When a girl changes her FB profile photo to indicate ...

[Anonymous]

that she has a boyfriend; why is that?

There's a girl in my college that was giving me signals all last semester, and in my college we can check out the names of those that are in our courses, and I did with her and then checked upon her FB profile - and mind you, I was checking upon that for quite a while before striking up a conversation.

Her FB profile is very much locked down, and thus no indicator of any relationship and no photos of anyone that could be her boyfriend.

And yes, we were in the same class, but sat far from each other and never talked to another-it was only until almost the end of the semester that I initiated a conversation and I kept it short and only about schoolwork.

And I never mentioned I was irregularly checking upon her on FB (and she's never gotten a friend invite from me, and we have no friends in common, neither in real life nor on FB).

But the very next day, a Saturday (and thus no college) she changed her FB photo that had a guy holding his arms around her, clearing someone special.

And no, I'm not in love with her. I'm just curious about this behavior from girls (I'm pretty sure no guy would ever do this)

...and I haven't initiated conversation with her on this new semester; I see her still sending me signals but if she's not going to come talk to me and initate conversation (exteremely few girls do) again then so be it - I don't dabble with taken girls, and besides, I'm very introvert and thus coming out of my shell was a pretty big step

[XRabbitHeartX]

When you're in a relationship with someone it's pretty common to find the persons partner in the picture with them, whether you're male or female. I've seen plenty of couples who have each other on their cover photos or profile photos. It's not abnormal or some sort of exception.

I'm curious as to what kind of signals you think she's sending you? It's very easy to interpret friendly gestures as flirting signals. I'd be careful with it. You could be misled, especially if she has a boyfriend. It's pretty awesome though that you decided to talk to her and made that move. It will make future conversations with girls easier, even if it doesn't feel like that now. Don't feel discouraged about it. If she has a boyfriend then it all comes down to bad timing which neither of you had much control over.

[Racez]

I think her profile picture change is just natural. I think she's dating someone/ is in a relationship now. Also, about sending signals, I think you're over thinking things. Perhaps, she unintentionally gives out signals.