Please can you help me to interpret these signs! I'm normally quite forthright and have been the one to initiate the 'I like you' chat with a couple of guys in the past, only to have been knocked back. So now I want him to be the one who makes the first move, if indeed he is interested.
Just for background, we both do busy intense jobs. He is more senior than me but not what you would call my boss.
So, we met at work last October and although I didn't find him attractive initially (consciously), I was sure I had met him before and said this to him. And he said he felt exactly the same.
Since then we have become what I would say is close. We have worked long shifts together when it has just been the two of us for a few days in a row. We have had lots of intimate chats and I feel like we have got very close very quickly.
For context, he went to a single sex school and has 2 brothers. He is the eldest. He has referred to a couple of female friends who are in relationships.
We didn't see each other for 3 weeks and during that time apart I realised how strongly I felt about him. When we met again at work the rapport and banter was straight back to where it was before - i.e., close, intimate chats.
He teases me sometimes and thinks about me when we're apart to the extent that he reflects on our conversations and will bring things up again from previous chats.
But, his pupils don't dilate when he sees me. I'm sure mine are great big saucers!
He is always complimenting me on how nice and kind I am, etc.
Do you think he likes me?
I should add that we're in our mid to late 30s so this is not a teen crush!
Any thoughts or insight into the male brain is desperately sought please! Thanks.