I just got back yesterday from a 2 week pre-college program. It was a small program at a small college. My class was 4 people and the other class was 7 people. We all lived on the same floor and we spent a lot of time together. I connected the most with 2 people, let’s call them A and B. A lives 3.5 hours away from me, wants to go to a small college that doesn’t interest me at all, and will be going to college in 2016 as a junior (he has lots of college credits). I got his number, we’re friends on Facebook, and we follow eachother on Instagram. B lives 1.5 hours away from me so that’s not really a problem. However, throughout the program, when people asked for his contact information, he kept deflecting and/or saying he doesn’t use social media. He told me that he thinks it is pointless to try to stay in touch because he will never see any of us again. I know that he uses Facebook because he became Facebook friends with our RA. When another student and I added him on Facebook, he repeated that he won’t accept anyone’s friend requests. On the second to last day he told me that he might accept mine. On the last day he said he will accept mine. I feel like he was just saying that and he won’t actually accept it. How long should I wait for him to accept my request until I give up on him?
Should I even stay in touch with them? Like B said, I probably will never see them again.
If I do keep talking to them and we just become closer, won’t that make it even sadder when we eventually stop talking? What should I do?