A colleague is trying to set me up with her son and I'm not interested whatsoever.
I (mid 30s) came out of a long term relationship earlier in the year and now live alone. Since my break up, my colleague (female in her 50s) kept asking me round to dinner. I don't want to go because I'm a total introvert and also see her more as a colleague than someone I want to socialize with as we don't have a huge amount in common, but I eventually run out of excuses and end up going out of politeness.
While I'm round at hers, I chat a bit with her son who's around my age and lives with her. Just polite small talk.
A few days later at work, she takes me aside and asks if it would be ok to pass on my number to her son, and that she was going to suggest to him that he takes me out to the cinema. I felt so awkward! I'm not into him at all. I mumbled something about not being ready for a relationship and left.
Later in the evening she text me saying she wasn't trying to set me up, but that me and him are in similar positions, hurting from a previous relationship, and it could be good for us to hang out.
How do I tell her I'm not interested without offending her? I'm kind of annoyed that I've been put in this position but I suppose her heart is in the right place. I have to work closely with her several days a week so I don't want things to feel awkward, but I really do want to be left to my own devices, it's made me feel like a charity case a bit.
Btw, this colleague is rather sensitive and takes offense easily.