So, about 3 months ago, on my friend's stag night, I met a girl who had literally just come out of a 4 year relationship. We hit it off, had a fun night (although she wasn't looking for another man!), swapped numbers and kept in touch. She lives about 200 miles away so it's not like we can see each other all the time. We talked almost every day, and managed to see each other a few times too. Basically we got very close. But, we both knew her situation and never wanted anything complicated to happen. Sadly we fell for each other and when you've just come out of a painful breakup the last thing you want is to go straight into another one. So I agreed to give her space, either to forget about me or to get over the ex. It's killing me every day not to talk to her (I'm not texting or calling, to try to minimise the complication) but I still feel very strongly for her.

So far, it's been a week, which doesn't sound long, but then we've only known each other for about 12 anyway, so it's suddenly a large percentage.

Just wondered if you all think leaving her be is the best thing. The last thing I want is to hound her and scare her off, but do you think she'll ever put the ex behind her and come back to me?

EDIT: She knows how I feel about her; that's part of the complication. Falling for someone so soon after another relationship ended. We both knew this, but guess we met at the wrong time.