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This guy that runs in the same circle as me has always Been very flirty with me and everyone has always commented on how he is interested in me. I always said I wouldn’t date someone in my circle because I don’t want to risk losing friends. One night we were out though a few months ago and we both got pretty drunk and things seemed to be going really well and he became very touchy and tried to kiss me and I rejected him because it was in front of everyone. I hung out with that group a few times after, but nothing as exciting as that night. Today I saw him for the first time in a few months and he came and sat by me and talk to me every chance he got. He even hung back from the rest of our group just to walk out with me. I’m not trying to jump in to anything, but I am curious enough to go on a date with him. How do I let him know I’m interested without making things awkward if that isn’t something he is interested in?

The other night I had the best first date. So we matched on a dating app and happened to have mutual friends. On the app he would reach out and take around 24 hours before responding to me each time so it took around 3 days to set up a date even though he asked me on his initial message. He picked me up and we immediately clicked. We went to the bar to grab a drink and quite quickly he tells me at his age he is ready for something serious so he isn’t interested in casually dating. Then he starts hitting me with some tense questions. When was your last relationship? How long was it? How many relationships have you had and so on? He seemed pretty bothered that I the longest I have been single in the last year at any point is currently at 4 months. I explained when I leave a relationship it was dead before I don’t walk away until I know for sure there is no way it will work therefore I move on rather easily and I happen to meet people rather quickly. After my last relationship which was all crazy I needed a break to figure out what I truly am looking for and have only recently began dating again. We openly admitted how we both thought about canceling the date, but he kept saying he was so excited we didn’t. I play a lot of volleyball and he kept mentioning we need to play sometime. 3 1/2 hours later he takes me home. We talk another 30 min while being parked in the middle of the road. I get out and we end up making out in the road with cars going around us as we laugh because it feels like a movie. I invite him in and he politely turns me down and he reminds me he won’t be back from vacation for a week and a half. Says he is excited to see me when he gets back and that it is really hard for him to walk away from me. During the date he pulled his phone out once to set it down next to me while he went to the bathroom. So I didn’t hear from him yesterday. At what point do I assume he isn’t interested? Originally he said he would call me to set up the first date.