There is this guy who's my karate teacher (He's 18 and I'm 20.) who I had been noticing since about a year ago has paid extra attention to me out of the blue. He'd tease me a little in playful ways, strike up friendly conversation, give me high fives and fist bumps, and he started popping up everywhere I went. I got the sense that he had feelings for me. Even my sister had noticed he would be smiling in my direction and staring at me when I wasn't looking. I kinda started developing feelings for him back because he was cute, sweet, and also a very good and assertive teacher.
Unfortunately due to the fact that I have social anxiety, and I'm very very shy, I decided to admit my feelings through secret admirer notes. People were pushing me to do it too, so I thought why not. The first one he ended up telling his co-workers about because he had no idea who it was. I thought it might've been obvious. So I gave him a second note telling him my age and hints on who I was, and added my phone number. I saw him talking to some higher ups about it, then stalking the classroom to see if he could sniff out the suspect. I decided to ask a staff member if a relationship was against the rules or not, and he said while it isn't against the rules (since we're both adults), it's heavily discouraged. That staff member is pretty good friends with my crush so I think he told him it was me.
Ever since then, my crush has been doing this weird shit where he'll stalk me (stand close, find reasons to subtly touch me, stare at me, and sometimes follow me) but he avoids interaction and any time we do talk it's awkward. And he leaves me on pending on social media. The mixed signals are driving me nuts. I'd think if he wasn't interested he would've come out and said something already, and the stalking wouldn't be happening. What do I make of this situation?
What does it mean when a guy I confessed my feelings to stalks me in person, but hardly talks to me and avoids me on social media?
