<human>: You'd think I'd know a thing or two about women by now, but I've been out of the dating scene for a long time now. 

Cut to the chase - I met a girl, passions flared, things escalated. IE - dates, sexy times, etc. A few weeks ago we ended up talking about life and love how lucky we both were to have finally found someone we're so compatible with. 

I *thought* we were moving in a particular direction, but it seems like I was wrong. Instead of spending more time together since then, we've spent a little less...Up until then we'd been IM'ing back and forth at all hours of the day & night, sometimes little silly things, and sometimes more serious stuff...but since our conversation about love that's tapered off. She hardly IM's me at all now. And where I'm always looking for time to spend with her, but she's mostly too busy. Mostly. 

But we had dinner together last night (her idea) and it seemed great. When I reached for her hand she was right there, when I kissed her goodnight she kissed back. We laughed & had a good time, and at the end of the evening I told her I've missed her & she said she's missed me too...and when I asked her if I should keep letting her know when I was available, because I didn't want to badger her, she said yes...

What it comes down to is - I feel like she's backed off a little, but I don't know if that's just my paranoia. I want more, but I don't want to push her or make a fool of myself - if she feels like it's getting too serious and she wants to back off a little...that's OK. 

So how do I tell her that I feel like she's taken a step back? How do I tell her that it's OK? Should I just relax & let it play out?

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<bot>: I get the feeling that my GF wants to back off a little, but I don't know how to broach the topic with her.