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How can a girl tell when a guy is shy or just uninterested?

I usually cant tell the difference between the 2 & get really confused. I will just keep it short.

Over the summer vacation we saw each other at events alot, and i caught him looking at me, esp when hes at a distance or thinks im not aware, with eye contact upclose, he quickly looks away. And there was an occasion where he was sitting quietly behind me and when i was told to shift chairs, he immed got up, rushed to the room to get the stuff for me.

Whenever i tried talking to him, he seems very subdued and quiet. He’s not known to be shy or quiet. =/ And like, if he ever passes me, he just ignores me. Now that college term has started, i saw him look over his shoulder briefly in a cafe once when i was walking in his direction, but when he passed me he didnt say anything. And once we had a conversation..he was staring into my eyes, hardly ever breaking contact.

I just cant read him though =/ help?

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Anonymous #
2 months, 2 weeks ago (19 minutes after post)

I’m shy and i do think he likes you, i normaly ignore the person i like but i will hold her gaze.

Get to know him a bit but understand he may seem litte nervous but let him know you like him if you do.

If he was uninterested he wouldnt hold eye contact , body language hardly ever lies
though it can be misleading since i’ve been in the same situation having feelings for a woman who showed so much interest through her body language but turned out to have a bf.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago (35 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
I’m shy and i do think he likes you, i normaly ignore the person i like but i will hold her gaze.

Get to know him a bit but understand he may seem litte nervous but let him know you like him if you do.

If he was uninterested he wouldnt hold eye contact , body language hardly ever lies
though it can be misleading since i’ve been in the same situation having feelings for a woman who showed so much interest through her body language but turned out to have a bf.

women are wayy more confusing than men. some of them are really flirty and over-friendly in my opinion. i have a number of attached gfs who still flirt alot with their male friends. and i always wonder why. all i do know is that this guy is single but dunno why he’s shy and all that when he’s really not. thx for ur answer!

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Anonymous #
2 months, 2 weeks ago (51 minutes after post)

Sometimes guys who are naturally out going get shy around someone they like, he must find you very attractive.

Don’t worry to much about why hes like that just talk to him , pay him some attention and get to know him more he will soon feel more comfortable around you.

I have to agree on the women being confusing no offence to the ladies on help
I do understand women are naturally friendly and some come off very flirty like the woman i incounted she wasn’t just flirty but aslo a tease and i was a fool to fall for it.
I think women and also men do this purely for an ego trip , people love to be desired etc etc

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2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 4 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
Sometimes guys who are naturally out going get shy around someone they like, he must find you very attractive.

Don’t worry to much about why hes like that just talk to him , pay him some attention and get to know him more he will soon feel more comfortable around you.

I have to agree on the women being confusing no offence to the ladies on help
I do understand women are naturally friendly and some come off very flirty like the woman i incounted she wasn’t just flirty but aslo a tease and i was a fool to fall for it.
I think women and also men do this purely for an ego trip , people love to be desired etc etc

eh, haha, thanks. but in my opinion, im really not drop dead gorgeous.

as for the confusing ladies,be aware of these types: the teasing, flirty, touchy types. esp if they dont know u too well and seem to be very confident coming on to you like that. one clue that gives most ppl (men and women away) is to check if theres a dif bet your object of interest’s behaviour ard you and ard others. if she’s doing it to other guys as well (plus shes attached jeez) chances are, thats just her character. poor dude whos her bf though. but even if shes just doing it to u, be cautious. some women (and men) really do it just out of pure fun. these arent the very nice types and tend to be classified under “player”. i was in a similar sitation like urs once. so yeah, be observant and if u cant talk to her directly, find out abt her from others.

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Anonymous #
2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 29 minutes after post)

Your welcome:)

Im starting to learn about what happend she also would get moody towards me to
I only noticed her doing it towards me, bad thing is i blamed myself for it and still do there was things i should of done i sorta ignored her a bit because of her moods but people say it was her and not me but i dunno.
I guess she was just having fun with me otherwise she would be with me right now
I noticed she got sad once i found out she had a bf but after that she got moody
and never saw her again.
I wanna talk to her about how i felt but i dont think she would really care and it would give her more of a boost but at the sametime im thinking well i cant take been treated like that and i need to tell her or i’ll find it hard to move on.

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 34 minutes after post)

i think he likes you

a similar thing happened to me last year…i went out with the guy and now we’re still together :)

start a conversation with him, get to know him…sooner or later you’ll find out for sure

or just go ask him out…then you’ll know :)

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2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 48 minutes after post)

xmisslittlecookiex wrote:
i think he likes you

a similar thing happened to me last year…i went out with the guy and now we’re still together :)

start a conversation with him, get to know him…sooner or later you’ll find out for sure

or just go ask him out…then you’ll know :)

thanks (: the difficulty i think is finding opportunities to talk to him and bump into him etc. cause though we are from the same faculty we dont share any classes tog.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 51 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
Your welcome:)

Im starting to learn about what happend she also would get moody towards me to
I only noticed her doing it towards me, bad thing is i blamed myself for it and still do there was things i should of done i sorta ignored her a bit because of her moods but people say it was her and not me but i dunno.
I guess she was just having fun with me otherwise she would be with me right now
I noticed she got sad once i found out she had a bf but after that she got moody
and never saw her again.
I wanna talk to her about how i felt but i dont think she would really care and it would give her more of a boost but at the sametime im thinking well i cant take been treated like that and i need to tell her or i’ll find it hard to move on.

well u can do it either way. its up to you. talking to her abt it and stuff could work, but only if the other person wants to communicate honestly and openly. if shes gonna lie abt things and all that, then theres no point speaking to her. you DEFINITELY dont deserve to be treated like that and u ought to move on and find someone more worth it. what i did when i was in a similar situation was, i just totally didnt speak to the guy again though he wanted to be friends. but i dont stoop so low. though i wanted to ask him what happened, i didnt exactly wanted to waste my time talking to a loser who will just lie anyway.

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 51 minutes after post)

hey

you’ll just have to find a way of bumping into him ‘accidentally’ then :)
no, im kidding, well unless you want to try that

i’ve heard it works :)

good luck

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2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 54 minutes after post)

xmisslittlecookiex wrote:
hey

you’ll just have to find a way of bumping into him ‘accidentally’ then :)
no, im kidding, well unless you want to try that

i’ve heard it works :)

good luck

haha, actually, i do bump into him, but its usually brief and either one of us is occupied with something. hopefully we’re more freed up and are able to have a conversation in future.

thanks loads! (:

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 56 minutes after post)

haha

your welcome :)

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