How can you tell a guy likes you?

Anonymous
I’ve noticed that there are lots of obvious signs a guy likes you, but often times they aren’t so forward about it. I don’t know if it’s because they’re shy or what. But what are the signs that a guy is crushing on you?

I’m 21 and this guy I’m referring to is 25 (Is that a bad age gap?). We used to work together, but I’ve since moved to another job. I’ll occasionally reach out, but it’s usually just small talk and funny videos. And he’s always been a terrible texter, but is there some hidden rule for guys where they distance themselves for some reason? Just wondering. Between being very distant, he’ll also over share sometimes when he’s drunk or high…like accidentally hooking up with a girl. And when I said he could just lie about it and not give me an explanation, he blamed it on being high so he couldn’t lie lol

Also he’s very respectful and I have a boyfriend, but obviously that doesn’t stop people from hitting on me (not that I’m all that)…so I was just wondering if there are subtle ques I’m missing so that I can better move forward in our friendship? I just don’t want to accidentally mistake us for just friends and then have problems later, yk?
How can you tell a guy likes you?
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