Well, I guess you'll never know unless you ask him what he thinks about the situation, and the relationship, and to see then (or gauge) if he has any interest in viewing it in a different light? Or if he was simply being overly generous & kind in his efforts, which were then read differently by you. The question you have to ask yourself, is if it is the potential risk of, or for, "rejection" should he or it come to that. And I guess you can test the waters before jumping to that step. The other thing to consider is this: with, or by the way in which you've laid it out, it sounds like it ('Love,') is something with which you'd desire to have or attain, but somehow are feeing as if it is inappropriate, or not quite right, given some other set of preconceived notions you've got set in your head now. Only you can decide for your self, which and where to place the emphasis or weight on each of these matters. But to me, and in my mind, by the way in which you describe it, you ought to ask yourself the following, "Where would I want to be (potentially w/this man) in 5 years?" If the answer could be, or has any realistic chance of making that happen, then wouldn't it be worth it to go through the uncomfortable, and awkward preliminaries, in order to achieve such/said goal? I guess, as I said, how happy would you be: in ten years? One or two? ... Only YOU - know the answer~ as for worries & socitey, or friends & family, who cares what anybody else thinks. All that matters is what you think. And your partner to. Or so I would presume! ;D Good luck, and take care~*>
Also, you might want to provide him with the appropriate feedback for how his gestures won over your favor so, or in such a special way & fashion, last night...
Thanks for the invite, sounds great!
