Hello, so I've had a crush on my teacher for a while now (every since year 12) and today I found out he had a girlfriend.
To be honest I'm not overly upset or anything, I mean everyone has someone in their lives and good on him I guess. However, I had been flirting with him for a while but in a very subtle sense and he had been not shooting it down but to some extent he did also do it back. Maybe I'm overthinking it but after teasing him or making a joke at his expense, he would usually just maintain eye contact with me for 20 seconds or more and would just smile but with a look of "I know what you're doing" kind of face. And just the general, him checking in on me or something. But I will be honest and I'm not defending him, he has never done or said anything weird.
Anyways today I he said that he had a gf, and to be honest it stung a little but I played it off as if it was nothing and still continued with my work.
I'm gonna take a step back because I want o respect his boundaries and especially his partner but idk why this stings so much. It's not like I'm obsessed with him and that ill never get over him it's just confusing why he didn't shut me down when it was quite obvious to him that I was flirting.