I'm a bit weirded out today and wondering if I am over thinking but here goes....
I am a mature student and I have been flirting with another student over the last few weeks. Nothing major, just the twinkly eyed variety. We are both married and I just thought of it as harmless fun.
Today I asked him if there was anywhere close to buy a sandwich because the canteen is a bit grim. He replied if we had longer he would take me to a nice place, but we don't. So that was the end of that. I said to him 'I'll just nip out to train station and grab a sandwich. '
Next thing the lecturer told us we had 45 minutes. There was a bit of an awkward moment but he suggested we go for lunch. Ok, so it feels a bit odd just the two of us, but off we go.
The food was amazing btw! Anyway, he spend some of the time talking about his wife and family etc and I did the same too. To be honest he sounds like he has a lovely, charmed life and we really do live in different worlds. He even paid the bill (using company expenses apparently. )
We go back into class in the afternoon and things now feel really awkward 😥 I don't know how to explain it. I suppose we went from flirting to awkward, chummy pals.
I feel really embarrassed now, like I was coming onto him and he brushed me off, but it was just bit of flirting from both sides.
I'm overthinking this, aren't I? Maybe he just bruised my self esteem a little bit by plonking me firmly in the friends zone.
What do you think?