Why would a girl give me signals that she was interested then suddenly start acting shy/avoidant?

[JE10293]

There is a girl I always see around my apartment complex. I always catch her staring at me from a distance and when she would walk by me she would often smile and quickly look away. We had never actually said anything to each other untill a few weeks ago when I said hey as she was passing me. Since then she has been acting shy/avoidant. When she walks by me she will act like she doesn't even see me and look in the other direction. She will occasionally go out of her way to walk where I can see her but she avoids looking at me. I can't tell if she is just super shy or doesn't like me.

[SueShe]

She does act like a shy person typically does. She lives in her thoughts and dreams and you disturbed them by saying "hi". She seems to be an introvert and the fact that you caught her looking at you makes her feel uncomfortable.

She is a dreamer but does not have what it takes to actually talk to those people in her thoughts.

Your best option is simply not to talk with her when you cross paths and don't look at her. This way you let her know that you are not interested in her and hope that her behavior will change and leave you in peace.

[Kelley1]

Girls never show an interest in a guy unless she is interested. However, she is not willing to risk being rejected. She is not going to risk letting you know she likes you until after she is confident that you like her.

[liggang]

I suspect that women give up quickly. Since they tend to imagine that most men are just willing to pursue a woman immediately if he likes her, women often times assume that her clues were rejected.

So basically now she thinks you don't like her so now she is avoiding you.

That's my theory anyways.

[RossyBoi]

Because she wants to be friends.

Don't ever date a neighbour. It will become extremely awkward when you break up.

[WhitneySnow]

She’s too shy to talk to you. However, this does not necessarily mean she likes you that way. She might be shy around everyone, or at least all guys.

[sheikalana]

She's not interested. You assumed she was interested because she looks at you but I don't think she is at all.

[Nikki1989]

She changed the play for whatever reason.

[SheWolf1111]

many reasons: 1. She might have daddy issues and don’t know if she can trust you with her emotions. 2. Trust issues. 3. She might think you don’t want something serious.

[Iron_Man]

Wishy-washy not stable, not professional, not mature

[DishLady]

Possibly you misread the supposed signal.

[DreamLife7]

She's not interested in you lol