Moved into new house share, live in landlord who is about 25 years my senior and a girl my age (mid 20s). I had him down as an eccentric gay man but it soon became clear he isn’t!
We ended up all chatting about dating gossip as the three of us are single. Keen to make a good impression, I gave him advice and listened intently to what he had to say - obviously just being friendly! It was mainly me and other flatmate giving him advice at this point.
Anyway it got quite late and other flatmate announced she had to go to bed. As nice as LL is, I really didn’t want to be stuck talking about his dating life one on one but thought it would be rude if I excused myself so stayed sitting and made a mental note to head to bed in a few minutes. Just before I did, he awkwardly sat holt upright and announced he had to nip to the shops to buy some breakfast food... obviously feeling the awkwardness too
I can’t help but think he thinks I like him/fancy him and was trying to extricate himself from the convo? I absolutely don’t but sometimes feel like kindness can be mistaken for this.