I’m on the side of not dating your former professor but maybe it depends a bit on the particulars of the power imbalance when you were in school and what the interactions were like between you two.
Non-monog folks weigh in if I’m off base with this but…. Personally I would want to know if my best friend and the person I’m seeing had hooked up or were having an ongoing thing of any sort. I also really think people can pick up on what is unsaid because I can’t see how it wouldn’t affect the dynamic when y’all are hanging out! The best time to tell them is now, for the better of all relationships involved.
I’m on the side of not dating your former professor but maybe it depends a bit on the particulars of the power imbalance when you were in school and what the interactions were like between you two.
Non-monog folks weigh in if I’m off base with this but…. Personally I would want to know if my best friend and the person I’m seeing had hooked up or were having an ongoing thing of any sort. I also really think people can pick up on what is unsaid because I can’t see how it wouldn’t affect the dynamic when y’all are hanging out! The best time to tell them is now, for the better of all relationships involved.