Reminiscing

After the as real as it gets post I started reminiscing about my past relationships and what happened in them in regard to my behavior. I didn't get very far because I started and stopped with R. (the mythological ex, not the recent one).
Eons past since and I still remember a lot of things from that relationship. The relevant item from that relationship to the present is the fact that R. was attracted t0 me when I acted grownup: I was serious and kept a level headed approach to things. I was able to answer and give solutions to life's little troubles. The kind of trouble that hit you on an idle Tuesday afternoon. It was very rare behavior for me back then, and not because I wasn't capable but because I, simply, didn't want to behave like one. I was still in my early 20s and I wanted to have fun, the more the better and goofing around was about the only thing that I really wanted to do. After we broke up and stayed friends, there was a period in which I acted responsible and grownup. This behavior lasted until one evening when I was at her house she asked me: "Are you trying to make me fall in love with you?". Since I'm an honest guy I told her that I wasn't ;-) I never understood why, but I stopped behaving like a responsible grownup after she asked the question ... burying any chance of getting back together.