friend/coworker/date??

[Scarlett513]

so i met this guy about a year and a half ago when i started my current job. we work fairly closely and share the same group of friends from work. for the past year or so, we have been friendly/borderline flirty. we often hang out in a group setting with friends from work and email a few times a day.

 

 

lately, our "friendship" has developed into a closer relationship (something we both have noticed). he is a wonderful guy and i feel that we really click. he is totally not my type at first glance, but the more i get to know him the more attracted to him i become. he gets my sense of humor and i feel very comfortable with him. the problem is, i can't figure out if this new phase of our friendship is just that (a friendship) or if this is actually more like dating.

 

 

we email practically all day, every day. even if i'm not in work, the next time i come in i will find that he emailed me even though i wasn't there. the flirting has definetley escalated and we're on a basis now where we have each other's phone numbers and are comfortable calling/texting (usually about plans we have, though). we recently got together outside of work, just the two of us. the setting was pretty date-y and we had a really good time. afterwards he made to sure let me know he had a great time, and over the course of the day, hinted toward a future "date" - although he didn't use the word, he asked me to a specific event and implied it would be just the two of us again. since then, we hung out with 2 couples we know through work and the two of us (he told me he wanted me to come so he wouldn't be the third wheel but after the other couples left, told me that he was happy they left). the discussion between the two of us seemed to be going towards a "we like each other"...but didn't. nothing physical has happened between us besides flirty play hitting, etc, and a hug and friendly (?) kiss on the cheek. he hasn't clearly said that he wants something more than friends.

 

 

i don't know if i'm reading him wrong...he is a very friendly and outgoing guy, so on his end, this could just be another friendship. i don't think he is interested in just sex (if that was it he would have made a move already), but it's possible that he just enjoys the flirting and attention. i like him but don't want to put myself out there if i'm reading this wrong. more than that, i wouldn't want to ruin this awesome friendship we have going by trying to make it into something else...?