Nuanced situation. If he's seeing this: no you aren't?

[Anonymous]

Last summer my i told my guy friend I liked him, because i thought he liked me back (he told me i was fit, pretty, had nice eyes, and "not like other girls"). I did it over text, but he said he wasn't going to stick around for college, and said he didn't want anything too serious. A couple of weeks later, we hung out in person, and even put his arm around my shoulder on a roller coaster. Then while he was driving me back to my house, he wanted to talk about us, and he said "I'm going to ask you right now. Do you like me?" I told him I never liked him and that I was just confused, because I thought that if I admitted that I like him in person he would just reject me again. He said "Yeah, I guess I see you as just a friend, and I didn't want you to think I was leading you on." We didn't speak for months after that. I reached out to his friend a while ago, and even his friend thought that we had something going on. Is it possible that that night in the car, he had regretted rejecting me? Is it possible that he liked me back but was afraid of commitment?

There's a chance that he liked me

Nah platonic

[SueShe]

Both of you were (and still are) afraid of rejection and both of you again, did not want to admit that they liked each other. This is a pretty normal situation because, who likes to be rejected, right?

Neither of you wanted to take this risk by admitting that they liked the other and now, I am sure that both of you regret not having had the guts to speak up. Being afraid of rejection was valued higher than a possible relationship.

Also, to him, you did change your mind about liking him since you texted him first telling him you liked him but then when he asked you in the car, you said that you did not. Those are pretty confusing information you gave him and he did not want to make a fool of himself and preferred to tell you that he did not like you.

Miscommunication is the number one relationship killer...

[Asker]

But why did he initially reject me if he ever liked me?

[SueShe]

Fear of being rejected or the feelings not being reciprocated.

[intovertedguy]

You told him you don't like him, so he rejected you so you wouldn't feel he was creepy because he likes you. So you rejected him first.

[spartan55]

He didn't reject you in the car. YOU rejected him first, then he followed suit so he wouldn't look stupid. You should have never done it over text the first time. It completely devalues the gesture.

[Avicenna]

He probably was being honest with you when he said he saw you only as a friend

[Iron_Man]

You make things extremely complicated the way you talk to this guy

[In_Trance]

He lusted for you