For future relationships, you should be aware that your anxiety & internal gauge for what is appropriate in terms of texting is going to turn off all but the most needy of women. Please read about anxious attachment bc it may apply to you bc you’re going to sabotage future dating opportunities with your current mindset.

It should be stated I'm not bombarding her with texts. I'm intentionally waiting more than an hour in between texts to NOT bombard her. I sent her no more than 3 texts in the morning

You actually were bombarding her with texts. You’ve met once. She had a late night & you’re already triple texting in the morning?! If you’re watching the clock to see how long it is before you can text again, you’re texting too much. If someone doesn’t text you immediately (within the same day), a health response is that the person is busy. If it goes longer, the person may not share your level of interest, but multi-texting isn’t going to increase their interest. It’s an abnormal response to presume someone isn’t into you if they don’t respond in 1 hr, and then to assume they’re dead or have technical problems if they don’t respond in 2 hrs. Not responding for a day when you’ve just seen someone & they know you have plans isn’t ghosting & by accusing her of that you come across as high maintenance and clingy.

An hour goes by, no response. So I say "did you end up finding something to do throughout today?" 2 hours go by, no response. So I send a gif of Jim Halpert passing out at his desk from boredom. 90 minutes go by, no response. So I send "are you still alive out there?"

This type of passive aggressive exchange is an immediate turn off. If she didn’t get a chance to respond to the first text, sending memes and are you dead messages is immature. (If she’s dead, she can’t reply & you know she hasn’t died recently since you’ve stalked her and know she’s been online.)