How do you tell the difference between a guy being serious and asking you out or just teasing you as a friend? There is this guy that I used to like, who is my friend but at the time that I liked him, he had a girlfriend. Well even back then ( only a 4 months ago) we used to kind of flirt and play with each other only as friends. Well today he said when am I going to go out with him and would I go out with him? Well it was in front of a lot of people but they weren't paying us any attention. I said sure in the kind of playful friend way. And we laughed about it. But was he serious? I just don't want to get my hopes up. I see him all the time playing with other girls. I just want to know the signs if he was serious?
Ask him about it again. "so when are we going out on our date? " and see what he says. When he jokes with other girls, is it about dating also? Have you ever tried to step into his personal space. You know - really close to him. To see what he does? Does he back away? If not, then this may be a serious question disguised as a joke to protect him from being humiliated if your response is "not interested".
He doesn't ask the other girls out, he just kind of playfully shoves them or grabs them. He doesn't back away when I go to him, though. - 7 months ago
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Based on the newest information, it appears he IS interested. Let him know that you think you guys might make a cute couple and see what he says. If he's put off by the idea, make it seem like a joke and go forward knowing that you have a unique friendship with few boundaries in the joking department. Not a bad thing to have at all :) - 7 months ago