Ok so I heard through the grapevine that one of my coworkers likes me as in like likes me.

First of all I'm in my late 40s and I believe she is 34. I do not feel comfortable dating someone that much younger than myself. I may have vampire genes and look good for my age but I'm still older here. Now if she was 40 then ok but she's not. She also has 5 kids and I myself have 0 kids. I have no idea how to be a parent/dad because I was never raised with a dad myself. I know he exists and I know who my dad is but he never bothered to come around. The only male figure I really had in my life was my grandpa but he's been dead for awhile now. Plus dating coworkers is complicated if things go bad. Everyone picks a side and it's just awful. I made that mistake in my 20s and again in my 30s, not gonna catch me doing that in my 40s. I've learned my lesson.