Am I just deluding myself? Does she like me?
SPOILER: This is long. If you’re gonna be unhappy about that, move on now. This is the most condensed I can contain my thoughts and still retain potentially relevant facts.
I’m not the best judge of a girl’s mind. I’ve had 1 girlfriend ever, and she never made me feel half as happy as being around this other girl does. I would love to ask her out but I’ve tried stuff like this before, where I think she likes me, I ask her, and I get shot down horribly, and sometimes they won’t even talk to me afterwards. I like this girl too much as a friend to want to do that, even if it means burying my feelings.
Basically, is she doing anything here that seems out of line for ordinary friend behavior? We met at a camp 2 years ago. For about a year and a half we only talked through Facebook posts (generally about once every 1-2 weeks), but eventually I got to see her in person again at her grad party. She gave me her number then (so I could call her in case I got lost). Since then I’ve seen her twice, and after both of these other visits we would have spikes of texts where we just text each other asking what’s up, how are you doing, etc at least once a day… but slowly dying out as time passes.
Her texts are getting a little more erratic again since my visit on tuesday, but for whatever reason one of them included the comment ‘I went 4 wheeling in a skirt’… to which I confusedly replied ‘whoa, how’d that go?’. She also started a conversation once with a text ‘hmmmm lalalalala’. I have no idea what either of those mean, but I just kinda took it in stride.
In terms of when we’re hanging out she’s weird, but in a fun way. Last time we were together we were just sitting next to each other watching house, and she started shaking her head watching her hair spin and laughing… we were kinda tired by then. On the drive to drop her back off at her dorm she also said something absolutely ridiculous and I just kinda looked at her and we just stared at each other grinning for a few seconds up until I noticed I was about to hit a car. I dropped her off, hugs were exchanged, she said she had a pretty good time (woulda been a lot better if not for my drunk mom), and her facebook status said she had a good time and she can’t wait to see me again.
But on the flip side… I haven’t really seen her around her friends very often so I don’t know what to expect. She could be this random for anyone. And until mid december I can’t really see her again to decide if she really likes me or not… I’d like to ask her out now before she goes back to college and maybe picks up a boyfriend if I have any shot at all.
If it’s relevant at all I’m 20, she’s 18, almost 19… is she just being a weird good friend? Or do I actually have a shot?
Okay, I think she may be flirting with you. From personal experience I can say that she probably likes you as a little more than a friend but wants to see if you will flirt back. Try a little more communication [flirt!].
Worst case scenario is that she is kinda like me. Silly, sometimes random and likes to have fun with all her friends. Just watch her body language. If she likes you, you should definitely be able to tell by the way she talks and acts around you.
Good luck!

