Absolutely. I didn’t intend to whine about it. I’m enjoying the process very much, no matter how long it takes. There are so many triumphs involved, new chords, new srtumms, new songs and each one is a grin well earned. 
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Thanks for clearing that up! 
I’ve heard and read about calluses that will help. I’ve been playing almost four months now and have no calluses. Instead the tips of my fingers are numb-ish. Is that normal or am I completely doing something wrong?
I can’t help but think the calluses will come in time.
For me. After playing daily for 5 years now. I do have calluses, though they seem to have gone away to a degree and where my finger contacts the string is just kinda hard skin w/kinda calluses. Numb would be a good way to describe how my finger tips feel on my fretting hand. If not numb, then I just describe them as feeling different than my non fretting hand. Not really hurting.
If my fingers do feel any pain from fretting (like perhaps from playing for several hours straight). My relief comes from petting my cat. The nice soft fur of a cat seems to make my finger tips feel better.
So if ya got that finger tip pain, pet your fur baby. It feels good! Your fur baby will agree. The petting feels good to them too… 
This means your skin has thickened, making it less sensitive. Which basically is what getting calluses is about. Some develop thicker calluses than others. So no, no need to worry.
Thanks, good to know.
Hi @Earthshine
I have a bit of a combination of Lady’s and HappyCat’s comments.
When I have a tingly and almost over-sensitive finger tip, then I have what @HappyCat mentioned. I give my fingers a bit of a break and either play differently or not much. In this case, my nerves are over-stimulated and nothing feels quite right. I try to protect my fingers a bit.
In the other case, my finger tips feel more like the skin is thicker, almost like the bottoms of your feet. The sensitivity is reduced, but no tingly over-sensitive feel. this is what @LadyOfTheCastle mentions. This is the case where your callus is building and you don’t feel the need to protect your finger tips.
I got the really sensitive case when I started to work on sliding notes up and down the strings and also the early stages of blues bends.
I don’t worry about the skin toughness case becasue it is so far generally beneficial by allowing my fingers to fret more cleanly, slide up and down without a lot of tenderness, and play longer before the over-stimulated feel sets in.