Last night I went for drinks with a couple of colleagues to celebrate the 65th birthday of a man at work - I am not there long and was fond of him (thought of him as a harmless type) and thought it'd be a nice thing to do. I am naturally very warm and open (but not flirty or touchy or whatever) and sometimes I get worried about what I attract. Anyway, he told me he was going to walk me to my door as he lives near me, and we chatted normall,y; I was actually talking about my husband. We stopped outside my house and he went in for a hug, and I hugged him back, and then when I pulled away from the hug he said "no, no, come back" and tried to launch in for a kiss on the lips.
So far, so dirty old man. But here's my worry: in the moment, I didn't tell him to go and f@@k himself, instead my thinking in the moment was "oh he's messing, this is a joke, I shouldn't get hysterical about it" and I let him touch my lips with his for about O.2 of a second. I then legged it, and a while later he texted saying "Sorry, didn't want to make you feel awkward. Actually I am not sorry, you tasted lovely" with a laughing emoji. I waited until this mornin and responded with "I am sure you were just messing, it's fine", just to let it pass and I suppose allow for the fact that he was being a drunk lonely old man who was waking up this morning mortified. I have to see him at work tomorrow and would really hate a vibe.
I guess though, I wonder why I didn't immediately in the moment think "this is inappropriate" and tell him what's what. I feel like a wimp. And I am annoyed about it.
Was I being unreasonable in the way I reacted? Be kind, please, I am a bit mentally vulnerable at the moment with another life stress I have going on.