Short background: -Reasonably new relationship (couple months) -Strong chemical pull between us -She throws a few orange flags, but on balance is a cool, easy to get along with person and I can see potential for a future. -I tend to be fairly confident / aloof. Relatively high market value male by objective standards. -She seems pretty attached / maybe is not aware of her market value.

The case: (moderate gagging to follow) Had a tough day at work yesterday. Bought myself a bike for ridin' to work which I was pumped to show her. (she's into bikes) She was totally non excited / almost sarcastic about it. Felt like I was being knocked down / deflated. I realize I shouldn't give a shit. I even realized in the moment. Realizing it would appear, only gets you so far. I vaguely lost my shit, to an unreasonable extent. Not angry so much as just disappointed, you know? Like, is this chick always going to respond to my excitement like this? Forecasting eternal doom and all that. Anyway, it got so far as me saying shit like we should probably shut it down because we're not patient enough for eachother. (which there is prob more than a shred of truth to, I believe) I think mainly I was just ashamed and tired of dealing with myself and the pussy that I allow myself to become about things like this. I don't like that dude. Anyway, she wouldn't let me abandon ship and managed to apply the right mixture of tears and stuff to keep things going. (She even offered some bum stuff (only the second time we've done it and the third that she's done it period - fairly strong sign of submission / desire to hold on I guess) She's a crafty one. Thing is, I now feel a bit sketched about things as I fear she sees me as an emotional wang. (Reasonable - I have been for the last couple days)

The question: How does one come back from this? There is significant potential for a pretty cool relationship here and I would like to try to discover it.