Today I came up with what I thought was a good plan, but my friends think its a bad/ creepy idea. What do you think? Here goes:

While working as a cashier at a grocery store, one of the other employees came through my line and asked me out. I said no because there were customers around and I felt akward. After about a month, I finally got up the courage to approach him to see if he wanted to hang out. I explained that I said no before because I was shy. He said yes.

We went on about six dates and had a lot of fun together- monopoly, volunteering, mini golf. I took him ice skating, and because it was his first time, we both wore helmets! I even brought him home to meet my family and he invited me to be his date for a wedding.

I really liked him, but the problem was that he was only one month clean and sober at the time. People in recovery aren't supposed to date until they have at least six months clean time, some even say a year. So I told him we couldn't have a relationship. We agreed to go to the wedding as friends, but shortly after that he stopped contacting me.

I've tried to call him, but his number is out of service. I have since moved out of the area for college. It has been at least six months since we last spoke, and I continue to call him, hoping that his number will be turned back on. He's not on facebook or google. I don't know anyone who might know him.

My idea was to hire a private investigator to locate him, and then contact him myself. My roomate noted that I still have the same phone number, and that I'm also on facebook, so if he wanted to find me, he could. I asked two of my guy friends, one of whom is a hopeless romantic, and even he says its a bad idea. I feel that if the tables were turned though, I would be flattered that someone went through all that trouble to find me.

Am I crazy or onto something?
Sorry for the looong post!