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I’m not sure if mirrors is the right word but I’ll give a few examples:

If I start calling him pet names, then he will start doing it with me…but won’t think of doing it first

Or, I may take a certain time to reply back to his texts and then you find he does the exact same

He sorta bases his decisions around me, if this makes sense

I’m so confused. Over the summer I went through a horrible break up and it was somewhat publicized within my community. People know I’m single. Im only in my early twenties, but I’m a doctorate candidate and have traveled the world — I’m also an artist and writer. This seems to impress the single father who has been going out of his way to talk to me. Our parent teacher conferences go on for 2 hours because we just end up chit chatting, he touches me every chance he gets, and at a recent open bar work gala, we could not stay away from each other. With that being said, he doesn’t really follow up with these flirty encounters by texting or calling. I have developed feelings for him too, the first time I’ve had feelings for someone in a year. Asking him out might be a wild risk, but I feel so drawn to him. What do I do?