u/Intrepid-Elephant-64

Should I make a move?

So the situation is that I have a crush on a guy. Our mums are very close friends so when I graduated college I moved in with his mum, since my whole family moved abroad. She is simply amazing and truly took me in as one of her own.

Anyway, he was in the military deployed during this time and he came home just a few months ago. It was the first time we met and he was really nice. We helped him move into a home he bought and he invited me to his housewarming party. He even gave me his phone when he upgraded since mine really sucked (and his friend had made fun of me for it). He also gave me AirPods.

Anyway, I am very shy. During the weekends he comes over and sits across from me as I am cooking or doing chores and stares at me or he teases me. I would sometimes try to tease back. He mentioned liking certain types of cookies so I baked some, and I even bought him some cologne as a thank you for the phone. He loved both.

So we had a routine, whenever he would visit his mum, he would sit across from me as I do chores and look at me. Then he would say goodbye. He has sent me money a couple of times to take an Uber or for baking supplies. I have asked his brother and a mutual friend if he had a gf, but they said he didn't.

He has not made a move and I am too shy to be overt. I also feel like I was being obvious and he was just being polite. I am asking now since I moved out and finally joined my family; I feel it is more respectful to his mum to address this now that I am not in her home.

I still like him and was wondering: should I tell him? If I should, how do you suggest I go about it

TL;DR: Moved in with my mom's best friend. Her son came home from deployment, gave me his old phone/AirPods, and spent every weekend "watching" me do chores and teasing me. I've moved away now. Do I confess or was he just being a nice "family friend"?

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u/Intrepid-Elephant-64 — 15 hours ago