I found out who gave me the gift

I found out today who gave me the rose and bear. It was from an associate at work. An associate that used to work in the same office as him told me so he doesn't know I know. She said he thinks I'm so beautiful. I'm so glad to hear that it wasn't from some crazy that was stalking me at my apartment but at the same time, I don't want associates thinking about me in that way, at least not taking actions towards their feelings. I'm very flattered by his effort and the gift but I'm his boss and that's all I'm going to be to him. I hope I won't let this thing create awkwardness between us.

Just last week another associate, who is about 40 or so who has 3 or 4 kids told me that he wished he would have met me earlier in life. I mean, what do you say to that... I just kinda pretended like I didn't know what the heck he was talking about. Then he asked me if I knew what he meant. I just told him that I am not allowed by company policy to date people I supervise. After that, the conversation was just awkward.