I dunno...
Went to King Richard's Faire today. Enjoyed it as always...great shows if a bit more raunchy than usual, lovely costumes to be seen, bumped into some friends, it was really nice on the whole. As for Mark, the person I went with as a second date, I just don't know. He's really nice, but just painfully shy. Two very good friends of mine also went today although not with us, and we did see them, but when we did he barely talked to them. I'm concerned about his apparent excessive shyness and how long it will take him to be comfortable with family and friends he will inevitably meet. He also seemed to want a sort of definitive idea of "where this was going." He is older than me so I can understand why he doesn't want to beat around the bush and invest time and energy in something that might not come to fruition, but we haven't even known each other all that long. I would hope he would be satisfied with getting to know each other as friends first and then seeing where it's going. I'm trying really hard to specifically not give him any false or exaggerated ideas of what my feelings are, because I genuinely do not want to mislead him and I honestly don't know yet. I know he's really nice and that we have a lot in common but I just don't know if there's any spark there per se. I haven't gotten to know him well enough. This is also uncharted territory for me in terms of the dating world. Every man I've ever been interested in has always been a friend first. Without that period of getting to know him with no expectations or strings attached, I find myself feeling very uncomfortable in some ways. Not that I feel threatened by him or anything, he's honestly very sweet, I just don't think I'm capable of jumping into a relationship like that so soon. Am I crazy? Any advice?