What are you doing right now?

[EndOfTheEarth]

Besides posting on here and replying to this thread. Original credit for this goes back to Fate and Nathan on MX.

[Jessie~the~Singer]

Ok. This may be a little long but.... I want to ask this. I NEED to ask this.

So there's this guy at school. I'm 99.9% sure that he likes me. He is in my homeroom and flirts with me the whole time, he waits by my locker when he knows I go to it and walks with me to lunch/outside, he is always either patting me on the back or petting my hair (Btw, guys, NOT A TURN-ON!), and he makes a huge effort to sit beside me and say hi/bye to me. And today he asked me if I would ever want to go bowling with his family....

My friends say he flirts with everyone, but this feels.... like it's something more. I'm not exactly experienced in this kind of thing, but still. When he's talking to his friends in the hallways and they see me walking up, they smile at him and say something like, "Go get it." or "Get some." or some stupid guy thing. And they slap him on the back when they see him walking with me and smile at him.

Oh! And he stole my purse from me. Or at least, took it and carried it down the hall for me, and wouldn't give it back until we were outside. He let everyone see him carrying a purse, and didn't seem to care at all. And my friend was in his third period and somebody was like "Hey, do you know Jessie --------?" "Yeah, I know her. *Smile*" " Do you like her?" "..... What Jessie?"

But I heard him say the other day that he doesn't want to be in a relationship because he doesn't want to be tied down to one girl.

Somebody help me, please!

[Hannah]

Well do you like him?

I'd say don't get too attached. What grade is he?

[Jessie~the~Singer]

I don't know. I don't know him that well. I mean, I knew him in 6th, but I haven't seen him since, because he went to another school.

9th.

[Nighthawk]

Aw. Yeah, be prepared for anything, but always expect the worst so you'll never get disappointed. It seems kinda depressing, but your hopes will never get crushed. :\

It sounds like he really likes you, but if you don't like him, then make sure he knows so you don't crush his hopes. (I've made that mistake before.) Just get to know him and hang out in groups, then just see how everything plays out. Sometimes it's best to just go with the flow in these situations.

[Jessie~the~Singer]

You sound like my IRL bff. She's had her heart broken so many times, she's learned that.

I don't want to hurt any chances I may have.... I don't know what I'm feeling. I need to sort it out. Like today, he sat beside me during this assembly thing, and I got butterflies, but I don't know if it was from me liking him or from the possibility of a relationship and not wanting to make a fool of myself. But no matter what, it's always nice to have someone like you.

[Hannah]

I think you're flattered. If you really liked him, you probably wouldn't need to sort things out.

Don't try to tell yourself you like him if you don't. Look at things subjectively. I know it seems fun and nice to have someone like you, but you're setting both of you up for disappointment.

[Nighthawk]

I've had my heart broken a few times, sometimes self-inflicted from extreme crushes, and once I was dumped for no reason. I've broken at least one heart too, not that I'm proud of it.
Butterflies are always a good sign, but make sure you like more of his traits than you hate... Believe me, everyone has some flaw that you'll find extremely annoying. If you really like him, you'll find that you can deal with it pretty easily.
Hannah's right about making sure you actually like him instead of just being flattered... That's what happened with Scott. I pretty much thought to myself, "Oh my god, somebody actually likes me?? How is this possible? I have a boyfriend??" and just went with it because I'd always wanted to have one. Then I found out I hated everything about him.
I'm just trying to help, and if none of this makes any sense it's because it's way past my bedtime... ^^'' Anyway, I'm glad I could help a little.
I've got to get some sleep. I can probably get back on... I don't know, exactly.... I have a busy weekend ahead. Sunday at latest. :/ Good luck though, and be careful.

[Hannah]

Same with me. I convinced myself that I was in love with him just because he said he was in love with me.

I'm very convincing though. It wasn't until he was gone that I realized I never even liked him.

[EndOfTheEarth]

Start by telling him which of the things he does you seriously don't like. That's your best gauge for his sincerity. If he listens, he may be serious about you. If he persists, he's a jerk.

[RantingSidekick]

There's only one way to find out, you know that.
(He's taking your stuff so that you have to follow him around.)

-shrugs- Give it a shot.
What's the worst that could happen?
Wait...

PS- He may have fed you that line about relationships so it wouldn't seem like he liked you as much. Which in turn allows him to flirt with you more. (Does that make sense?)

[Contradiction]

Writing poetry for Creative Writing.

...Either being poetic comes very naturally to me, or my poems are worse than I'm perceiving them to be.

[Hannah]

Poems aren't good or bad, they can be anything.

Pudding.
Of the acres.
Round and round.
My mind goes blank.
My mood.

Chose random phrases from different pages of this book. A poetry critique would be all "how provocative!" and other shit.

People make fun of modern art for being so subjective? Meh, poetry is so much worse.