My coworker has been texting me a lot and asking lots of personal questions about hobbies, where I grew up, etc. Does he like me?

[Anonymous]

Not about work stuff. And I mean huge paragraphs and questions back and forth. Even sent a pic to me of him snowboarding. Lots of smileys and trying to make me laugh. He also said a couple weeks ago about meeting for coffee when he’s in town. Another male colleague told me “he likes you and thinks you’re cool.” Am I reading into this too much? Would guys talk to a girl this much if not attracted and interested?

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I asked my other coworker if they’ve talked about me and he said “LOL yeah maybe just mentioned but not like gossiped”

[coldmarch]

He could, but the only thing that makes me think he likes you is that another colleague confirmed that, if they talked and he admitted that to him. That is a direct confirmation from "him".
But if you just asked your other male colleague a personal opinion about this, and they did not talk before about you, then it's another story.
For sure spending effort in talking is usually a sign of interest but it can be just "social" interest, if you are an interesting person to talk with. Perhaps he is a friendly, talkative person, or maybe he is currently "alone" from a while and needed to finally have a good talk with someone. If you are able to send paragraphs it might mean you have content and you're an interesting conversator.
So before being able to tell I think you should wait for a while and observe if he keeps enjoying that a lot, and feels some "belonging" to you. If yes then chances he is romantically interested increase. And increase in general: even in case he is just "socially" interested to conversate, if he keeps doing that and you keep responding with the same effort, this increases the chances he will develop feelings later, anyway.
An indicator to understand what he might think now, could be to get to know how he communicates, usually, with his other friends. Is he very talkative and insightful? If yes, then it's just his norm. If he is very shy and introvert, then the effort he is putting in talking much to you "matters".

[Asker]

Thanks for the insight. I do know that they have talked about me before. He even told me “Mike was right. You are really funny” the other day.

[Asker]

Also I said something abs he goes “wow fancy girl haha”

[Asker]

And there’s lots more Ig

[burlen]

I think he is into you.

[sheikalana]

He seems to be interested.

[Anonymous]

Doesn't sound like it.

[Asker]

Why you say that?

[JustinTheGreat]

He’s interested