Polls: Dating

My friend, S, has been asking for my advice with a guy. She is a senior in high school and is trying to figure out where she is going to go to college, and has been meeting with alumni and current students at her top contender schools she's considering. Last weekend, she met with a previous classmate for coffee to ask about his college. Both of them went with their moms to this meeting. She said that the meeting went good and that they talked for 2.5 hours but she is confused about whether or not he likes her. I guess while they were taking his mom invited her and her mom to a concert in September or October, and then he invited her to a football game next month (he plays football) and told her he would show her around his favorite spots after her tour of his college she is going on this week and to let him know if she has any more questions. I feel like it is important to note that she liked/likes? (I don't know fs but my guess is she still does) this guy last year. I also think that it is important to note that she knows his mom because of something that their moms are apart of. She has been asking me for advice on whether or not he likes her (she is his type based all on previous girlfriend's and similar interests) and I thought that maybe he did until I heard through the grapevine today that he's dating someone else. She has been asking me for advice on it all week but I don't know what to tell her and I can't ask anyone else since she asked me to not say anything (hence why I tried to go anonymous with this). I haven't told her yet about what I heard (about the girlfriend) but am going to before she sees him after her tour this weekend. SO, does he like her? Is she just being delulu and reading into things too much? How do I help her?

I have a gym crush and I'm planning on asking him out. We've been in the same gym for around 4 months, we see each other probably 2 times a week but we never talked. It's hard to smile or even just make eye contact with him, as he's always stuck on his phone with his earphones on. So I was thinking of just coming up to him and say "hey I think you're cute, I was wondering if you were single". Can this be off putting for a guy?

I've been with a few guys that have been exceptional in the past. They were so respectful, they treated me like a princess, they made me feel so special and secure. Unfortunately, things didn't work out, mostly because of bad timing, unhealed traumas, relocations... Now I feel like it's so hard to settle down with someone new, even if they're absolutely great. I really want to be in a relationship, but I can't find anyone that meet my expectations anymore. My friends say I'm too picky and should compromise more. Even when I meet someone very nice, smart, handsome, I feel like I can't be with anyone less than outstanding. But at the same time, I've grown so tired of spending my time looking around and I really start to feel lonely. I don't know what to do. Both options feel risky, because if I keep my standards so high, I might end up all alone, but if I settle down for less, I might be missing out on something greater. Have anyone been through this?

He knows that I like him and he used to like me too but we never dated. Now that he found himself a girlfriend whenever I look at him he looks away on purpose and seems tense and uncomfortable. He also unfollowed some of his former crushes he used to admire for years on instagram. Why does he do this? Does he only do it for his girlfriend? Or does he do it to avoid temptation? Or is it the opposite and he is completely over them?

My boyfriend and I went to this Greek restaurant and the waiter/ owner was insisting for my boyfriend to pay for me and he was refusing to do separate bills for us…. was it rude of the waiter to impose that on my boyfriend? Or was it rude that my boyfriend didn’t wanna pay for me due to the fact that he couldn’t afford the whole entire bill?

ps - my boyfriend and I go 50/50 but occasionally he will treat me…

I found that while it's rarely a deciding factor, there are some people that wouldn't do that, because for example they can't imagine having a cat/dog at home in the future. Also, do you think that being a dog/cat person comes with a certain set of traits, and if so, could that be the reason for that preference?