Hello! I have a friend group and there's this guy whom I always found to be looking at me. He asks me questions, talks to me, is attentive to what I do and say. He always smiles when talking to me as well, he also seems to compromise with my wants and needs, he even offers me his help when he can. He used to slightly touch my fingers whenever he passed me something, his body language is always open towards me. If we sat close to each other, his knees will strike towards me. I was almost certain that he likes me.
There's another girl in our group. He started having interactions with her on the 2 latest occasions that we hung out. Before that he didn't initiate any conversation with her. Then I suddenly found him quite caring towards her, and for example if we walk on the streets, he doesn't walk close to me but seems to always be behind her. He still shows a lot of interest in me when we talk, even in her presence, I still saw that he's glancing over at me and is aware of my surroundings. A few days ago, he went on a trip and had to spend an evening in the city where the girl lives, and he invited her to eat with him.
So I'm really confused what his actions mean, does he have romantic feelings with her now?
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Depending on how long these signs towards you have been going on, he may have given up and moved his interest on. Some guys require a very blatant/direct return of interest for them to believe that the girl likes them back enough to give them the confidence to make a move on them. When this happens tho, the girl he didn't get will always stay in the back of his mind.
You might not have meant to, but you may not have shown enough interest back to him for him to be confident enough to ask you out. Keep giving him more obvious signs that you like him and see how it changes his behavior towards you, especially around this other girl.
He may also be hanging out with this other girl more to see how your behavior changes. It's a simple test I've used on girls before. I suspect they might like me back, but I don't have enough confidence in my suspicions so I'll get close to another girl and see how the one I like reacts.
It’s sounds like he’s more interested in pursuing another girl as his potential making all that effort. He probably does like you but he’s chosen to date someone else for whatever reason, try asking him.
I believe he did like you initially but he moved on when he felt like you were not interested.