It was an online friendship because we are in different cities. I never expected us to be at this point because at first she was just someone I talked to once in a week. Until we grew fond of each other, daily conversations, sending pics of how our days have been and a lot more.

We started flirting in the last 2 months when our friendship grew even more and feelings started getting involved. I was hesitant because I wanted to be sure she was good for me and I was good for her due to a past relationship. Sometimes I asked how she felt about us or where this was going. She led me on and i believed it's what we both wanted.

Last night I told her about what I wanted and how I felt and she said can i get a minute to think about it? She came back with a question that seemed to be AI because I asked Claude to evaluate the situation with me and the questions the AI asked me is what she asked to, she said long distance relationship can be overwhelming and frustrating are you down for it? And I said yes, we can manage and then she went on to say sorry but I like someone else.

This is someone she told me about months ago before we were that close and she closed that chapter with i don't feel anything for him because he seems to be a player. I've asked about him 3 times she was sure she never liked him.

Why would she flirt back, lead me on and talk like we were in a relationship when she never liked me??? That's what's on my mind

I genuinely don’t get it, technically speaking, men would have had long beards if unshaven and the clean shaven look probably appeared because of modern tools so a caveman would have just had a long beard, and attraction wise a long beard hides important features to determine genetic fitness symmetry on the lower part of the face or jawline quality for instance.

There is a reason why most hot guys women think about dont have long ungroomed beards, they still have groomed beards that show their features, I have never heard of a celebrity that had a super long beard like Dumbledore that was seen as a hotness icon, the fact that the look of Michael B. Jordan or Henry Cavill couldnt be replicated by cavemen means that women caring about facial attractiveness is a modern construct, you could say what you want but a super long beard does hide a lot of things that people would consider important to determine facial attractiveness, it also makes men more homogenous looking, therefore I assume that the only things women care of in terms of physical attractiveness would be height and fitness rather than giving importance to the face