Will this make me seem like a weirdo?

[NotAWeirdo]

NC for this. I met a really lovely woman through work recently. We worked closely for a brief time and hit it off and had lots in common.

We emailed and messaged a lot throughout the project and got to know each other quite well but it has finished now and we have no reason to be in touch any longer.

I know she has some time off over the summer with her children and so do I (our kids are a similar age).

Would it be weird if I messaged her to see if she wanted to meet up with the kids? She lives about 1.5 hours from me so it would be a day trip and not like we will bump into each other by chance.

Would you find it odd if someone did this?

I felt like we had the potential to be friends but don’t want to seem like a complete weirdo!

I wouldn’t think you were a weirdo, she can either accept or decline. I’ve met some really great friends through work.

Okay that's encouraging thanks!

Not sure how to word the message, I'm probably overthinking it.

Just word it how you've worded it here! Casual, friendly. I'd have no problem receiving a message like that, not weird at all. Good luck!

I'd definitely ask. Cold you not say something like, hope you are enjoying your time off, let me know if you fancy getting together with the kids sometime?

I’d call that making friends, not being a weirdo. Go for it

Not weird at all. I've just been asked this today by someone in similar circumstances and thought it was a lovely idea. We're meeting next week

Could you meet half-way (geographically) so each of you only travels for 45 mins which isn't so big a thing?

I'd be thrilled if someone made the effort to keep in touch.

I wouldn't think you were weird at all- I once took mobile number of a lady I got chatting to on a bus who I got on well with!!

Thanks for the encouragement. I am quite shy with stuff like this.

Sorry if this is a drip feed but I forgot to mention we have never actually met IRL. Everything was over Teams or email.

A woman began working at my workplace in March 2020 and we had a lot of meetings over Zoom, but when we went back 'properly' last September I messaged her to meet for a coffee and chat and now we regularly do that.