How to move a friendship to relationship? Fun ideas, please

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I have a colleague/friend who is brilliant. Terrible crush has developed (on my side)but it would be complicated as we're both single parents and it's very difficult for either of us to get any free time. No opportunity for a casual "fancy a drink after work?" As both of us just can't do that.

I think we both like each other and if we were free spirits we'd have resolved this a long time ago. But I think given our personal lives, I've certainly been reticent as I have no idea how we would ever be able to spend any time together without our children.

So, how, in a small open plan office, in a fun way, do I move our friendship on?

Email him to suggest a lunchtime meet? Sandwiches in the park?! Local pub lunch?

Email him: Fancy a shag in the disabled toilet?

Invite him to the pictures with your kids.

Later on, suggest going to the pictures without your kids one time.

I'm dating a single parent (single parent myself) who works downstairs of me so it can happen! Do you both not have a day/night off when your exes have the children?

My lovely boyfriend gave me his name card with his mobile number on it after he found out I was a single parent. I didn't realise he was interested in me and gave the name card to me boss as I thought that was what he wanted me to do! Then he emailed me to ask when I was in the office next (I only go into office twice a week). I still had no clue and thought he wanted to discuss some work stuff. When I told him when I was in office next, he asked me out for a drink and I promptly fell off my chair when I read that!

We are very happy together at the moment! So maybe email to ask him if he is free for a drink after work one day? He will organise a babysitter if he is keen! Good luck!

Lunch would be great if I could prise him away from his desk!

My Ds is 3, his is a severely disabled teenager so tricky to find a common interest for them.

He takes himself and his work v. Seriously, but has a great sense of humour. Is there a funny way of getting attention ( notwithstanding asking for a shag!)

Aw angel! That's a lovely story!

Neither of us have an ex in the uk, so don't have any free time. Probably why we are both single!

What king of things does he do with his teenager? Would a trip to the park on a Saturday be a possibility?

We've talked about park trips as he's always looking for wheelchair friendly places to go. That might actually be a way to ask him out as we both love walking.

Hmmm... Dating a work colleague. Potential minefield. Also If it is impossible to prise him away from his desk for a lunch break, then I would suggest he does not have the headspace for the friendship to develop.

Also, as a single parent I would consider how to go about dating....
Is your family going to date his family? (like pp suggested a trip to cinema), or would you prefer to date him as an individual. In which case you need to sort yourself out with a babysitter.

Sorry I am not thinking of the fun ways to get things moving during office hours, but I think there are other things you need to think about first.

You have a massive crush on him... Is this because he is the onlyinteresting male you ever see? In which case refer to previous point, get a babysitter and go out and do interesting things with interesting people.

In that case, I think you need to ask him out for lunch... Email him and just ask if he fancies lunch one day? It's not THAT difficult... Damn, I might even send that email for you if you let me know his email address! Ha ha.

what about a trip to the zoo?

Bear in mind that it's quite possible this man doesn't want to date you. The thing about him being 'hard to prise away from his desk' suggests that he's aware you fancy him, doesn't reciprocate, but doesn't want to have to discuss it.