Scorpio coworker (m36) gave me all the signals he likes me (cancer f34) but then said he wanted to be friends. Is this normal?
So my coworker and I have been friendly for 3 years since we started working together. We were in different departments up until April of this year and I was in a relationship this whole time until the beginning of September. I am born and raised in my small town and he moved here around 4 years ago and works constantly so hasn’t made a lot of friends (we are blue collar industry workers so work a LOT of hours). We started talking a lot more over text since we started working in the same department and have become close. I always sensed a flirty vibe from him. Some of the things he has texted me has definitely been flirting.. anyways the past couple weeks since I have been single I started to develop a crush on him and flirted back a bit. A couple days ago I told him straight up since I don’t like games and communication is important to me that I started to develop a crush and he said that he wasn’t looking for anything in that way. And he said that he was thinking that it was nice to finally have a friend in this town that he trusts and can talk to when he does actually talk. I said that was fine and I’m okay being his friend. I guess I’m just wondering if this is normal for a Scorpio to just switch like that or if it’s just a man thing? Or is he hiding his feelings because he doesn’t want to ruin the friendship? Any thoughts or advice?