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[michelleg76]

sorry this is long...

I am a first year physics major at my university and I am during research with the cosmology dep. During one of the lab meetings, the professor asked us to go around and introduce ourselves. I noticed a guy I had never seen before, and when I finished introducing myself, he asked me what my name was even though I had just said it. When he introduced himself, I found out he was a grad student. After the meeting, the professor asked him to show a new guy around the labs, and before leaving, he asked me if I wanted to go. I said no because I had already seen them, and partly because I looked like hell from not getting enough sleep the previous night. I thought nothing of it (beside the fact that he was cute) for about a week or two.

Then, one day while at the lab, I went outside to make a phonecall and noticed he was across the patio also on the phone. He finished speaking first and went back inside his office, and I talked for about another 5 mins, and as I was hanging up, I noticed he came back outside, looked at me, and started walking in the direction of my lab. He had about a 5sec head start but slowed down and asked me my name again. We got to the lab, and didn't seem to have anything to do there so he sat down next to me and asked me a lot of questions ranging from "What are you doing?" to "Where are you from?" among other things. Then he asked me if I was going to the talk that was to be given later. I said i didn't know, and he said that he would drop by later. 20 mins before the lecture was going to start, he came back upstairs to my lab, and asked me if I was ready to go. He also mentioned that He was supposed to be TAing but was going to skip it with a mischevious smile. (also, he had to go really out of his way to get me before the lecture, his office is right next to where it was) So I went with him .

We got there early, and sat next to each other. We talked about various things like physics, music, his past experience living in the dorms, and mine, in between that, he casually asked me if I was 17 or 18. Turns out we have a lot in common except he is about 6-7 years older than me (I didn't really ask) after the talk, he asked me if I was going back to the lab, and I said yes. We walked back together and we chatted some more. He told me where his office was (though I already knew) and told me to come by anytime I wanted.

Later on, I emailed him telling him I was interested in working him. He emailed me back telling me he would like to meet up. so we did, and all he did was talk about his project (which I find fascinating, but I was hoping for something more) there were other people there, and it got kind of awkward after he showed me how everything worked so I just said i had to go and I would see him later. Before I left, he told me he would be giving a talk on his project and asked me to come. I said yes, but left right after. Later during the night, he emailed me saying He would like to meet with me again and do a better job of talking about my background and interests, and asked me if we could meet during the weekend. It was hard to schedule a time, and he just said "It's no rush" and that we would talk soon.

 

Idk what to think... He does things that make me think he is interested, but then again he could just be really nice. But he goes out of his way to get in contact with me, and we make each other laugh, and we have a lot in common... and then there is the age thing... I really like him what do i do?

[Dreamless Sleep]

You sound interested in him. Do you feel comfortable asking him if he would like to meet outside of school for a bite (or whatever you can come up with)?

 

Perhaps either your age or his own inhibitions are keeping him from moving to the next step. Sounds fun either way.

[River Rain]

If you like him, go for it! He's going out of his way to talk to you and meet up with you, so he's interested. Don't overthink it, just enjoy it.