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Am I barking up the wrong tree?

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Entomologymum · 17/01/2020 11:40

I might be...I'm reasonably recently separated and out of practice!

There is a man I know a little through work. I've had a feeling since we first met that he fancied me although up until recently I was too preoccupied with what was going on in my horrible marriage to give it much thought other than a passing 'oh you fancy me'

Recently we have talked a bit more and I realised that actually yes I do REALLY fancy him. He is quite gentle and quiet (the absolute polar opposite of my ex) and I am a classic introvert so I feel like we are doing a bit of a dance around each other. When we do talk often the conversation tails off and we are just looking into each other's eyes and then it becomes a bit awkward. And when I'm talking to other people I can see him staring at me the whole time in my peripheral vision.

I know he has children a bit older than mine but I don't know whether he has a partner. I have been waving my wedding ring free hand around like a complete lunatic Blush.

Anyway last week we were talking about a gallery I had been to (absolute miles away pain to get to) and ended up emailing him the details. The other day he came and found me to say thanks and said 'We're going to go' so I thought ok...there's the wife I will bow out graciously. But then he said 'Yeah I was telling my dad about it and we're going to go'. I thought he might be indirectly trying to tell me he doesn't have a partner. Do I need you all to give me a collective head wobble or could I be onto something here?

What to do? I think a very direct approach might scare him off (and that would be so far out of my comfort zone) plus as we are in the same workplace it will be awkward if I'm totally off the mark. There is an opportunity for me to take on another responsibility at work that would mean we were in more contact.

I apologise for the long teenage post but it's been 15 years since I've had to deal with anything like this!

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IvyBush123 · 17/01/2020 11:48

I am pretty extroverted. I would tell him I was going to the gallery the very same day, ask him if we go there together and ask him and his Dad if the wanted a coffee after that.

hellsbellsmelons · 17/01/2020 11:49

There's only one way to find out OP!!!
Deep breath!
Shoulders back.
Chest out.
'Hi, hows it going? Fancy getting a coffee a bit later?'
Job done!

loopery · 17/01/2020 11:52

Do you know anybody else who knows him? Find out in an indirect way

Entomologymum · 17/01/2020 13:01

Ok thanks I was afraid you would all say something along those lines Grin IvyBush123 I admire your extroversion! I'd usually have to be drunk to do something like that. Even prior to ex-DH almost all my boyfriends were very confident outgoing types (and arses) so this is foreign territory. Looks like I need to woman up!

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