[pfft, kate, please. she gets a smile for that one- sympathetic, with no small amount of humour in it.]

I think we both know it'd be more terrible if you weren't totally cool with the idea and wound up unhappy. And you already said it's a mutual thing, so maybe he needs a few more months, too. So yeah, go for it- give it some thought and a bit of space, see how you feel. And if you wanna give it a shot later, maybe try telling him you want to go on a date instead of asking if you already have?