@DDD OP is a guy per the edit — user19312 6 secs ago

@AlexA no, if one sees an unhelpful answer, site policy says to comment to explain why it is unhelpful, downvote it, and possibly flag it if it is especially egregious. One should ABSOLUTELY not ignore it though. That would go against the entire premise of stack exchange — user19312 1 min ago

@SebastianProske Agreed, the way you would approach a business relationship versus a personal relationship are different enough that this is mostly two questions. For what it's worth, this question seems to be written through a pretty analytical lens, so it may be easier to re-focus this on the business side. — Lord Farquaad 22 secs ago

This: be open, people totally respect that and all the stress will almost instantly be gone on both sides and everything will become way more comfortable. — Mathijs Segers 1 hour ago

"Well your the one asking me! You broke it!" Is not a good approach in my opinion. That is just asking for a fight. It might be simple and get the point across, but it is also very incendiary. Not the thing you might want to go for in a relationship scenario that you want to stabilise. — ArtificialSoul 31 secs ago

"Come to my hotel, I'd like to show you the collection of postage stamps that my father showed to my mother before marrying her." — Ouroboros 25 secs ago

@Tinkeringbell To the best of my knowledge, there is no culture unfamiliar with the concept of having to be somewhere soon. Interrupting may be considered ruder in some cultures than in others, but I don't know of any cultures where there is no possible reason or mechanism for interruption. — Misha R 59 secs ago

Hey, welcome to IPS! At the time being, your answer doesn't seem to actually address the question and is likely to get deleted. However, you can still edit it after reading "How do write a good answer" to try to make the answer up to your standards. — Noon 52 secs ago

This is a test: On a side note, here is a link to "How do write a good ‏‏‎answer" and here is one to the help center. — scohe001 18 secs ago

You're right, but people are strange, and if you don't like drama and can easily avoid it, then you should avoid it. — gnasher729 16 secs ago

"Would you mind stopping this kind of comment? It's making me uncomfortable." I can't speak for a classroom full of girls, but if it were boys, that is big fat juicy invitation to be bullied relentlessly. 13yo boys would rip apart a meek, sensitive 20yo. — Jamie Clinton 35 secs ago

I feel like I have to agree with others here that lying about the situation (to others and yourself) is avoiding the problem, not solving the problem. Even those here that argue that it is a solution agree that it's not a very good one. As such, I don't think this is a good answer for this site, regardless of how many upvotes it has, because it's not telling OP how to address the situation and instead telling them to ignore it entirely, which is not an answer to the question "How do I address the situation". — Abion47 1 min ago

"I'm a volunteer, not a teacher" You're an adult, these are children. Threaten to get their parents, their teacher, their school administrators involved to discuss their shameless and inappropriate behavior. — Beanluc 17 secs ago

I think you should naturally invite her for drinks after the dinner, continue the discussions you had during the dinner, and ... start in the elevator, maybe by kissing her. If she responds back, then the road to the bedroom won’t be that long to make it awkward. — VAndrei 21 secs ago