Why would this research fellow want to take me in?
Hi everyone :)
Hope it's okay to post this here but l've been thinking about it. I recently met this research fellow because I needed to see him to prep for a presentation I was giving as a honours student. I went to go see him because my main supervisor said he was an expert in the field. He was really nice to always give up his time to explain the basics to me whenever I asked. And when I did meet up with him, he'd never have any time restrictions which I really appreciated - our meetings would last 1.30hrs on average. In total, I asked him questions over a span of 2 weeks before saying goodbye.
But I'm confused because even though I mentioned I'm most likely not going to do his topic anymore as I'll finish my presentation by then, he would always say I'm always welcome for any help and that I shouldn't hesitate to ask him. He always said that he would be happy to supervise me 3 different times but I don't even know if I want to do a PhD - I never really implied I was going to do a PhD
I'm really asking this because I'm curious to why he'd say im always welcome back even though l've finished doing the task. It's not like I ask him difficult questions to the point he'll probably think I'm a top student. I feel like I'm no special student but just someone who wants to make sure l understand the topic.
Thank you so much!! Any help is really appreciated:))