How do you know if someone likes you?

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07 Apr 2010, 10:09 pm

Ugh. I can never figure this out. Then, when I like someone, I dunno how to act and so I ridicule them. Eye contact has always been uncomfortable for me, and it just gets worse when I like someone.

But that's beside the point.

How do you know if someone else likes you?

*Just thought I should add the fact that I'm a teen, not an adult...*



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08 Apr 2010, 12:03 am

My wife tells me.



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08 Apr 2010, 12:08 am

NOBS wrote:
My wife tells me.

For those of us who don't have wives it's different.

One pretty sure sign is if they ask you if you are single.


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08 Apr 2010, 12:15 am

GoatOnFire wrote:
One pretty sure sign is if they ask you if you are single.


Interesting. This just happened to me.



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08 Apr 2010, 6:44 am

GoatOnFire wrote:
NOBS wrote:
My wife tells me.

For those of us who don't have wives it's different.

One pretty sure sign is if they ask you if you are single.


There's a problem if your wife's asking if you're single.


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08 Apr 2010, 1:10 pm

Who_Am_I wrote:
GoatOnFire wrote:
NOBS wrote:
My wife tells me.

For those of us who don't have wives it's different.

One pretty sure sign is if they ask you if you are single.


There's a problem if your wife's asking if you're single.

GoatOnFire wrote:
For those of us who don't have wives it's different.


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08 Apr 2010, 2:29 pm

I wish I knew how to tell.



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08 Apr 2010, 2:33 pm

I really wouldn't know unless they actually told me they did.


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08 Apr 2010, 5:50 pm

GoatOnFire wrote:
Who_Am_I wrote:
GoatOnFire wrote:
NOBS wrote:
My wife tells me.

For those of us who don't have wives it's different.

One pretty sure sign is if they ask you if you are single.


There's a problem if your wife's asking if you're single.

GoatOnFire wrote:
For those of us who don't have wives it's different.


I did see that. My post was a joke based on a deliberate misreading.


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08 Apr 2010, 8:31 pm

One of the biggest ways to tell if they like you, is if they act different around you than they do other people of the same sex. They could be more flirty, nervous, ask personal questions, make more/less eye contact, touchy-feely, or just somehow manage to be around you more than other people. Also, everybody shows interest in different ways, so there isn't really a single answer to this.



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09 Apr 2010, 12:43 am

told_u_so wrote:
Ugh. I can never figure this out. Then, when I like someone, I dunno how to act and so I ridicule them. Eye contact has always been uncomfortable for me, and it just gets worse when I like someone.


Isn't that the difficult part? Catch 22. If you don't like a guy... he'll chase and pursue.
As soon as you start liking them, it shows, they've "had you" and they move on to the next conquest.

At least that's my experience.


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09 Apr 2010, 12:58 am

s/he/whatever tells you


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10 Apr 2010, 1:32 am

Who_Am_I wrote:
GoatOnFire wrote:
Who_Am_I wrote:
GoatOnFire wrote:
NOBS wrote:
My wife tells me.

For those of us who don't have wives it's different.

One pretty sure sign is if they ask you if you are single.


There's a problem if your wife's asking if you're single.

GoatOnFire wrote:
For those of us who don't have wives it's different.


I did see that. My post was a joke based on a deliberate misreading.

Oh good, I understand it's hard to pull jokes like that anymore. It's hard to tell anymore. Reading comprehension doesn't seem to be a virtue these days.

Though seriously, asking if you are single is not a guarantee. If they are of the same sex as you especially they might just be trying to make you feel bad. If it's coming from the opposite sex and you are single take it as a good sign.
SilverStar wrote:
One of the biggest ways to tell if they like you, is if they act different around you than they do other people of the same sex. They could be more flirty, nervous, ask personal questions, make more/less eye contact, touchy-feely, or just somehow manage to be around you more than other people. Also, everybody shows interest in different ways, so there isn't really a single answer to this.

This is the most useful post here so far.


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10 Apr 2010, 2:16 am

I'm yet to engage in a relationship. If someone is my friend I tend to read their body language and not their eye contact or facial signs coz I don't understand half the times, I might miconstrude a half cockeyed eyebrow for a cheeky comeon when it may be they are offended by something I said.

I'd say if they get closer to you, or spend more time with you I'd say that is your signs, also sharing an open conversation may be the best way to go, I know it could spoil the mystery but knowing which direction its going than going the opposite way.



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10 Apr 2010, 8:17 pm

If they stand so close to you while walking you keep crashing into them; if they say hello the very second you come online, and give you abnormal amounts of attention and/or interest - at least, that's what happened to me last time. It's not always that blatant, though. Also, some people jump to conclusions: I once asked someone whether we could stay in touch and they said, "I have a boyfriend". I had no intention of dating them - I dunno why they thought that I did. :?

GoatOnFire wrote:
Though seriously, asking if you are single is not a guarantee.


Agreed - I usually ask out of interest, rather than because I fancy them. :)



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10 Apr 2010, 8:34 pm

CrinklyCrustacean wrote:
If they stand so close to you while walking you keep crashing into them; if they say hello the very second you come online, and give you abnormal amounts of attention and/or interest - at least, that's what happened to me last time. It's not always that blatant, though. Also, some people jump to conclusions: I once asked someone whether we could stay in touch and they said, "I have a boyfriend". I had no intention of dating them - I dunno why they thought that I did. :?

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Though seriously, asking if you are single is not a guarantee.


Agreed - I usually ask out of interest, rather than because I fancy them. :)

the only reason someone needs to if they are interested in you or else they know somone thatt would be


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