cat dad update

If you want the short of this one, since it is very very long, I asked out my crush and he said yes.

Based off of the many comments I received I decided to take your advice and test the waters before deciding if I should ask him out. On Monday I went with basic compliments on his appearance, since I thought this would be the safest to do. He seemed very pleased especially since I complimented his hair as he was surprised because he "Didn't do much" to it that morning. He also complimented my outfit as well and said the color of my shirt suited me. This made me keep thinking about his comment to Prince which in turn made it hard to stop smiling. Another one of my coworkers even asked me "What are you grinning so much about?" which was embarrassing to say the least.

So then I decided Tuesday to do what someone else suggested which was expressing how much I enjoy his company. I ended up doing this when we got coffee this morning. He responded to this very positively he said "I feel the same" and also "I will always make time to get coffee with you." Normally I would assume these comments were him being polite, however, I kept re-reading your comments in my head and it was making me a hopeful and nervous mess.

Later I thought back on his responses and was pondering if I should ask him out or test the waters more. Someone suggested something physical like putting my hand on his arm. However, the thought of doing that made me so nervous I knew I wouldn't be able to execute it well.

So I ended up taking a leap of faith and decided to ask him out. There are many encouraging comments saying I should do it. There are also others explaining that even if he rejects me then there is a high chance our friendship would stay intact. The only problem was wether or not I tell him about overhearing him on the camera.

I decided that I would ask him out without mention the camera. My reasoning is that if he was not interested in me then there is a chance he could see me as a creep and hate me. If he didn't reject me then perhaps I could tell him later and hope that it wouldn't ruin anything between us.

This is probably not what you all want to hear but in the end I decided to text him. I thought about the creative suggestions you commented but I realized a text would be the easiest to handle for the both of us if he rejected me.

I tried not to come off too strong and just say that I have feelings for him and was wondering if he would like to go out with me sometime. In hindsight this was the best choice as while typing my message my hands were shaking. Silly as it is I also had to briefly close my eyes to hit the send button, Lord only knows what I would have done asking in person.

When he finally responded I felt like my heart was going to explode. I had to convince myself to look at his message. He responded saying

"Of course, I'd love to!!"

He then sent many other messages asking me if we should get dinner, if so where, what day, etc.

I was still reeling over the fact he not only said yes but he said he would love to. I know it is strange to get hung up on his wording in a 5 word response. However he could have said "I would like that" or "that sounds fun" but no, he said he'd love to. It is cliche but I do feel as if my whole world has stopped. In my emotional state I went over and picked up Prince and showered him in kisses and gave him many treats as thanks for unknowingly creating this.

I will also add that after we texted for a while figuring out the logistics of our date he did confess that he was thinking of asking me out earlier. However, he was not one hundred percent sure if I was interested in men, so I suppose some of you were right about that.

So that is the end of my update I am sorry for the length of it. All in all thank you all for convincing me to do something I felt like I would never have the courage to do. I never understood why so many people ask for advice on these things but I understand now.

I will also add that I did not know what "Cat Tax" meant and had to Google it and I have learned that you want pictures of my Prince. So here is a link to pictures of him. Let me know if you can see them.

http://imgur.com/gallery/6sCRUB8