Dear Thelma: We are very close but our relationship is going nowhere

I'M a 20-year-old girl who is in love with a 28-year-old Pakistani man who is currently working in the United Arab Emirates. He's been to Malaysia before, in early 2017, but I never met him in my life.

We exchanged our WhatsApp numbers in December 2017 and we are also connected through Instagram. This man, A, has always shared all his problems and secrets, etc, with me.