The other day, I went on a date with a guy. I’m 24 , he’s a few years older. I just need some advice really.

Gosh it was amazing. We met on a dating app, and he asked me to go out the following day. I wouldn’t usually go out so quickly with a guy but I had a really good feeling about him, so I did it. On the date he told me he asked me out so early as he is too busy to go out for the next 2 weeks, so wanted to meet before this period of time. We had so many things in common. We’re both Christians, have similar views on politics, life, so many things. I found him handsome, he’s sporty like me. He was so polite. He was really so masculine , we were even talking about another city that’s got a lot of crime and he told me ‘ don’t worry you’d be safe with me there I’d be sure to protect you’.

He gave me alot of eye contact , even if there were silences he would continue to stare at me. He told me thing such as ‘ that’s a long story, next time I will tell you’. He asked me if I had particular views about a particular topic which he knew about, and I told him I didn’t , he said ‘ you will later’. He mentioned aswel going out to eat next time( we just had a coffee this time) but no concrete plans were made. My mom sent me a message saying where are you, he saw it and said ‘ you should answer that, I don’t want her to get a bad impression of me already’. I also noticed at the end when he waited with me for my transport home, he seemed to get closer to me. When I got home after the date he asked if I enjoyed it and I asked him if he did , he said ‘I certainly did’.

The thing that bothers me is that he is very busy with his work. He has only been sending me one text per day since the date. Like I said before, he told me for the next 2 weeks he’s very busy and can’t go out. However one of his messages asked me which is a restaurant I like here, but he didn’t ask me out yet, maybe he will later after the 2 week period? On the date he told me he had been single for a very long time, as he told me women don’t always want to come along for the ride, but that although he is still busy he has more structure than he previously did. I mean, is the one message a day a sign he’s not interested ?

I know it’s early days, but does he seem interested? At first I thought maybe it’s bad he’s not been texting more etc, but idk maybe it’s not a bad thing that things are going slower? But I’m concerned if this continues and I’m often feeling like he’s too busy for me? He also mentioned work trips abroad he’s got to go on too relatively soon and ( although I don’t think they are that lengthy - maybe a week or two).

I know it’s early days, but is it worth pursuing this? I do really like him.