do i wait to hear form him or take charge and contact him myself?

[f33bies]

met an old acquaintance for coffee last week. he seemed interested in me (we had a really good chat, and it felt more personal than professional. he was complimenting me so much. he also mentioned during the chat he'd like to meet again). we were catching up and i told him about some of my photography work. he expressed interest in purchasing my work. later, he said he was having a newspaper interview his new house, and that he might want to have my photography hung at his house for that. we parted, and a few days later, he invited me to a party at his house the next week. i told him i'd try to stop by. also sent him some samples of my photography.

i show up to the party, and he seemed happy-surprised to see me. we didn't get to talk much bc he was hosting, and I'm also pretty shy (i guess i sort of avoided him initially, lol). he was surprised i stayed so long (he thought i had left!). as i was leaving, we chatted a bt. told him i was glad he invited me as i got to meet some very interesting people outside my social circle. he then pointed to a few places in the house he was thinking of hanging one of my pieces he liked. i left, and that was that.

back story, we met a few yrs ago through work-related event. then we found each other on an onlinee dating site. he liked me and asked me to a party but i had to decline. fast forward a few years later to last week's coffee. when we met i felt like he was interested (convo went really well, he didn't seem in any rush to end the chat..).

the one thing i'm hung up on is what he said as i was leaving the party "see you when i see you." it's a turn of phrase, but i thought maybe there was something behind it.

maybe i'm overthinking? seems weird he would talk about specifically where he wanted the photography work hung and which picture he liked, only to say at the end "see you when i see you."

should i bite the bullet and reach out myself? or wait?

[Scot]

the one thing i'm hung up on is what he said as i was leaving the party "see you when i see you." it's a turn of phrase, but i thought maybe there was something behind it.

There is absolutely nothing behind what he said. He might have probably said that unconsciously and had no meaning to it. So, you must stop overthinking things.

should i bite the bullet and reach out myself?

If you are reaching out to him for the purpose of your photography work, it's okay. However, if you are reaching out to him just to know how he's doing, I won't advice you do that.

[Shirley]

You should dwell more on his actions and the way he treats you, rather than on his words. Like the saying, "action speaks louder than words." The same is true in your case, so ignore whatever he said and be concerned about how he treats you.

I won't recommend you reach out to him. It's better you allow his initiate contact first, so you don't appear desperate.