Part of my life is that I mentor other, younger lads -- I figure I've been successful, and I know my drive and work ethic is responsible for it, so why not impart this to others? One of the lads I mentor has a friend in her early 20s who he recommended to friend me on Facebook. She obliged and connected with me. From her profile, I see that she just got engaged.

I don't spend much time on Facebook, my main interaction with it being a script I wrote to accept friend requests, email me the profiles/contact details, post messages to whomever has a birthday that day. This is all done on a daily basis.

Earlier this week, I get the notification that I have a new friend request that my mentee had suggested to friend me. The script determined this was not a spammer and that evening, I chatted her up.

She seemed interested in coming over to my place for drinks Friday night. She further said she'd just broken her hand so she might not feel up to it. "Your choice, my particulars are online, if you need a ride, let me know". She responded that she'd feel safer with our mutual friend -- my mentee -- giving her a ride.

The other day, my mentee decided he can't come Friday, but hasn't updated his response on the calendar invite. She texts me this morning confirming her coming over Friday for a couple of glasses of wine and cheese. Didn't mention the mentee at all.

I'm singularly horrible at reading between the lines but I get the inclination that she wants more than just the drink and conversation. However, I feel that accusing her of this beforehand will freak her out and when she's here, will offend her if it's not a correct assessment -- and like I said above, I'm daft at making insinuations of people's intentions when they aren't stated. However, I am a big believer in the wisdom of crowds and this is a crowd, so what say you lot? Can I push this as far as I'm comfortable or shall I keep it platonic? I'll go with the majority answer. Many thanks...