet, respectful girl, which is part of why this has thrown me.
She relocated to my area a couple months ago and lives with family. She’s mentioned a past relationship where she was love bombed, so I’ve intentionally kept things low pressure. Early on she was very warm and consistent. She initiated affection verbally, used pet names, and talked about wanting to see me more. She’s never been the one to initiate plans, but always responded enthusiastically when I did.
I’ve really connected with this girl. We have similar plans for the future in terms of where we eventually want to move, and we both want to get more into hiking, so our personalities and lifestyles seem like they’d fit well together. That’s part of why this situation has been so confusing.
Over the past two weeks her communication dropped off significantly. She does physically demanding cleaning work, and a family member who normally shares the load had to travel out of state for a family loss, so her workload roughly doubled. On top of that, the heat where we live has been brutal lately, which makes the physical work even more draining, and she’s been dealing with a recurring health issue. She’s been coming home completely wiped out. Then she went almost completely silent. It’s now been six days with no response to my last two texts, which were a simple “I miss you, are you free this weekend?” and a check-in asking if she was okay. She’s been minimally active online during this time but hasn’t reached out. I haven’t sent anything further. My plan is to send one final low pressure message at the one week mark and then leave the ball in her court. Is that the right move, or am I misreading this? Looking for honest outside perspective.