I’m sure there are a lot of fake fantasy posts on here (so perhaps this may not be the right place to post but it’s genuine).

My dad left when I was younger and my mom raised me alone. I’m an only child.

Given that we were both younger and attractive nothing overt happened. Looking back I do find it a bit weird that she would bring me to work events, weddings, other functions as her “date”.

Once I turned 18 we started taking trips together that weren’t necessarily “family oriented” but more so party centric and/or vacations that would be better suited to couples.

My grandparents took us on a cruise (it was them two in one room and my mom and I in the next room).

Because it was international waters she told me it was okay to drink so long as she approved it. Day turned into night and we were both pretty drunk (this was my first time drinking hard liquor). My grandparents are not fans of alcohol so later that night we dressed up and went to the nightclub on the ship and continued drinking.

We got very drunk and eventually stumbled back to our room. I woke up the next morning in the same bed as her and noticed our luggage splayed out on the other bed. There were a few other signs that made me think something happened between us.

We both pretended like we were blacked out and didn’t remember anything (this was over a decade ago). I pretty much just assumed nothing did happen but in the back of my mind… I know something did.

Lately she’s been going through a divorce (second marriage) and has been texting/calling/snap chatting me a lot more frequently… asking how much time off from work I have because she “needs an escape” or “a tropical getaway” and doesn’t want to go alone. She will then send me pictures of us from the original cruise where it all happened.

I don’t want to look to far into this but it seems like she’s hinting at something.

If I were to talk to her about it… how could I bring it up without risking serious embarrassment or a total loss of the relationship. I clearly care about and love her (not like that), but I feel like possibly acknowledging it may allow us both to move forward.