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I have a huge crush on a guy at work, and he has given me signs that the crush is mutual (holding strong eye contact, acting flustered during compliments, always smiling when talking to me, teasing me etc)

For morning and afternoon break, I sit at a table situated in front of the entrance to the reception/canteen. Next to where I sit, there is a small corridor with a water dispenser. Yesterday and today for afternoon break, I saw him walk in front of the entrance with his colleagues to go to the benches to sit outside. Both times, he came through the entrance and started talking to me. I could see that his water bottle was significantly full (about two thirds/three quarters) but he still went to the water dispenser to fill it up.

Could he have been using his water bottle as an excuse to come and approach me?

The backstory is a guy I met online over a year ago started acting different and friend zoned me some months after I found out his real identity.

I’m feeling hurt and I want him to know that but also open to talking through the issue if he wants to.

I came up with two different messages I’m thinking of sending. One is really long and the other is more to the point without excessive details.

We still talk regularly.

Which do you prefer?

A. Hey so there’s something that I’ve been wanting to share with you for quite awhile now.

I’m feeling confused and hurt knowing that you continued to engage in sexual conversations with me for so long when you were actually feeling wary of me. It really makes me wonder if you are being genuine with me at all.

As I said almost a year ago, I fully understand if you don’t want to talk now that I know who you are. But feeling like I need to pretend that I don’t know your name and having to wonder whether you’re talking to me just to avoid conflict makes me feel like the connection might not be natural anymore.

I know I can’t change your feelings, but I’m working on cultivating more self-love and that doesn’t negate mine. As much as I enjoy talking to you, unless we can talk this through and change our dynamic, I feel that I’m disrespecting myself by continuing to chat with you.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this!

B. Hey so I wasn’t expecting you to reach out after I left (website where we met) and after some thought, I think I need to let this friendship go.

I’m working on cultivating more self-love, and as much as I enjoy talking to you, unless our dynamic changes, continuing to do so is hurting my self-esteem.

Open to talking about it but also don’t want to bore you with a long message.

Take care 😊