Dinner with former MD?
Long story short,
He interviewed me, I interned in his team, he guided me through the whole process. Being the only girl in my team, I had hard time connecting to some of my colleagues and it was nice knowing that there's someone who believes me. But recently he left for another position and asked whether I want to have lunch sometime which of course I thought was a great idea. But now, he's suggesting dinner instead and I just want to make sure it doesn't look inappropriate. During my internship I have already misinterpreted one of my colleagues attempt to be "friendly" and "welcoming" and went on what turned out to be a date. I would like to avoid any possible misunderstandings. So what are your thoughts on this? Are dinners acceptable? Is it usual practice?
It's hard to determine the motives of this theoretical former MD, who no body on this site knows in real life. If I were you, I would ask him to reschedule for lunch and reassert any misguided intentions of his.
But then again... what is your risk preference?
Sounds like its just a normal 50 year old man wanting to hangout with a girl roughly half his age. He probably sees that you're very mature and have a lot in common
I'm sure he told his wife about it too
Are you hot? If yes, then it isn't a "business" dinner. Let's be real here. If you're average to below average then he may just think you're a good worker and wants to continue mentoring you despite the fact he's left your current firm... or he may just wanna bone you anyway.
Originally skim read this while assuming you were a guy and thought this seemed super weird that an MD would be so interested in scheduling a mentor dinner.
Reread and saw you were a female...this is definitely a date and not a 'coaching' dinner.
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