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I suppose they're not mutually exclusive options.

I dated this lady, who's eight years older than me incidentally, for four months. The relationship ended due to a number of trivial reasons really - she felt the age difference was a problem, felt uncomfortable that we work together (though she has a new job) and (because I have OCD) I can be a bit annoying. However we remain friends, still socialise together at least once a week and text one another frequently.

From my perspective, I fancy her like mad and love her still. She still fancies me, but said we're incompatible. However she makes ambiguous comments sometimes that imply she still might want a relationship, and recently on a night out we kissed passionately, though the next day she said it was just drunken flirting and occasionally that might happen. Another time after a couple of drinks she slapped me on the butt and referred tome as 'babes'.

I wonder if I'm best off just spending some time away from her to get rid of my feelings of lust and love, or asking her out again, perhaps when she starts her new job.

Any genuine advice would be appreciated. There's also a poll below that I'd appreciate you completing. Many thanks.