prettypenny Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 [sIZE=2]I know this has been brought up a million times, but I need some advice/opinions.[/sIZE] [sIZE=2]I met Joe about nine months ago when I started working with him at a grocery store. We are both cashiers. He has known my sister for 7 years, and she had told me before I started working there that he was a nice guy. For several months, we worked together alot in the evenings, and when things got slow, we would talk. He talked to me about school, and what he is hoping to accomplish in his life, about his faith, and some "medical issues" that I don't think he would tell everyone. We would also joke around and pick on each other (rubber band fights!). I started to become interested in him, but I thought I must be crazy - I am in my 40's, he has to be around 20 years younger than me. I went through alot of guilt about it, and fought how I was feeling about him. "If only I could meet someone like him around my age"![/sIZE] [sIZE=2]In early spring, I started working mostly days and we would only see each other in passing. The last two months though, we have started working together again (he is out of college for the summer, so he works some days, and I work occasional evenings with him). I began to accept that it was OK if I have feelings for him, he is an ADULT. In these past two months, I have noticed an increase of attention from him. He picks on me all the time, hangs out at my register all the time when we aren't busy. He told me one day he wouldn't have a chance to pick on me for a while, because we didn't work together the rest of the week (meaning, he had checked out my schedule!). He has introduced me to two of his brothers. He has come to me when I have been upset and tried to cheer me up or to find out what was going on. He has started getting as close to me as he can, trying to put things in my pocket, putting his arm around me. The other day he put his back to me and was blocking the time clock, and I put my hand on his arm (and left it there!) and was trying to make him move...he didn't react, he didn't pull away. One day he pouted when I told him I was leaving for the day, and wouldn't tell me why.[/sIZE] [sIZE=2]A co-worker started commenting a month or so ago that Joe flirts with me all the time, and "if I don't see that he has a crush on me, I must be blind". Do I think he flirts with me? Yes...just like I know that I flirt with him. I don't know if it means anything, if he does "have a crush" on me or not. I am not blind...I am afraid to believe he does just to find out he doesn't! [/sIZE]
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