A girl I fancy has started ignoring me after a minor argument – it was going so well

DEAR DEIDRE: AFTER a minor argument, a girl I really like has stopped replying to my texts.

I am 19 and she is 18.

We met through a mutual friend a month ago and I thought everything was going well.

But we had a minor argument about where we were going to meet up for a night out and she just stormed off.

She says it has come between us.

I thought she was going to stop seeing me, but we carried on messaging each other every day for a couple of weeks.

Now, out of the blue, she has stopped responding to any of my texts.

She used to reply within minutes.

I know she still reads them, so I don’t know what is going on.

I really like this girl and thought we would become exclusive soon.

I am unsure whether to text her or not. What should I do?

DEIDRE SAYS: Feelings can be very intense during our teens, but you and this girl haven’t spent a lot of time together face-to-face.

It may be best to accept she is cooling – and perhaps her life has changed in some way.

Build up contact with other friends so you are not so reliant on her.