So you want to know if a guy likes you? Some guys can be hard to read if they don’t just come right out and tell you they like you.
The good news is that a guy’s body language can be a big giveaway when it comes to figuring out if he likes you.
There are certain things guys do subconsciously when they like a woman. If you know what signs to look for, you can decode his body language and find out if he’s crushing on you.
Here is a list of 24 signs a guy likes you. If a guy did only one of these things, it probably wouldn’t tell you much. But if he does a bunch of them, then you can be pretty sure he likes you.
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1. He smiles at you
If you notice a guy smiling at you, it’s a pretty good indication he likes you. It’s natural to smile at someone you like, but how do you know if it means something more? Try to notice how often he smiles at you. If he seems to smile at you a lot more than would seem normal, he probably likes you. If he seems to smile at you whenever you lock eyes, for no apparent reason, he probably likes you.
2. He maintains eye contact with you
If a guy makes eye contact with you and it feels prolonged, even just a fraction of a second longer than would seem normal, he is most likely interested in you. Especially if he flashes you a big grin at the same time.
3. You catch him staring at you
Have you ever caught a guy staring at you, and he suddenly turns away? If you catch him once, it could be a mere coincidence. But if it happens more than once, chances are he likes you. Provided you aren’t doing or wearing something absurd or have food on your face, he’s probably into you.
4. He’s always around
If a guy is always walking near you, sitting next to you, or just seems to pop up wherever you are, those are all good signs that he is interested and trying to find opportunities to get closer to you.
5. He stands a little too close
If you feel as though a guy is invading your personal space just slightly, this could be a major sign that he likes you. Take note of the distance between you when he’s around. If he’s a little bit closer than he should be, he probably likes you. If you move in a little and he doesn’t step back, it means he’s receptive. If he responds by getting even closer, you can be pretty certain he really likes you.
6. He leans in, shoulders square to you, without turning his back
If a guy leans in facing you with his shoulders square to you, and rarely turns his back, that kind of body language is a good indication he’s interested in you.
7. His legs, feet, or toes are pointed towards you
When a guy is interested in you, he may subconsciously point his legs, feet, or toes towards you. People tend to point their feet in the direction of where they want to go or who they are interested in.
8. He stands tall
When a guy likes you, he may subconsciously stand up taller, push his chest out, and tuck his stomach in to impress you and appear more masculine. If a guy is slouching and suddenly stands up taller when he sees you, this could indicate he’s subconsciously trying to impress you.
9. He mirrors your body language
People tend to subconsciously mirror each other’s actions when they are listening to one another intently. If a guy mimics your body language, this could be strong indication of his interest because it means he’s focused on you. Try leaning forward, touching your hair, taking a sip of your drink, or resting your chin on your hand. If a guy likes you, he might start copying your gestures without even realizing he’s doing it.
10. He touches you
If you notice a guy making a lot of unnecessary physical contact with you, he probably likes you. He might brush against your arm, pat you on the back, put his hands on your shoulders, touch his leg to yours, or give you a lot of hugs. The more physical contact he makes, the more obvious it is that he likes you.
11. He raises his eyebrows
If a guy raises his eyebrows in response to something you say or do, it could be an indication of his interest in you. On its own, this might not be enough to tell if a guy likes you, as it could just be a friendly, non-flirty facial expression, so watch out for other signs too.
12. He grooms himself
If a guy starts grooming himself when he sees you, he may be subconsciously trying to look good around you. If he starts fixing his hair, brushing the lint off his clothes, or straightening his tie, it could mean that he likes you.
13. He’s nervous, awkward, or clumsy around you
If a guy acts nervous, blushes, gets flustered, or is just awkward around you, he probably likes you. He’s most likely nervous about making a good impression.
14. He laughs at your jokes
If he laughs at your jokes, even when they aren’t that funny, it’s a good sign he likes you.
15. He shows off
If a guy tends to show off a lot around you, he probably likes you and is just trying to get your attention.
16. After he says or does something funny, he looks at you for a reaction
Let’s say a guy tells a joke or does something funny in a group and everyone around starts laughing. If he looks at you first to see your reaction, it’s a sign he likes you because he wants to make sure you noticed and laughed too.
17. His behavior changes instantly
If a guy’s behavior changes the minute he sees you, that could be a sign he likes you and is trying to impress you. If he’s in a group and he’s laughing or acting rowdy, he might instantly quiet down when he notices you. Or he might have been quiet and then suddenly gets louder and tries to become the center of attention to impress you.
18. He treats you differently
Watch how a guy acts around his friends or other girls. If he treats you differently, that could be a sign he likes you.
19. He’s protective
If a guy likes you, he may start to act protective of you. He might give you his jacket if you’re cold. Or if you are walking through a crowded place, he might position himself in front of you to push away the crowd.
20. His friends tease him around you
If you’re around a guy when he’s hanging out with his friends, and they know he likes you, they may tease him subtly. Watch how his friends act around you. If they turn towards him, smile at him, punch him in the arm, or smirk knowingly, they’re probably messing with him because they know he likes you.
21. Acts annoyed or jealous when you talk to other guys
If a guy is keeping an eye on you and looks jealous or annoyed when you’re talking to another guy, he probably likes you. He might try to look like he’s not paying attention, but he’ll keep tabs on you to see if you’re interested in the other guy. He might even sigh or walk away.
22. Watches you while he flirts with other girls
If a guy’s watching you while he’s flirting with another girl, he’s probably trying to get your attention and gauge your reaction to find out if you like him. Why else would he be looking at you when he’s supposed to be flirting with someone else if he didn’t like you?
23. He hangs around one second longer
When you’ve been talking to a guy, and he’s about to leave, but then stays one second longer than he had to, it’s a sign he likes you. That one second longer was a moment of hesitation where he was trying to decide if he should ask for your number or ask you out.
24. He takes one last look at you
If a guy makes eye contact with you just before leaving the room, even though he’s busy talking to someone else, he probably likes you and wanted to get one last look at you. He was probably hoping you were looking at him too so he could lock eyes with you one more time.
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There’s this guy that I really like and at times I think he likes me too but then other times I start to over think when I’m bored ( like in math class) and I start to psych myself out. He constantly talks to me and pops up out of no where, I see him in the halls a lot more than the average person, and he’s not even in my grade.
Every time we talk he’s always smiling. There was only once I ever saw him mad and he didn’t really talk to me that day. He usually hugs me from behind, and he’s constantly coming up from behind me and screams my name and shakes my shoulders because he knows it scares me and he finds that funny. And when I say constant that’s an everyday thing! But I don’t know if he likes me because he’s done this for at least a couple months now and he still hasn’t asked me out. Somebody help, please?
So I studied with a guy when I was 9/10 years old. We were best friends and really close. I used to go talk to him after his hockey practice and his friends would tease us, saying that we were daing. The problem is that I would always say that we were just friends (I think he got shy because of that). But he did tell me he liked me and I made it pretty obvious that I liked him too (none of that was face-to-face).
Now I’m almost 15. After I left that school, we didn’t talk for about two years. Then, I introduced him to my new friends (he teamed up with one of them to make fun of me) and we’ve been seeing each other more often. My friends from the new school keep saying that I like him (in front of him–I observed that he laughs and smiles when they do that). And I think I really do, but I’m not sure if he likes me. I mean, he teases me and does a few other things from that list (I didn’t have much time to observe him). But I’m not sure if he likes me, and if he does, I don’t know what to do (cause I’m really shy). Help?
I go to this course and theres a guy I like but I can’t work out if he likes me back. The thing is that he is the tutor. There are 2 tutors so they take turns talking to the group but I’ve noticed he holds eye contact with me longer then he does with the other group members (its not a weird thing as in student like tutor lol). I found out he’s only a few years older then I am, so it’s a lot harder for me to work out if he likes me too… please help!
Im 17 and I just graduated high school. There’s a guy I like that my best friend used to have a huge crush on. The three of us had a class together and this guy sat with us but usually sat closer to me.
He hugged me and touched my arms a lot. He always seemed flirty but I think he is like that with a lot of girls. We’ve hung out outside of school a few times and we used to talk on facebook all the time but he hasn’t messaged me in a few weeks now that we’re out of school and he lives in another country.
Because he’s from another country I can’t tell if his flirting is actually flirting or if they just act that way with everyone. While we were in class it always seemed like he would always find an excuse to touch me and joke with me, he stared a lot and smiled. He always sat very close with his legs almost always touching mine.
We have both been at a few of the same parties and he has become extra flirty and touches me a lot more but then he would act normal in school. He sends a lot of mixed signals so I’m very confused.
He will be back for his senior year in the fall. He showed most of those signs when we were in class together but I have no idea how he feels now. I don’t know if I should just move on and forget about him.
Maybe you need to go back in with a clear head, ready to determine and study his reactions all over again. Don’t move on fully if it’s forced. Keep an open mind and best of luck! 🙂
I liked my crush for a while and last year I bet he liked me. But now, it seems like he gave up or something. How can I get his attention?
I have two boys in school who stare at me like that but I don’t even know if they like me or not. I just either catch them staring at me and sometimes we make eye contact in a second….. But those two boys were my ex crushes you know? It’s just weird that they are making eye contact to me.. I’m not sure if he likes me or not. I’m just confused..
Well there is this guy friend of mine whom I like so much but all he does is say things that make me feel like his friend, but his actions indicate something else. I’m so confused.
The guy and I used to share everything, my shoulder to cry on. Recently my friendship with the guy distanced, because I can’t handle not being with him. He complains that we distanced, invites my friends and I to events, often complains about the hugs I give him (according to him they are cold).
We found ourselves in one city and he took me out, showed me a beautiful garden court, went on to unintentionally talking about our “wedding day” and how beautiful it’l be there. Been a tough five years dealing with the uncertainty of whether he likes me or not. I just don’t know what to think.
There’s this guy who I have a huge crush on, he once introduced himself to me in an elevator. After time we start saying hello and good bye. Everytime he leaves he always looks back at me , what does that mean?
Sounds like he wants to keep on seeing you, and maybe further the relationship between the two of you.
Well, there’s this guy that I REALLY like, but I don’t know if he likes me back! He seems to flirt with my friends just as much he does me, and it’s got me really confused.
We make eye contact a lot, but I’m not sure if he’s staring at my friend (who also likes him and is always there to block what’s going on between him and I) or me. We talk on Skype a lot, play video games together, and he teases me all the way. Once he randomly said I liked his friend (which is also MY friend-that’s-a-boy). He also called me pretty one time, but that was over chat on the video game, and he’s a joking kind of guy.
When he talks to me, my friend always butts’ in and his toes are pointing to both of us, and he’s making eye-contact with both of us, too. He’s pretty much done everything on that list with me, except for the touching.
It’s the same with my friends, though one time my friend ‘accidentally’ crashed right into him, though I’m pretty sure that doesn’t count as ‘touching’. His face is red almost every time I look at him, but I’m not sure if he’s blushing from my friend’s intense gaze or my own. I don’t know who he likes… Please help!
Normally what I’d do in that situation is start a seemingly normal conversation with him. If you have his number it’s better if you text him. Just joke around with him a little and ask him, “So do you like (your friends name)? Cuz it seems like it 🙂 Promise I won’t tell”. I’ve done this a lot of times and it almost always works.
You should get you friend another crush. You deserve this fish.
So there’s a guy that I’ve had a thing with since Christmas, we went through a lot of crap and had our good moments, thing is we never dated and he hates relationships. He put my head and regrettably my heart through hell at points and recently we decided to just be friends and we pretty much pushed the restart button on all the things that happened.
Things have been so much more simple and easy for us to get along and my family used him for a day to do yard work, we spent most of the day working together and we had a lot of good talks. A while ago I informed him that I liked one of his friends which he flipped out about (at that point I didn’t see why), it wasn’t like we dated so I didn’t see the point of his irritation.
He told me he still liked me and later on that I was the only girl he liked, which was unusual for him. I don’t like his friend anymore and I feel like I didn’t get over him I just got over what happened in the past. I’ve seen him do all these signs and a few more things that just give me the feel that he cares about me.
All my friends are telling me that he has it really bad for me and he’s probably in love. I’m starting to believe them because of recent events and the thought of him loving me is kinda scary to think about.
I don’t want a relationship with him but all I do know at this point is I want to be more than friends who are having a major thing going on.
Honestly I don’t know what to do, we both leave for big trips in less than a month and I’m thinking after I get back from Europe and from the Bahamas, I’m going to tell him all this and maybe figure something out with him.
I think I want something that isn’t a relationship but a do-whatever-we-feel-like-ship. I probably sound super crazy but I need some major advice.
Hey! I am 14 and I haven’t found the right guy yet! But how can I tell if these guys like me? Their names are Brendon and Adrian. They smile at me and Adrian signed my yearbook, “with love, Adrian” with a heart. Brendon says that he is Iron Man and that he would do anything for me like protect me from my ex boyfriend who one day said he would come and get me and this made me really parinoid! Brendon said that he would protect me cause he is iron man! 😀
Also, how do you get a guy to notice you?
I’ve been talking to this guy for about a year straight but I’ve known him for years. We just never really talked until he seen me during the summer last year and texted me. We both are in this thing we do for fun and I’m positive he likes me but I like second opinions too, lol. The only issue is he has a girlfriend….but he def shows that he likes me.
1. Whenever I was gone, he’d treat one of my best guy friends like crap cause he knew we hung out all the time. (Jealousy?)
2. He compliments me but mostly teases me.
3. He notices what I’m wearing when we skype or snapchat.
4. He used to try to tell me I’d look good with so and so, and I’d usually say no to each.
5. He wants to go to one of my shows for my play (he lives out of town too.)
6. If we go a couple days without talking, he won’t let our friendship fade out to nothing like most people would. He’d start the conversations usually and make me start them sometimes.
7. He would always sit next to me real close.
8. He likes to put his hand on my shoulder/arm.
9. He tells me sometimes that we should hang.
10. He’d insult himself so I’d have to argue.
11. Once, I told him I thought guys were more attractive with cologne. The next time I seen him, his cologne he wore was much stronger.
12. He likes to take my phone and flip through my pics, proly to see if I had pics of other guys.
13. He flirts def. But I thought at first he was just joking around but he keeps it up to this day.
14. He told me once that he’d go to my prom with me if I had no one else.
Ugh, I don’t know what to do. He has a girlfriend. My friend says hes stuck between her and me, but Idk. lol
Well first of all I had a similar situation. My crush obviously liked me but he had a girlfriend. All I did was let him know that I liked him (don’t just blurt it out just give him little hints that you like him) and after a week or two he broke up with his girlfriend and he asked me out. We have now been going out for over 3 months
P.S If he knows you like him and its been a while just make yourself look good, e.g. if you’re good at dancing or a sport invite him to a park and have a little game so he can see you shine and he will want you.
(REALLY IMPORTANT) Make him feel good about himself all the time, he will like you better!
OMG the same here! I wish guys weren’t so confusing! I wish they would just tell us or not and not just send “signals!”
My ex boyfriend does a lot of these but our best friend (both best friends with same guy) asked him if he likes anyone and he said no?
Is he lying or ….?
15 by the way 🙂
Ok, so I have this guy best friend. I’ve known him for about a year and a half. We’re really close, and there’s this girl who used to date him in primary school, who I am also close with. They were really close, and she’s known him since she was 2. Whenever she sees us talking, she always makes fun of us and says he likes me. He looks at me smiles, he laughs at my jokes, and he does most of the stuff in the list, but I don’t really know if it’s an act of friendship or not… I don’t really know if I like him, and I don’t really know if he likes me… Any help?
I’m a 17 years old boy, and these happen to me, but I can’t tell her, I can’t get her attention :(…..please give me some tips.
Does she talk to you? If you guys talk, then try to become more of her friend. Show her some signs that you like her, and just flirt with her. But try not to flirt too much, otherwise it’ll look desperate. Just show her your strengths, and be nice to her. Being an idiot towards her usually isn’t a good idea, and try to keep the annoyingness to a minimum 🙂 Good luck x
Give her a genuine and original compliment. (Think about it beforehand, find something you really admire about her and something you don’t think she hears all the time.) It can be anything from complimenting her personality to complimenting her on something physical. Trust me on this one. As a girl I can honestly say that I’ve gotten compliments from some guys I probably wouldn’t remember now if they hadn’t gone out of their way to make me smile. Even if she doesn’t like you, she will still be happy you gave her a compliment and if you play it right, she’ll think about it for weeks. Everything Shanae said was good too
Well I think you should ask her out!
I’m 14 also but the guy I like is basically my best friend. I have helped him a lot in the past year with his relationships. We won homecoming queen and king together and people kept on teasing us about it. You know, saying we would make the perfect couple. I think we could but I’m not sure what he thinks. I am completely in love with him. I want to tell him but I don’t know how. He flirts with me and we talk constantly. I’m scared of the reaction I might get when I tell him I’m in love with him… Help?
Don’t be shy. It’s life, sometimes he might even like you more than you like him!
Hey don’t worry about anything he will soon know what he is missing. In the mean time, try not to notice him a lot, like ignore him. Trust me, I am having the same problem but the guy has had a crush on me for 3 years but won’t tell me because he is afraid that I might say no. But I love him too and I am geting sick of waiting for him but I love him.
He has done all of these, so I think it really means he likes me, but he is very shy.
Then you be the one to encourage him, like flirt, that works. Good luck with him!
So there’s this guy. I’ve known him for about a year and a half. I never really noticed him and he never noticed me. But lately he’s been looking at me all the time. Every time I see him, he’s looking at me. One time he even smiled. He’s always turning towards me. He talks to me sometimes but not as much as I want him to. I think I’m starting to like him but I’m not sure he like me.
He likes you.
The best way to know a guy likes you is if he just can’t seem to avoid you. This means always hanging around you and your friends (he may even be the only boy there which is a positive sign), looking at you often, sitting with you and chatting and especially ASKING YOU ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE! Signs are if he asks you about your love life (e.g. if you have a boyfriend, what guy do you like) he’s totally wants to know what you’re looking for.
If you’re not interested in him, then be a tough one and tell him to leave you alone when you’re with your friends. He may feel a little uptight but guys get over stuff like that.
If in the future you become interested in him and you guys haven’t spoken in a while, try to get his attention with a funny joke or a conversation starter (such as: what did you do this weekend? How are you?). Simple questions like that will turn him on and think you’re interested in him.
These are just a few tips I learned over my experiences in the past with guys I’ve crushed on and dated.
I am only 14 years old but lately I have been noticing a lot of the guys at my school doing those reactions and I want to know. I like one of them in particular and almost everything on the list he does but he hasn’t asked me out yet. What do you think it means??
He might be shy, or he might not know you’re interested in him. Try giving him some signs that you’re interested, such as smiling at him or starting up a conversation. If you’re brave you could take the initiative to ask him out yourself.
But I thought that guys were supposed to ask girls out? I’m only 12 but in the past two terms I’ve had 3 guys ask me out and I had one guy ask me out last year! I’ve NEVER asked a guy out… I’ve said no to all of them though.
I think you should let the guy do the asking out. If he did really like you he would have the guts to ask you out.
Honestly it doesn’t matter.
That’s just a common, accepted gender role that the man is supposed to ask the woman out.
But in reality the woman has just as much power to ask out (or reject!) a guy.
Plus some guys are shy and need to be coaxed 😛
He does like you, but we men sometimes do not show our feelings because we do not like to show our weakness.
I have this friend named Glenn. He does all of these except #11. But instead of flirting with other chicks he sends them to spy on me, what is that?
He’s trying to see what you’re doing, or he’s not the type to do things himself!?
He likes you but he’s not ready to ask you out or something!