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Does he really like me as much as I think he does?!


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I have a "friend" that I have known for about 9 years. 3 months ago he asked me for my number and we have had a very casual (just talking) relationship for the last 3 months. He is going through a lot emotionally. 42 years old and got out of a 12 year relationship a year and half ago with a really dysfuntional woman. I know that they DON'T want to reconcile. Anyways, they own a house together but aren't married and he isn't living in it right now. He has asked me out a couple of times but I am a single mom and the last time he flaked on me last minute. I also know that with the way the economy is work's slow for him and he lost his place he was living and is trying to figure all of that out. I saw him last week because he offered to help with a project and we got to spend a good couple of hours one on one talking. We had a really fun time together just shooting the ****, getting to know eachother a little more, and when we were leaving he told me that he really wants to take me out but that he has to move in the next couple of weeks and needs to sort a few things out. He then later txted me to tell me thanks for the thank you gift card i got him for helping me, asked how my day was, flirted a little, and told me he had a really good time with me. I guess I am just trying to figure out if he is a guy trying to get his life in order, and keep me out of all of his drama that he is going through. Maybe keeping me on the backburner cuz he likes me (I know that he is not a dog). I figure if he didn't have any romantic interest in me he wouldn't have said half of the things he did or be as flirty as he has been. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am kind of a newly single mom and not hip to the dating scene!

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I think you're exactly right in that he's an experienced adult who knows that he's not quite ready with his personal issues to start something with you, and I would say that he really wants to settle some things before bringing you fully into his life.

 

My best advice would be to keep it casual for a while and give him time to sort his issues, but let him know that you are interested in staying close (that is, if you are). Sure, keep texting him and stuff, but try not to rush anything.

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