Hi there. I’ve posted before and then removed bc it seemed like the connection I was curious about had ended. I also want to apologize for any misunderstandings in my previous post. Here is a re-cap. I’m (50f) and he (29m). He started flirting with me at work about a year ago. We’ve known each other for about 6 years. We work in entertainment but in different departments. Sometimes we are on the same production and sometimes we are not. We’ve had lunch together 3 times and then we were supposed to meet up for a movie night. After our last lunch he stopped texting me until about a week later. When he did he told me that he was probably just overthinking but that he was either nervous or not ready to go any further. Then he apologized if “he had wasted my time”. I thanked him for communicating with me and that was the end of my communication with him until the Monday after Thanksgiving when he texted me. We started chatting again. He asked if I’d like to have lunch again or go for a walk or something when he gets back from Christmas vacation. I agreed and we continue to chat still. We’ve decided on a movie night at his house but during this conversation it came up that someone we both know started questioning him about whether or not he was seeing an older woman. He told her I was just a friend but it came out that he felt like he was letting me down bc someone had found out about us. This is the reason he told me previously that he wasn’t ready and was nervous. He thought he had to keep us a secret based off a casual, joking remark I made to him. I thought I had done something wrong and he thought he was letting me down. At any rate, I told him not to worry about it bc it’s not that serious and I wouldn’t be upset if someone found out. So, we have plans to meet on Thursday for a movie hangout. I’m still just learning how to navigate this type of relationship but I have to say that I’m grateful for honest and open communication.