I have this guy friend for a little over 10 years. I learned early on in our friendship that I can not just go up to him and stat a conversation because it throws him off since I believe he plans on what he is going to say to me ahead of time. We see each other through volunteer 3xs a week for ~10 years. The 1st time he approached me he interrupted my conversation to ask how old I was. I said 18. He said "AAAAWWW!!! Too old!!!" And walked away (I am 2 years older than him). We've been good friends ever since with a few hiccups but he has never disrespected me and only said "no" to me once (when I asked him if he and his now ex girlfriend wanted to come over. That was soon before he broke up with her. They weren't together long.)
I guess my biggest problem with him is I do not know how to react to him when he flirts with me. He winked at me a month ago and I just didn't know what to do. He does other stuff as well like stare at me until I stare but then he turns away smiling.
He tends to be right about things and always puts his foot forward when it comes to me. Like recently I asked him to stop mentioning my ex (he does it a lot. Why? My ex and I broken up a year ago. I want to forget him.) And he agreed to. If anything bothers me he tries to fix it. If I ask him to change something he does. I feel almost as if I'm in a relationship with him already. We never slept together, kissed, hugged for long periods of time nothing but he always finds ways to touch me. I told him early on that I would know someone is my husband bc he would wait until marriage to even kiss me and he respects that.
Now that he and his girlfriend have been broken up for about 5 months now. What should I do to progress this into a relationship? He doesn't tend to talk about his feelings.. Do I have to wait another 10 years until he does something? His flirts catch me off guard.. every.. single. time. Why did he mention my ex all the time? I only have 1 ex.
Thank You!
