I (26F) matched with someone (28M) on a dating app, who I immediately thought was extremely cute. He was not the most consistent texter/communicator, since he was traveling for work when we first connected. But I gave him my number, he texted me, and we had some good banter.
We finally found a time to meet, and had a cute date two days ago. No red flags. I was nervous, but it wasn’t to the point of being awkward. I asked him a lot of questions about himself and we had quite a bit in common.The only awkward thing I did (I think) was accidentally drop a lip gloss on the ground as we got up from dinner, which I picked up. (I have ADHD and do stuff like this often, I don’t disclose it right away though).
I wanted to get ice cream and mentioned this, not explicitly asking if he wanted to come, to see if he might want to join me. He seemed interested and we ended up walking together for about 30 minutes after (since we had ice cream we couldn’t hold hands or anything). I also normally do not break the touch barrier as a first-date rule, since I have had uncomfortable encounters with men before and want to get to know people better first (I do allow it on second dates).
We’re in a very safe area, where getting an Uber is very easy and I live close by. He offered to drive me home (from where I live he had at least a 20 min drive back). He even opened the car door for me. When we got to my house, I thanked him for the ride and mentioned that he could let me know if he wanted to do this again. I thought I heard him say yes, but I was nervous and don’t know how clear I was. I made eye contact with him, and I’m thinking maybe he wanted to kiss me. But there was not a clear “move”. The eye contact was really quick and not terribly awkward, at least from my end.
I got out of the car (managing to drop my phone pop-socket on the ground lol…) and sent him a thank you text about an hour later, saying that it was great to meet him. I haven’t received a response and am so scared…I really liked him and just don’t know what to think.
I don’t want to come across as overly forward, but I have not liked someone this much in a long time and am thinking about following up over the weekend, to make it explicitly clear that I am interested in meeting up again if he is? Would he have walked with me and driven me like that even if he didn’t like me…? He could have just gone home after dinner, technically.