What do you make of these signs?

[Anonymous]

It seems like it's hard to tell if a girl likes you or is just friendly. This is about a specific girl, but I've tried to make it objective / third person.

If a girl exhibits the following behaviours, what would you assume, given her personality is more extroverted?

• Coming into physical space while sat beside each other, e. g. shoulders touching, legs touching when there's available space to avoid this;
• She makes and holds eye contact during conversations;
• She tells you about things that happen in her life, and asks about things in yours (e. g. how was your weekend, what did you do yesterday, etc)
• She doesn't tease, but she'll respond to teasing playfully - e. g. sticking middle finger up and smiling;
• She's playful with you, ie. playing games trying to make you guess something;
• When she talks to you, she'll face you usually with her whole body directed towards you;
• She often initiates and carries the conversation by asking questions and engaging;
• In short 5 minute breaks between lessons, she'll stay seated and talk with you even though her friends went out of the room (ie. she doesn't go with them);
• She'll often lean in to you to see what you're doing, e. g. classwork;
• When something funny happens, she looks at you (and you look at her, almost like it's an inside joke/thing) with a sort of look of disbelief (hard to explain, but I guess if you know you know);

BUT..

• She forgets things about you, like your birthday (but somehow remembers other things) until prompted and then she has a realisation of remembrance;
• She's not entirely focused on you constantly, she'll sometimes be talking to her other friends and this involves turning her back from you periodically;
• Despite the 1st point in this post, she'll make other physical contacts but pull back and apologise (e. g. accidentally kicking/brushing you when moving her foot)

[madpete1111]

What do I make of this? I make a human. You're not her top priority. Why should you be? You want her? Make her feel special. Instead of being focused on yourself, focus on her. When's her birthday? Do you know? You sit with her. You make an effort

[Asker]

Yes, I do know when her birthday is. Also I don't really understand how these show I wasn't focusing on her, but I value your response - thank you.

[BoopBoopBeep]

That's literally half the people in my building. Just not specific enough to say, but at a minimum she doesn't hate you or find you repulsive

[Asker]

Yeah, it's not overly clear but then when can we ever interpret anything if this is the case?

[BoopBoopBeep]

I usually just ask. Less chance if misinterpretation that way.

[Asker]

I guess it might be an age thing (as we have very different ages, so different situations), but I think generally it is more common to be gradual / by observation these days rather than being too forward. I could be wrong, but it's what I've learnt

[BoopBoopBeep]

Could be, but I have a lot of women in their 20s hitting on me, too, so don't underestimate the value of the direct approach. They certainly aren't when they're coming up to me on the campuses I visit.