AIO for being uncomfortable with my chiropractor texting me?
I (23) have been going to my chiropractor (late 40s) weekly for almost a year now, so we’ve built up a friendly relationship. Both of us have adhd and are libras, so I just assumed us yapping was because of that. Sometimes it seems like he’s a little flirty and he’ll ask about my dating life as a 23 yr old and such but I’ll just kinda brush it off. But I’ll basically complain about how dating is horrid and the options are rough and I think I need to commit to just dating women (I’m bi) and he’ll say things like I need to date an older guy if I want a man who matches my emotional maturity. Which like not necessarily wrong but are you implying yourself?? I even started to post on like my close friends story omg my chiro is my bestie and then it turned into omg I think my chiro is actually flirting.
Now here is where the problem comes in: at my last appointment he says to me “did you get my text?” And obviously I’m like ??!?!??!? And he says he sent me a link to a political commentator he thinks I would like (we also talk politics sometimes which is how we started being buddy buddy with each other). He then goes and grabs my file so he can read my number outloud to me to confirm it’s the right number. I say it is cause idk wtf to do honestly and that I just get a lot of spam texts so I probably just didn’t see it. After my appointment he texts me “hola” (both of us are white btw). Now I don’t know what to do because I am so creeped out by that. Do chiropractors have a similar ethical code/hippa type situation as doctors? Where even if it is purely friendly, is that allowed? But now I’m uncomfortable having him do work on me, especially cause he will do tmj/jaw exercises on me, so literally both of his hands in my mouth. And I feel like I just can’t do that now. But am I over reacting about that? I have my own sexual trauma (was raped a year ago) so I know that’s probably coming into play for why I’m so uncomfortable with it, but is it worth telling the office about? I don’t want to ruin this guys career over a possibly friendly text, especially when I could’ve kinda brought it on myself by being too friendly.