Did my guy friend like me romantically? or was he just being nice by getting me flowers for my birthday?

[Anonymous]

He was my uni friend. However, he and I didn't really talk all that much. I kind of got the vibe that he didn't dislike me, but he wasn't interested in being close friends, either. And I was fine with that. His birthday was only a week before mine. I didn't get him anything. So I was pleasantly surprised when he chose to come to my birthday party. He came with a beautiful bouquet of 3 dozen pink roses. It's the most beautiful bouquet I've ever seen in my life.

I thought he liked me after. I tried asking him if he wanted to do homework together about a week later. He said he was really busy (but offered to send me the questions a few days after). And honestly, after the party, it was kind of like things went back to normal for us. Like, we'd talk often enough, but it was always small talk, and we never interacted outside of class.

I shouldn't complain. I should treat it like what it is. A guy who I thought merely tolerated me turned out to genuinely care, and gave me something special. He treated me like a queen, even when I didn't treat him like a kind on his birthday.

[14gurlz2gagonit]

Never even heard of a "beta orbiter" or you really think you're just so 'dude-bro' enough to actually be friends with a male? I'm basically saying you're out of touch if you still buy into that male-female friends trope.

Yeah that dude wanted to fuck, been wanting to fuck, and for him, hasn't got the green light to ask for some fuck. Basically you didn't give a fuck, and eventually he'll stop giving a fuck. Probably ghost you once he finds a real good lay elsewhere.

If I sound like a asshole, 1) Okay, it's true, I'm an asshole. 2) Think out of the box about it. Does the dude buy anything at all for the bros? If not, then yeah maybe you're not one of those kinds of friends. Agree? 3) Quite literally a 'girl friend' in the platonic sense is probably only going to be a thing if he literally has no sex drive or is a raging homosexual that thinks about cocks and anus like I think about pussy.

[Shiprex]

The choice of roses suggests he is probably in to you and wants something more. Your next steps should be careful else he may get taken advantage of or end up in a relationship

[Nikki1989]

Men rarely do anything just to be nice. The age of the gentleman is fading fast.

[Shiprex]

You say that like it's a bad thing to retain gendered behaviours that serve only one side.

[V1ka5h]

He definitely likes you

[BarryLiverstone]

Just being nice