Wow, there are loads of positives there, which I know may no longer be enough but I think the BIG positive is that after a longish break from each other you are still just as comfortable as you were with each other, to me that is pretty huge. You can build on that.
There are two things here which I think are typically male - the mum thing, I witnessed it with my brother today. Mum's can be a very strong force in a mans life and to be honest I think they just appease for an easy life sometimes (sorry to all the men out there if I am making unfair assumptions). It sounds like your h's mum is quite a force to be reckoned with.
The second thing is that maybe you may not have made it clear about the cinema, did you hint or ask out right??
Lisa, you had a good lunch and he treated you with respect by emailling at an appropriate time to organise it and also following up the lunch with an email showed that he thought about you in the afternoon.
