Ok, here's the deal:
I go to a relapse prevention rehab center two days each week for recovery meetings. One of the guys who go there is the 'teachers' assistant and does a lot of the talking at the groups. We've become REALLY close friends and laugh and email eachother a lot outside of group therapy. I've always heard that employees at a facility like that can't be with patients or can't even be friends with them outside of treatment. Is this true? Why?
Either way, there's a lot of things he does that makes me think he may like me. I'm diabetic and have no heater in my car. When it's cold and I drive to our meetings, my hands are usually always freezing and he gives me his gloves to wear to warm my hands up while his hands get cold. He calls me sweetie a lot (which I dunno if that means anything) and gives me hugs more than most of the people there. When I went into inpatient for cutting, one of the nurses was really mean and verbally abusive and he emailed me a few days later after I got out and said he had her fired (his dad owns the hospital). So many things he does, the way he smiles at me, the way he talks to me, his body language, etc, etc make me wonder... But then again I just don't know if he's being friendly. What do you think? How should I go about just asking him? I'm too shy to just come out and be blunt about it. I'd like a more subtle approach. I need to move on with my life outside of the ex boyfriend, and he'd be a great start. Thanks for the help!