Dating advice

I (M, 23) recently (like in the past two months) broke up my (now ex-) boyfriend (30, M). It has been a considerable thing getting over like my previous post mentioned. I’m making progress certainly and it is good progress. I feel like I can start meeting new people and making connections slowly.

My ex (let’s say he’s David) was a divorcee. Funny thing, his ex-husband (let’s say he’s Marco) found me on instagram and texted me a few days ago. We had a conversation about David and found out that both of us faced the same kinda issues in our separate relationships with David.

That might have helped Marco and I bond and though we decided both of us wouldn’t talk about David anymore, it appeared like Marco wanted to be friends with me.

A day or two later, Marco expressedly asked me if I was single to which I say I was. He then proceeded to ask if I use snap which I did and I gave him my snap. He also suggested that we should hangout sometime.

From all this, it seems like Marco might be interested to date and see where it goes. My only apprehension is, David and Marco live in the same town albeit separately and it’s been like 2 years since their divorce. If I start dating Marco there would be chances David would run into us in the town. That would be an awkward situation for me.

Otherwise, Marco (25) is a really attractive Brazilian man and I’ve always found Brazilian guys attractive. If not for this awkwardness, I would openly and readily ask him out.

What do y’all think of this situation? Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)