I (34F) had an incredible connection with a random train seatmate (37M). My sibling was unfortunately super hostile to them afterwards in the station and it changed the vibe. Should I try to explain?

Tl;dr: met potential, surprising love interest on random long train journey; sibling who picked me up was extremely unfriendly and rude to them. It think it maybe killed the spark. Should I address directly, wait to see how the texts play out or just chalk it up to a nice travel moment and move on? I'm bummed!

I had a really wonderful time with a seatmate on a train I took a few days ago. We were randomly next to each other, single, had surprising chemistry and spent several hours talking about everything under the sun. It's safe to say I'd never felt a connection like that before with a person traveling. We said goodbye and even hugged and he texted me immediately after I had left the terminal saying how much he enjoyed it and asking me to send a playlist I promised.

I walked away on cloud 9 and met my younger sibling (27) inside the station. I hadn't had a chance to tell them what happened yet before my seatmate also bumped into us. He was excited to meet them (we had talked a lot about our families and siblings) and was also clearly on cloud 9 and my sibling was just honestly openly unfriendly and hostile. When I introduced him by name, they asked how we met with an eye roll. When this fellow said "on the train!" with enthusiasm my sibling said coldly "Yeah, she meets tons of people on trains. She's very chatty." and proceeded to ignore him completely while trying to hustle me away. This isn't untrue, I do meet all kinds of people randomly, but nothing like what had just happened. It was so awkward. His energy immediately shifted and his face kind of fell. We said a second goodbye that wasn't as warm. I was surprised and honestly really sad about my sib's reaction. My sibling later explained they thought maybe he was harassing me and as they were excited to see me they didn't want the interruption of a stranger, plus they just don't love meeting new people in general. They’re otherwise super warm and kind; we’re close.

I texted him back warmly when I made it home that night several hours later, and followed up the next evening with the playlist. He wrote back the next morning (second morning home) with a nice note but nothing to really keep going on. I don't know -- I think if he were excited he would have responded sooner. Is it worth saying something directly about the awkward encounter and being up front that I really liked our conversation and would love to continue it and say my sibling sends their apologies for being rude (they feel bad once I explained)? Me and this guy don't live in the same city but honestly I felt such a click that I'd explore further if he were interested. I meet people I truly like about once every 5 years so this made an impression on me.

Submitted March 03, 2022 at 09:44PM by BlueSparklesXx https://ift.tt/sXfKWNh