If a guy wants to go for coffee, is it a casual hangout or there’s an interest?

[Anonymous]

Long story short my former intern keeps in touch w/ me to ask if it’s alright to add me as his reference as he is out job hunting. Once he mentioned that we should go for coffee or do lunch sometime if I was ever free. I was unable. Then time passed and fast forward to now he brought up that it would be nice to meetup for coffee and to find some time where we don’t have to rush, that we have at least 2 hours to catchup.

Is this casual?

[SnowedIn]

I'm reading the other three previously posted comments and I'm just not sensing a date or sex vibe from this.

It is entirely reasonable for a previous intern to ask for coffee or lunch. My bosses have this happen all the time.

It is equally reasonable for an intern to be specific enough to request two hours (whether or not you have two hours to spare is another matter). Two hours is very reasonable. Catching up can take that long. Add in the basics of having lunch or getting the coffee and the tangents that conversations can take.

Not unreasonable and, absent something I'm missing, not intentions other than catch up.

[SnowedIn]

Thank you for MHO!

[Asker]

You are most welcome

[SlothySlob]

To an extent I'd say it's because he wants sex, on the other hand it's completely possible that he want to keep in touch to maintain a good will, in the sense of networking.
You married or have a partner?

[Danny_dan92]

That’s typically what people call a date. So what does that tell you?

[spartan55]

Are either of you in relationships?