Guys, Is the friend of my crush trying to play cupid?

[Anonymous]

I am close with the friend of my crush, to the point we've talked about each others lives and encourage each other to do things to become better. My crush and I are friends but not that close because I'm too much of a chicken. Recently, I've noticed that whenever we hang out, this friend always mentions my crush in everything we do. He always asks my crush to join when I ask the friend to hang out, quite randomly too. Recently, when the friend and I were at the gym, he mentioned the crush so much to the point I asked if they were dating (the friend already has a girlfriend) to which he started to immediately praise my crush, saying how he would like him if he was a girl and that my crush was an amazing person. Is he genuinely just a homie or is he trying to play wingman?

[Oliverlogan263]

It sounds like your friend might be trying to play wingman for you here! A few signs that point to him playing Cupid:

- He always suggests inviting your crush along when you two hang out. That's a classic wingman move to get you in situations with your crush.

- He brings up your crush really randomly in conversations with you, even when it's not totally natural. He's trying to keep your crush on your mind.

- When you joked about him dating your crush, he immediately started praising your crush to you. Classic wingman tactic to build them up in your eyes.

- As just a friend, he wouldn't care so much about randomly hyping up your crush. But as a wingman, his goal is get you interested!

I'd say your friend sees you've got a thing for your crush and is trying to subtly help the situation out. He wants to be a good friend and help you out! Maybe you could play along more next time and see if opportunities arise when you're all hanging in a group. A wingman is a good thing to have on your side in these situations. Stay confident, luv!

[strateguy632]

he can tell you feel a crush and is hinting don't be shy

[Avicenna]

Yeah

[Anonymous]

Ask him