I just told a girl I don’t want to be in a relationship

Before i went solo backpacking in Thailand i came across a girl on the dating apps: let’s call here Sarah. Sarah and I had a lot of similarities, same kind of humour and Sarah was very sweet towards me, something I never had experienced before because my first relationship was very toxic. We chatted a lot and we even met before my trip and during my 2 week solo travelling we kept chatting and after my trip we went together on a date. It was such a fun day where we told stories and bought old vinyls on a market and in the end I kissed Sarah for the first time.

We saw each other 3 more times that week and the last time that week things got sexy and yes the deed was done. We kept seeing each other weekly but I didn’t feel any butterflies, but I thought to myself that will come later. Sarah was in the meantime anything I could wish, giving me presents and being super nice by cooking and loving me, but I didn’t feel the same.

So today after 2 months I talked to Sarah and told her I didn’t had the same feelings for her and it made me stressed because I didn’t and I told her I don’t want to disappoint her in the future, I told her I want to stay friends because we have so much common interest and i love spending time with her.

I want to add that we are both in a different time of our life’s. I want to travel the world and live abroad while she I looking for an safe environment and looking for an good education . I think I did the correct thing by being honest to her, and I hope we can still be friends.