Girls, why would you be elusive and not direct with a guy?

Anonymous

My friend Erin and I have been talking a lot more frequently than usual. I moved away a year ago, but still keep in touch. The other day, she messaged me randomly saying that she doesn’t understand why I have a hard time getting a girlfriend because she thinks that I’m a nice guy and a great catch. I told her a story about how my last date went awful. I bought a girl flowers and she rejected them. Erin left me on read.

Then a couple days later she sends me a picture of her and another guy that’s not her boyfriend, so I ask her what’s going on and she replies telling me all the things she doesn’t like about the guy in the pic. She also confessed that she broke up with her boyfriend months ago and vents to me about how he mistreated her.

I tell her that I’m sorry to hear about her situation. She said she’s ok and ready to move on. I confess that I had feelings for her and it sucks that we’re so far apart now. She laughs and says d’awww. I tell her that I want to fly out and take her on a date. She says, “I won’t reject your flowers!”

I’m confused. Does she like me back and is being coy about it or does she only like me as a friend and doesn’t want to hurt my feelings or could she be unsure about her own feelings and not want to give me a definite answer or something else I can’t think of? I opened up to her and was clear about my intentions, why can’t I get a clear answer back?

Girls, why would you be elusive and not direct with a guy?
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