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I know he liked me in the past but he never asked me out so I grew bored and lost interest. But I like him again now and I have shown signs of interest and flirted back with him so I know he has somewhat of an idea that I’m interested in him. Sometimes, he will be extra flirty and make his interest super obvious but then on other days he seems to avoid eye contact and then at other times it’s like he’s trying so hard to get my attention. He flirts with me more often when I reciprocate and when I act like I’m not interested I notice him looking/stealing glances at me more and showing up to places I’m at to be near me and we will catch each others eye but he doesn’t try to flirt. By flirting I mean he locks eye contact and smiles while gazing at me or trying to talk to me indirectly through a group setting. I cannot tell if he is shy or just playing games because I’m getting so many mixed messages.

I met a guy 2 weeks ago. I think he's interested in me and I think I like him too. I somehow got his number and started texting him. So far we've had some amazing conversations over text. Just one problem: I'm always the one who initiates a conversation. After I do, though, he's always really into it and he tries to keep the conversation going asking me questions about me and everything. I tried giving him some time to see if he'd start texting me, but so far he doesn't. I feel like I'm bothering him if I have to start the conversation every time :/

From what I've heard and seen so far he's a shy, sweet person.

Any advice? :)

Me and this guy are friendly with each other, but don't know each other well. We see each other once a week, during the week he's quiet, but in person he initiates conversations and shows interest: compliments me, asks about me and shares things about himself, laughs at my jokes, hangs around me when it's not necessary, got me an Uber etc. I texted him briefly here and there, he responded, but didn't ask me out or anything.

After we started hanging out he started behaving differently around me, the way he never did before. He was ignoring me completely while talking to everyone else, didn't look at me even once, but later we talked for couple of hours one on one. I figured maybe he's nervous bc he likes me, and he's afraid of rejection and waiting for more signs from me. He even made a comment/hint about liking when a girl makes the first move.

He's also a bad texter. He's on WhatsApp only once in a few hrs for just one second and his responses are one word (also in group chats). But I sort of asked him out through text, invited him to go to a party with me. He didn't answer and now I'm debating if I had to do it. Maybe I misinterpreted him and now I feel terrible for being intrusive bc I thought he needed it and he didn't.

Why would a guy show interest but not text or initiate anything? Is he shy or unsure? Does he really only want to be friends?