Guy I'm dating is moving slow as a turtle.... Is he interested or not?

Anonymous
I met this guy at work approximately four months ago and we've been on maybe 4-5 dates. He's very much a gentlemen, we have fun on dates and speak fairly frequently however, he is just not asking me out on a consistent basis. I'm not sure what to think of the situation. I'm OK with moving slow but we are moving super slow.

In my mind I assumed that he was dating someone else or maybe losing interest in me so I pulled back. He confronted me and we had the "talk" about my change in attitude. I simply explained that I thought he wasn't interested so I backed off to keep things from getting awkward. He swears he is interested so I'm just confused as to why we are moving so slowly. It should be noted that he is very shy and the last relationship was kinda crazy. I can understand that he may be leery about rushing into something but we're talking about dating not getting married. I just don't get it.

Any thoughts? Am I wasting my time here or do you think he's actually interested. I really do like him but I don't want to waste my time if its going nowhere.
Guy I'm dating is moving slow as a turtle.... Is he interested or not?
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