Safe to assume this is Indian or muslim culture where it’s customary to set up a marriage between acquaintances, no dating as we know it.
We went to university together, had a semi-romantic friendship before as well. I always liked her and I thought she liked me back too but after graduating I was focused on other stuff, wasn't actively looking for a relationship. Hence the gap.
Thanks for your transparence about that gap in your romantic resume. :-)
Yeah, I'm confused by this to. Did they not even date first, or was this how they asked her out?
I think they meant that they'd dated in the past, but hadn't seen each other in many years.