pirate73 Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) Hoping for some outsider perspective on this.... There is a single dad of my childs class buddy that I'm recently becoming very 'aware' of... and I'm not sure, but thinking he lingers around me a little. I have to admit when I first met him,(months ago), there was a 'moment or spark' but it quickly passed for me. He shook my hand and introduced himself, and every now and then we'd say hi in passing at the school. No biggie. Over the last few weeks, I have noticed we are pretty friendly now as parents tend to be... but on the last day of school before break, I happened to capture him hugging my child, (nothing weird, or pervie), looking back over the past few weeks I realized that he tends to make that 'extra' time for my child.. wether it's chatting, making a paper airplane, whatever... I never see him doing this for other children, other than his or mine. He has come up very close to me in the hallway to chat, and in an appropriate conversation, has lightly discussed how him and his ex-wife were not very compatible. He never not speaks with me, and often initiates conversation, and inquires further into anything I share... once I felt like I shared a little too much info, and shortly after apologized for 'the info overload', his response was to 'never worry about that with me', however, I never see him speaking with any of the other parents. On this same last day of school.. I asked him if my child had just hugged him, he said yes, that my child was sweet... I apologized, and stated jokingly with him and another nearby parent that my child was in the 'shopping phase', he said he knew as my child had revealed there was no dad... I made light of it, and joked it off a little with a good humorred apology again.. as he reached the end of the hallway, I caught him looking back at us. I know it is silly at my age.. but I have not dated in forever, and do not know the signs anymore... my gf thinks this guy showing interest in me, am i missing it, or is he just being the friendly and nice guy? Edited December 30, 2012 by pirate73
Angel Heart Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Sounds to me like he is trying to indicate an interest in you and is giving you signals that he likes you. He may just be too shy to reveal it outloud, but, it certainly seems he is revealing it through your time together and how he is with your child. I would suggest taking the initiative and ask him out for coffee and gauge his reaction. Or to suggest plans for a get together with the children may allow you to find out fairly easily if he is interested in you. I have just started to date a bit and it is different than when we were young. Just give yourself a chance to see if they're sparks to be had with him. No harm , no foul. Take a chance with him, what's the worse that could happen? Good luck.
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