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I (24F) met a guy (37M) at a party half a year ago. He’s Japanese and I am an Indian living in Japan. We talked and exchanged socials but that was about it. After that we met in several other occasions, organized by mutual friends and a lot of times he invited me to various events too. I never really thought much about it because the age gap between us is insanely high.

A week ago he asked me if I am free and would like to go to a cafe with him. He didn’t say it was a date but i kinda think it was. This was our first opportunity to actually get to know more about each other’s personal life. I asked him about his job, he told me that he handles his parent’s real estate company and is quite rich. But he feels like his job is not very rewarding so he wants to go to abroad. I asked him if he is planning to get married so he said he feels it is still to early for him to get married. Then he asked me why i am not dating anybody yet. I told him i was too busy to date anyone but now that i have found a job, I will move to a new city and look for a suitable partner there. I am also planning to have a lot of children so I don’t want to delay it a lot. He said he also wants to have many children, but he didn’t seem bothered at all with his age being much higher than mine. Anyways, i think i made it pretty clear that i am only planning to look for a boyfriend in the city i am moving to, while he said he’s planning to stay closer to his family in this city and go abroad temporarily.

He still paid for everything that we ate and asked me out on a date again.

My question is, if he knows that I am leaving this city in two months and not planning to date anyone here, then is it safe to assume he asked me out again because he wants to sleep with me? I do not want to sleep with him, i am definitely physically attracted to him because he’s very handsome but i am a virgin and i want my first time to be with a long term partner atleast.

Is there any comfortable way to bring up this topic without making me sound like a narcissist who assumed a guy wants to sleep with her just because he asked her out🥲.

Please help me out

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[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No. You're being a poor communicator. Here and with this man. A date not explicitly being called a date is very common, you have made assumptions with this, and seem to be pushing back on most folks saying you need to communicate better. Read the room and realize you're inexperienced.

[–] arumi@endlesstalk.org 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

So should I just ask him directly that why is he asking me to hangout with him one on one? What are his intentions? Will he not be offended?

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So should I just ask him directly that why is he asking me to hangout with him one on one?

Literally yes.

Will he not be offended?

If he's offended by open, clear communication, that's a good sign you shouldn't continue trying to be friends anyways.

[–] arumi@endlesstalk.org 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why should I not continue being friends with him and only meet on social occasions where our other mutual friends are also present, just like the old times? Breaking up a friendship over nothing?

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I would say someone getting offended by you communicating openly is not "nothing". At least it would be a problem for me.

[–] arumi@endlesstalk.org 9 points 2 days ago

Makes sense. I’ll try to communicate it with him respectfully

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 5 points 2 days ago

Him being offended enough for it to be a problem by you asking a clear, good faith question isn't "over nothing".

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Yes. Clear communication is important.

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Correct. He may react in any number of ways and you cannot control that. A normal healthy reaction will be an open conversation. They also might call you a bitch. They might react cool now only to try again in 2 weeks. This is part of dating unfortunately.

[–] arumi@endlesstalk.org 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yours? No, it's not sad at all. Learning to communicate is a necessity.

The fact that many people are immature assholes, sure, a bit sad.

[–] arumi@endlesstalk.org -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are you calling me immature asshole?😳

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

(Don't worry, they weren't calling you that. It was a commentary on the dating scene.)