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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So there’s this guy in my class. We’re both 7th grade. In class, I always have this friend with me, we’re like best friend inside of class. My friend is pretty and cute while I’m just some ugly piece of sh**. And he liked my friend 2 times now. Everytime he had a crush on her, he gets close to me. Now people said he doesnt like my friend anymore. What does it mean? Do he like me or something?
So there is this guy in my science class. I have only known him for a few months but I feel for him. The problem is that my friend also likes him and I think that he likes my friend not me, but then she went on vacation for 2 weeks and I kept seeing him in class. Sometimes it looks like hes staring at my friends direction but then her direction is my direction. My other friends keep telling me that he stares at me and smiles and tries to flirt with me. Once I smiled back and his smile got bigger. Whenever he talks to me he stutters or slightly turns pink. He also mimics what I do and defends me and argues for my side. He also lifts up his eyebrows at me everytime I laugh and talk to him.
There is this guy. And I’ve liked him for about 2 years now. and He shows some signs but I’m not sure if he likes me. Back when i went to school his sister told me he likes me but once school ended i wasn’t sure anymore. but the other day me n my friends invited some guys plus him over to hang out, but only he didn’t show up.. his friends tell me hes shy but idk if that’s why he wont talk to me. he talks to all my friends and everyone else but me. i added him on FB but he didn’t accept it. i followed him on Instagram but he never followed back, Please help me you guys. do you think he likes me? or is it the opposite of like. :/
So there’s this guy in my grade that I like. He’s popular, cute, athletic, tall and has this really fun personality. Even though I’m probably WAY out of his league, he’s noticed me, but I still don’t know about him. One time in a class we had together, we were doing projects and he and his friends sat next to me and my partner. Then his friend starting chanting, “Natalie and (his name)…..Natalie and (his name)!” I quickly looked over and noticed he was tomato red and I blushed. There was this other time at lunch where he slowly cut in front of me grinning and saying “I was here…..!” and we went back and forth ‘fighting’ saying who was there until my friend broke it up. I thought it was fun and really cute, but I guess it doesn’t mean anything, cuz it was just a one time thing. Then in another class, when we were watching a video, he sat across from me, and I could feel his eyes baring down on me. Turns out, he had his head tilted on hand, and he was watching me. I blushed, then hoping he wouldn’t notice it. Now he stopped showing any signs, but whenever the teacher is talking to me, he would keep looking at me until it was over. But when we’re in line for lunch, he would either always cut, (not right in front,) or cut right behind me. He would stand so close that our elbows would touch. When the teacher is doing a demonstration, he would come stand right next to me, and our arms would touch, and he wouldn’t move away. This week in class, when we were washing our hands, I went to his area to wash my paintbrush, while slowing moving the water faucet to my side. He didn’t say anything, but he kept his hand there, and our hands touched for a small second. One time when our class is called to an an assembly, he would stay a little longer and leave right before I would. The only problem is that he doesn’t really talk to me that much, and we don’t have each other’s numbers or anything. That is what’s having me second thoughts.
*** Can someone reply and tell me if he sort of likes me, likes me, or really likes me? I don’t know!!
He definitely thinks your cute, but does he like you? Well he hasn’t made any moves and since he’s popular and cute he must be confident enough to ask girls for their numbers, or on a messaging app like kik. He has a thing for you, but maybe it’s more a crush thing and less of a LIKE LIKE thing. Know what I mean?
theres this boy in my art class who is always making me laugh and blush and he dont say anything when i ask him do he like me and when i ask him if its a yes or no he does not say anything still what does that mean
it means that he does but he is too shy to tell you
There’s this guy in my class that I kind of like I sit next to him in one of my classes, he regularly grooms his hair whenever I’m near him, he also seems to be every where I am and the other day he kept on dropping his pen on the floor near my feet he seemed so nervous that his pen actually broke into pieces. Though he doesn’t speak to me much, he only asked me about a sheet to see if was mine then he just kind of twitched and turned to the person sitting behind me, this was probably just an excuse to put his arm around me, he seems to forever try to attract my attention by saying some of his best jokes and instead of passing me his text book when handing it to me he leans in front of me brushing his arm in my face (which BTW is kind of getting on my nerves) but I just roll my eyes just so I can stop getting highly harassed (AKA blushing profusely) now I’m just getting away from the point I’ve never actually written back to an article before so please just don’t judge me on my bad journalism skills and please HELP! tell me if you think he likes me, thank you in advance.
no my first comment was that i like him not love him pata nahi shayed………………………………….yes
there is a guy whom i liked very much and i want to tell him that i like u but my friend is also in love with him so
i dont know wat to do
I have a crush on this one guy and we sit by each other in every class and when we are in 2 hour he is always touching my hand and our legs would touch.But like in 6 hour he would always sit really close to me and im always blushing because he is always looking at when im working or when im just reading.But when i talk to him he always stummble with his words and then at the end practice he came up and took a picture and ran off with it what does this mean please do help.
There’s this guy I like and idk if he like me but do u think he’s making me jealous because everytime he hangs around me he smiles and constantly flirts with me but the part that make me jealous is that I told him that my friend likes him and then I think he was pretending to like her and asked her out in front of me but after the break up I started to hang it with guys and get my mind off of him but when I hang out with others he acts crabby or annoyed and always joins my conversations with friends
Ok well there is a guy I like at church but I’m very confused because he well…he always makes me laugh and stares at me when I do…but then he will go and flirts with this other girls…he does tease me he even gave .e a nickname…he always touches my hand or my arm..sometimes he gets jealous when i talk to other guys…we see each other a least everyday except for monday…sometimes I do catch staring at me…
There is this guy who liked me before but I don’t know if he still likes me and I also like him. How do I get him to knew I like him and know if he still likes me
Hi there is this boy who I think might like me. He only started being in my set this year, and pretty much every girl in my year fancies him. Including me. Anyway, he moved seats in science without asking, onto my table. And I catch him staring at me, and he deliberately bumps into me a bit when he walks past and his friends all nudge him and laugh at me when I’m there. And he and his friends often try to annoy me by taking my pencil case or whatever, and I read somewhere that when boys try to annoy you they do it to get your attention. And he took a picture of me on his phone. Do you think this all means he likes me? Thanks
Hey same thing happened to me especially when he took the picture that is a huge sign that he likes you! Because guys just dont comeup and snap he got a picture of you
so i sit in the 1st seat in class and he sits in the row next to me in the second seat. i can not stop looking back and when i do he smiles, winks, raises his eyebrows, and makes eye contact with me. when i read that its possible he likes me i smiled so hard. ugh. why is this so difficult? and today he played with my hair. and….he took my paper to copy answers to win a jolly rancher and i tried getting it back but he put his hand on top of my hand for about 2 minutes and i dont know how i didnt smile or anything. but that made my day omg.
I like this guy but when i told him all he said was “okay…” and he shows all these sings
There’s this two really cute boys. One is in my ELA class (I’m in 6th grade so are they) and I catch him staring at me a lot and I smile at him hinting I like him but I don’t think he gets the hint. The only time I see him is during Ela, at lunch, and in between classes. (Sometimes) The other boy is in none of my classes but his locker is by mine. Me and him usually wait by our lockers at lunch for my friends and his friends to pick us upand he stares at me with his blue eyes. (Omfg II’m fangirling) I smile and look away, and he looks away but glances at me. He sometimes sits next to me and when we’re in line he tries to get closer but when we sit down we separate. I know I’m only 11 but I really want to go out with one of them specifically the first, I don’t know the seconds name (stupid of me) And some other boys also like me which makes me really tense and insecure with them burning holes in me. HELP ME!!!!!! :O
So, I met this reallyyyyy hot popular guy and the whole time we were talking he was staring and lifting his eyebrows at me. Ever since, every time I see him he stares at me walking down the hallway, and sometimes he smiles. I went to the Hardware store twice in one day, which is where he works and he jogged over to help me each time and he stared at me the whole time. So, I don’t know if he likes me or not? Help me please!
So a couple days ago I was at this state fair to show my animal and there was this guy who was showing his too. The first day my friend and I were walking and we see him and his friend walking toward us. As they pass us I catch him looking over at me so after they went by I counted to three then turned around to look at him again and there he is, head turned looking back at me but still walking in the opposite direction. And stuff lik that happened like three or four times a day at the state fair which lasted a week. I’d catch him just staring at me not even bothering to hide it. Like I was talking to one of my friends and he walks in and starts talking really loudly behind me. So I turned around to see what was going on and as he’s talking I see him looking at me from the corner of his eyes. And another time I was standing in line behind him completely not on purpose and as he turns and walks away after getting whatever, he looks into my eyes as he walks by. And I just couldn’t look away. And he did stuff like this a bunch but I have never talked to him in my life. I just knew of him through my friends and I’ve seen him the year before there to but we didnt pay any attention to each other than. He didn’t smile most of the times when I saw him staring except for like one or two times. What does this mean? I mean I dont even know him but he was staring at me hard core but he had all these chances to come and talk to me but. I am just really confused,…
So there is this guy I like who lives next door to He is a few months younger than me which is completely fine. My cousin and I have noticed how he is always staring, grinning and acting awkward around me, he is always maintaining eye contact with me and we tend to have short, flirt conversations every now and then. He always touches his hair and clothes when he is speaking to me or is around me and his body is always facing me which suggests that he is genuinely engaged in our conversations. He may have things to do but he always stays just a bit longer than he has to. However we don’t see each other that often despite the fact that we are neighbours we see each other about 2/3 times a week, and once when my friends were at my house and he was around I began to have a conversation with him but he left pretty quickly. What does that mean? Anyway as you can probably tell, I’m a little bit confused. Any advice would be much appreciated x
I Mean Being nervous, and pointing his body towards you, pretty much sums it up.
Touching you, yea there is a pretty good chance, I would say that yes, he mostly likes you. If he has short conversations with you and stays longer, then he is diffently interested in you and your opioins matter to him. At the same time he could just be deciding if he has a crush on you. He could also think your pretty and stay longer to see if he might like you, idk. But I have a Neighbor too, he’s a year older than me. I realized now that he sees me as a friend, but when i figured out he liked me at some point in those 6 years of knowing each other, or if his honest friend lied to me, he did those exact things you mentioned in body language, instead he would hug me and slightly brush his arm on my back when i said “see ya later”. But he realized I didn’t like him, cause i used to, ’til he dated a stupid girl, so he stopped doing those things when i talked about other guys around him. This happened a year ago. Were just good aquientiences now; who once in a while or sometimes text, but he never talks to me about his crushes, friends, and sorta treats me differently. But ya; your guy; he might have left your house because he didn’t want other observers like your friends seeing your conversation with him. Guys are Confusing; it depends if he is shy, confident, strong, that will tell you if he likes you. For now i would ask for his #; be there for him to show you care while your trying 2 figure him out. I don’t really know much about guys, but i have guy friends, so it helps.
So there was this gye that asked me out 3 times a cople years ago and I said no because I did not want a bf and no I do but I don’t thank he likes me and I kind of have this repetition at school that I don’t like anyone and I don’t want anyone to like me but I do like someone and I want a bf what should I do….????
Maybe he just didn’t want to seem akward when your friends were over. Sometimes guys get shy. Just imagine you were around him when his friends were over. You wouldn’t wanna interrupt or be weird. He probably likes you just get to know each other better.
I think he likes you! He’s probably shy, or he had an emergency at that time. It’s okay, take it slow. Everybody goes through with this. Maybe ask for his number during a conversation. Greet and smile at him often, to show some signs you like him too. Good Luck!! 🙂
I like this guy, and he likes me..some things he does are as followed: holds eye contact until I break it, brushes my back or shoulders lightly, and he smiles at me..but I have to ask..we go to youth group together, and we watched To Save A Life today. When I was crying, I would look away, and he would scoot his chair closer, and he would also look at me in the eye until I look back. But I started crying really hard at one point, and I needed someone to cry on..but I was scared to ask him. And when the movie ended, he lightly draped his hand over mine and squeezed it..but I had asked him out and he said no. Why did he say no?
There confident and TOO confident a guy is simple not serious so ask his close friends if he likes you to be sure he does like you and if he does then go in for the kill and ask him out but don’t just take his hand and then ask him out he starts to be nervous and think your weird but anyways if he it doesn’t work out forget about him darling there’s plenty of fish in the sea
Well if you are friends maby he doesn’t want to make it wears if you were to break up
Well if you are friends maby he doesn’t want to make it wears if you were to break up or maby he’s just not ready to date a boy asked no out once and I said no because I was in 6th grade not ready to date yet
Maybe ur going a bit fast.
It really depends on him. Is he shy? Is he popular and outgoing? Has he went out with other girls before?
He was probably nervous in the moment because the signs you just stated clearly say he might like you.
Maybe ask if he wanted to ‘hang out’ with a few friends, but stay close to him for the entire time. Good luck 😀
It probably means he does like you . If he didn’t like you he would straight away break the eye contact and turn away so you don’t get the impression that he likes you. He probably said no when you asked him out because your strong and beautiful and he doesn’t want to get hurt ( even though you would probably never hurt him) or because he thinks he’s not good enough for you.
Hope this helps and good luck in your future life of men
Its been almost 8-9 months nd this guy used to show interest in me like trying to start a convo,waving me bye and smiling and teasing me and stare at me…but i didnt seem to notice him much then..bt eventually i too started liking him as his friends started teasing him in the class in an open manner enough for me to know….we were in 11 standard then..and i lyk him since the end of 11 and now we are in 12 grade and he has suddenly changed…nomore friendly towards me as he used to be..not even a single hi…i guess its due to studies but i can see him looking at me at times and even literally checking me out.but he wont talk to me..nor would he show any gestures as he used to do…and when i tried to make a move by texting him in a casual manner luke quotes and all he texted me back that his friends tease for fun and tgat i shouldnt pay attention and that he sees mejust as a frnd and ignores me because of his friends…but if he really doesnt feel anything then what was all that in 11 grade..did he really never liked me or is tgere still some scipe that he really likes me and is only too focused on studies right now…..and as far as i am concerned..with the increasing time ive fallen for him..i love him now and i desperately want him to love me back….please help me in everyway possible as it is becoming harder fir me to bear his ignorance….and please do suggest me that what should i do to get him back and frst of all to know whats really on his mind…ill be highly greatful to you for real as i love him a lot…nd its nomore jst a crush.
He’s trying to hide that he likes you but if you make the first move and admit that you like him hell start to pay attention in what you do and if it really works u could ask home out
So there’s this boy who’s my classmate in journalism. I’m 7th grade and he is in 10th grade. At first class with him, he caught me staring at him three times. After that, I always notice him and catch him staring at me every time he is talking with his friends. He is loud and talkative but since he stares at me a lot,he turned to a quiet guy. In our second class, he is sitting sideward about 4 seats apart from me and i always caught him again staring at me, and every time I caught him he is always looking away and seems to be pretending that he is lost in a thought. In our third class, he sitted in front of me, and he always stare again to me (even he is in front of me). His friend also teased me with him that he (whom o have crush) that he wants me to hug him. I acted like I don’t care. In fourth class, I’m a bit late and I saw him sitting in front (first row) of the seats. I sitted in the last row and after that he went to the second row exactly in front of me. And stares at me again. He cracked a joke twice, I only laughed in the second joke because it’s damn funny and he looked at me. After the class dismissal, I waited for my friend because she is talking to the teacher. This boy came out the room, and I saw him looking back in the window staring at us. He stopped with his friends and goes back to the room. After my friend talked to the teacher, we went out from the room and I didn’t saw him anymore. I don’t want to assume that he likes me. Becoz I don’t want to get hurt. This is the question: based on the article above, do you think he is interested or likes me. Pls help
I’m pretty sure he likes you! Get to know him a bit more, but remember, he’s 3 years ahead of you, take good care of yourself, and know your limits, if you get what I mean. Good luck!
Trust me, honey. I’ve had my fair share with older guys and I would NOT get involved with them. Just think about it. He’s going to be a senior whe your a freshman. You’ll be about 14, right? And he will be about 18. At that point, it’s not even LEGAL for you two to date. And you said his friends said he wanted you to “hug” him? I assure you, no 16 year old boy is thinking about hugging. I’m sorry sweetie but 99% percent of the time a 16 year old boy will “flirt” with a 12 year old because he KNOWS you like him. He’s just using you for his own entertainment bevause he thinks you’re innocent. I really think you should stay away from him. You can be friends and all but he doesn’t want anymore than that. You’ll find a guy one day that love you for you. Just wait until you’ve “lived” (about twenties) until you go after older guys.
You should probably talk to him. If you don’t talk to him often then he might enjoy having a conversation with you. Also if his friends joke around like that why would they joke around with you in particular if he didn’t like you? Just saying!