being a good friend
You know what is really funny. Is the amount of attention that you get. It is ridiculous. But you never see it like that. All you see is I don't want to get hurt and you know what I am kinda getting sick of it. I love you to death E but you are the one acting like you are in jr high. You are the girl that just sits there and complains about all of the attention that you are getting. You are a pretty young lady, smart and funny. Occasionally you are charming and always fun to be around except when you are crazy.
I would rather be bitter about being hurt after letting myself fall for someone, than not ever being in a relationship. You are very lucky, well both of us are, and all we do is complain about all of the things that we find wrong with situations. We both over think things. Go with the flow. Is he hot? Are you attracted to him? How old is he? Are you two comfortable around each other? How well do you know him?
There are a lot of questions that he has going through his head like I am sure that you do. Guys will act like they are in jr high until they can figure out how you feel about things. If he is interested in you which it sounds like, especially because he wants to cook for you, you need to either give him the ok to pursue you or not. He doesn't know whether or not you are safe, so he isn't going to get burned especially because he will have to see you a lot and he doesn't want things to get awkward. It is better for a guy to just leave things alone then to mess up something like this. So he is playing safe. DON'T LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE! You know what comes out of that, nothing good. If you want to date him, DATE HIM.
Everyone is bitter about something, or has ulterior motives. Do not pay most people attention because they are here to cause you harm, or are self interested. They could want the guy for themselves or they might want your time. I don't know. But for someone who doesn't know you all that long or well it is harm for me to think that they are just doing that to be a friend. That is what dilullo, amberly and I are here for. They got offended then they are ok and keep on going.
The biggest thing that keeps you from moving on is m. You compare EVERYONE to him, or think that they will act like him. Well there are a whole bunch of guys in the world and a whole bunch of them don't act like that. You know that, oh yea and just so you know...you still love him too. Think about it...
But stop thinking, that is one of the worst things about women in general. They tend to over think situations which is a buzz kill for men and women look too far into conversations that way too. Overanalyzation kills relationships, guys hate it because we feel that you don't take anything we say for face value. If he likes you, he likes you. If you like him, you like him, simple as that. Listen to your heart it will never steer you wrong, but speak with both your mind and heart. If he makes you happy even if it for an instant that is all that matters, because being happy for a while and even getting hurt is much better than protecting yourself from being hurt so you can never truly be happy.
Do what you need to do to make yourself happy, and everything will work out.