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I have been noticing this guy around work. He works in a different department to me and sometimes when we made eye contact, he would smile and hold his gaze. I would always be the first one to break eye contact. I eventually said hi to him and after that, he ignored me and avoided looking at me, like actually turning his head in the opposite direction.

Recently, he has started saying hi to me (he is the first one to say it) and I plucked up the courage to have a proper conversation with him, where I introduced myself.

The whole time, he had a big smile on his face and was fidgeting and moving closer towards me. He asked where I work and I told him which department and what time I finish. He said twice that he would have to come and check out my area.

The same day, my colleagues said they saw him walking past our office (10 mins after I left) and glaring into the office the whole time. And I’ve never seen him near our office.

Today, we said hi twice and the second time, he gave me a big smile when he saw me. When I was sat down in the canteen, I could see his reflection in the window and it looked like he was looking at me/in my direction.

Should I be turned off by my online friend? Or am I overthinking this? So I’ve had an online friend for a few years and he started wishing me a happy birthday every year after we got to know each other a little better. There were times where he would & I wouldn’t, when that were the case, he’d follow up a few days or maybe a week after saying I forgot it was his birthday (more subtly). Last year, he wished me a happy belated & this year I decided to also be more laid back. I just asked him if he had a good birthday maybe a day or two after it actually happened, I sent him that message after he followed up with me about something else. He leaves me on read yet continues to view my IG stories. This has always been the case, he’s always one of the first to see my stories but may go weeks without msging me. A few years back, he’d literally go weeks without replying but will be the first person to see my stories or comment. But when I’d take long to get back to him, he’d *jokingly* say that I’m ignoring him or ask if I’m busy. Honestly I don’t feel like I did anything wrong so I don’t see the need to reach out, it just seems hypocritical. You can be busy but I can’t? He hasn’t made a comment like that in years & his response time has gotten better but it’s been almost 5 months & I haven’t heard from him. I have a tendency to delete people when my frustration has built up, I don’t know if it’s an avoidant personality style trait. But he’s the only “friend” I have so I want to think this through. It’s not looking too good & I’m feeling tempted to ignore him if he reaches out again or remove him from IG soon if I don’t hear back before then. I don't know if this indicates anything but after taking online quizzes, I came back as DA and he came back as FA.