Nervous? Intimidated? Not interested?

[Anonymous]

How does a girl tell if a guy is nervous or intimidated around her? Does it sometimes make the guy seem uninterested?

[Anonymous]

There have been times when I have thought that a guy must hate me or something based on his behavior, but it turned out that he liked me and he was too afraid to make a move for whatever reason (he already had a girlfriend or he was intimidated). They have done things like ignore me sometimes, avoid eye contact (it wasn't like he couldn't pay attention, he would just not look me in the eye usually), and just seem kind of strange whenever I would talk to any other guys (either try to ignore it but be visibly uncomfortable or disapproving, or look over with a look like he wanted to be involved in the conversation). The guy was always polite and nice though, even though the possibly nervous behavior (eye contact avoidance) could possibly suggest otherwise.

So I would say, yes, it can come off as disinterest. Absolutely. However, I think you can tell a slight difference between disinterest and intimidation. A guy who isn't interested just wouldn't pay attention to you (and intentionally ignoring you is kind of giving attention). Guys don't ignore girls they don't like as much as girls ignore guys they don't like. In fact I can't really think of an instance where a guy ignored a girl he knew because he DIDN'T like her.

I'd say for me, the ignoring and avoiding eye contact were the biggest hints.

[Curious-Plumber]

Some nervous include laughing a lot, fidgeting with your hands, and long silences when talking to you. Generally speaking if a conversation sounds "unnatural" there may be some nerves involved. More importantly though if you catch him talking with other people, try to gauge his tendencies and reactions with other people. If you notice a difference between his interaction with other people and yourself, you may be on to something.