I have noone I can trust this with IRL hence posting on here. I've seen a couple of similar threads, but could really need some advice.
I met a man through a mutual hobby and it was evident that we were attracted to each other. He's been single a long time, but I was married at the time and have two teenage children.
Through this hobby we've met on a regular basis and developed a friendship. At times it seemed clear this man was interested in me as more than a friend, at other times he seemed to back right off. He's difficult to read as he's very introverted and I suspect may be on the autistic spectrum. However, whilst I was married nothing happened, but he did spend more time with me than with others in our hobby group.
I've since split with my husband. I only in the last few days told a select group of people from my hobby (including this man) of my split after we'd been away for a weekend together. During the weekend my friend was giving mixed messages, but overall seemed to be avoiding me a little giving me the impression he's no longer interested (if he ever was in the first place).
Then today I've been browsing an online dating site and found my friend's profile on there (under a false name, but the pic was very definitely him) and it showed that he's been recently active.
Now I know, he's single, he can date other people, but I was kind of hanging in there hoping that now I'm single he might take a bit more interest in me again. It's a very long time since I've been single (and when I was younger I pretty much went from one LTR straight into the next, so I've no experience of the dating game).
How do I get him to notice me? Don't tell me to ask him on a date. We meet on a regular basis and often spend time alone together, but I seem to have been "friend-zoned" and I don't know how to get out of it!