This turned out a bit long so I put subheadings so you can skip to what you want to read about :)
BACKGROUND
This was in the summer shortly after I had graduated, so I was no longer a student when this happened. I was still living near university because my contract still had a few months left on it.
I was grocery shopping when one of my ex-lecturers recognised me. We were already sort-of acquaintances because I’d asked him for help on the course material a few times and we always smiled at each other when we crossed paths on campus. We had a brief chat and he took my number because he had past experience in some career paths that I had been considering and he said he could put me in contact with some people he used to work with/for.
That night he messaged me some contact details and asked me out for coffee that weekend. It was a little awkward at first but the conversation got going and at the end of the night he offered to drive me home. I suggested we get some ice cream first from McDonald’s, so we went to the drive thru and we sat in the car park eating McFlurrys.