Is it normal for guy friends to do this?

[DabieberRoyalty]

I have a guy friend who teases me a lot, sometimes there is subtle flirtation here and there but generally we're close friends.

There's a girl that he is interested in but for some reason he is not pursuing anything with her. The girl likes him too. However, he claims that the wants to work on himself in the meanwhile and that his not ready to be in a relationship or mess her up.

Out of curiosity is it normal for men to flirt, be playful with their female friends whilst they have an interest somewhere else?

Why do this towards me, if he has his interests somewhere else or does he not respect me enough as a friend?

[_Maya_]

No my guy friends don't flirt with me or tease. We are close in age and that just isn't a thing with friends. I can't recall a single time when any of my close guy friends did anything remotely flirting whether I was single or not. So I wouldn't find this normal for myself. I am not sure what his intentions are. If he says he doesn't want a relationship and needs to work on himself I think that would apply universally. Maybe that is just his personality and you are misinterpreting the flirting. He might just feel really comfortable with you and that is just the way he is. I don't know any other reason he'd do it.

[LostGirl9]

He could very well like this girl and still be attracted to you

[jahaims]

It's not normal for friends to flirt. If they flirt they want to fuck.