This guy turns and walks away when he sees me. why?

[Anonymous]

We both liked each other before and knew it, but neither of us actually took the step to talk to each other. In an attempt to get over him I’ve been trying to just act like I’ve moved on (like fake it until I make it) and he’s sensed this too I think because before it was obvious that he was into me and now it doesn’t seem like he is so I think he moved on because he saw that I moved on. Anyways I’ve noticed a few times now that he will be walking in one direction like towards me, and as soon as his eyes fall on me he stops, abruptly turns around and walks back where he came from. I am not even looking at him when he does this, my friend told me this. She also told me he looks back specifically at me at times too. So what does this all mean?

[runetune]

Well I think if you both knew you liked each other your mistake was not confirming that you want to be in a relationship.

Thats why now I'm guessing you both probably feel awkward, and that's why he's turning away. He felt like you moved on and maybe he's forcing himself to move on too now

[Asker]

Yeah this makes a lot of sense actually

[Asker]

I apologize if I’m bothering you with this follow up question, but do you think there’s any hope of me regaining his interest? If I start acting interested again (since I was the first one to pull away) or is it too late.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know about guys, but this is what I used to do when I saw my crush and was too nervous to go near them. I have social anxiety, so I act in irrational ways like this, he might too.

[Asker]

It’s possible that he gets nervous, but I know he doesn’t have social anxiety or anything like that because he he has a very loud and big personality

[Anonymous]

To me it sounds like he is shy and still likes you, but you make him nervous. I'm shy and that's what I probably would do unfortunately

[Asker]

He doesn’t show any signs of interest though and I feel like if he did still like me he’d make it so obvious? It’s kind of weird that sometimes when he sees me his mood switches and he just runs his hand through his hair, turns, and walks away.

[MrTuxedo]

Maybe he's trying to approach you, but he gets too shy and quits. Try approaching him.

[Asker]

Well he’s not walking towards me with the intent of approaching me, it’s more like he’s acting normal until he notices it’s me and then he just stops and goes the other way

[MrTuxedo]

social anxiety perhaps?

[Asker]

Maybe, I guess I was just hoping it was a sign that he still likes me but is shy to be around me or something