I have a hard time believing that the story we got is all there is to the story, and I think that once he hit on her at work he established a context where any other romantic attention should get flagged. By hitting on her at work he disqualified himself from the group of people allowed to swipe on her because for others it is the start of an interaction whereas he already had his romantic interaction with her and it ended in a no, so trying to revive it is part of an ongoing interaction that should not exist.
Basically, it's not the same for him to swipe right on her as it is for a random person who carries no baggage to do so.
And also... when I was becoming a teenager I was told that one of the reasons I should Guard My Chastity [tm] is that once I had sex with one boy I had no standing to turn any others down. I never thought that made sense, really, whether about sex or kisses or invitations or anything else in the realm of romance/sexuality.
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I have a hard time believing that the story we got is all there is to the story, and I think that once he hit on her at work he established a context where any other romantic attention should get flagged. By hitting on her at work he disqualified himself from the group of people allowed to swipe on her because for others it is the start of an interaction whereas he already had his romantic interaction with her and it ended in a no, so trying to revive it is part of an ongoing interaction that should not exist.
Basically, it's not the same for him to swipe right on her as it is for a random person who carries no baggage to do so.
And also... when I was becoming a teenager I was told that one of the reasons I should Guard My Chastity [tm] is that once I had sex with one boy I had no standing to turn any others down. I never thought that made sense, really, whether about sex or kisses or invitations or anything else in the realm of romance/sexuality.