I’ve been interested in this guy at my workplace and was thinking of asking him out after I stop working there. I thought he was single because he wasn’t wearing a ring, until he mentioned his wife. He only mentioned her to illustrate a certain an example to a situation we were talking about so it wasn’t super detailed.

But I was a bit surprised. Like I said, he has no ring on. There are some very subtle flirty undertones between us and sometimes I catch him giving me looks. We’ve been making great eye contact and the conversation feels natural. I thought things were going great. So my question to you guys is why would a married man take off his ring (he took it off a few months ago, I noticed) but then mention his wife all of a sudden? Is it possible that he could be separated but not legally divorced? Or is he still with her? Curious to know what you guys think.