I've seen a lot of material on this site that describes situations where you are already dating a girl, or are opening one, but my question deals with a friend whom I'm starting to become attracted to. I can tell the attraction is mutual, but I don't have enough confidence in my guess to act on it; it's just a hunch.
We act the same as we always do, but there's this semi-awkward vibe where you're kind of friends, but kind of not, if you know what I mean. What I'm curious about is how I would go about finding out how she feels - as far as I know, just bluntly asking isn't exactly a good way to go about it, though I could do that if it doesn't result in us simply being completely awkward with each other afterwards.
My friends say that they think she likes me, based on her behavior. They joke that I've been dating her for a while without actually knowing it. She's always following me around, asking for my opinion or approval, and sets aside time to hang out with me, etc. and cracks jokes about how she'd like to "jump into bed" with me when I say I'm about to go sleep, but I see that as nothing more than innocent humor. As far as things that would constitute an actual physical relationship, there is of course nothing since I'm just starting to notice an attraction. The question is where I go from here, although I'm content being friends at this point. There's plenty others, after all. But it's a question that bugs me whenever we hang out, so I'd like to resolve it.
Anyway, I have no idea what I'm doing and probably am reading too much into this, so if somebody who's been there and done that could cast some light on the situation it would be much appreciated.
We act the same as we always do, but there's this semi-awkward vibe where you're kind of friends, but kind of not, if you know what I mean. What I'm curious about is how I would go about finding out how she feels - as far as I know, just bluntly asking isn't exactly a good way to go about it, though I could do that if it doesn't result in us simply being completely awkward with each other afterwards.
My friends say that they think she likes me, based on her behavior. They joke that I've been dating her for a while without actually knowing it. She's always following me around, asking for my opinion or approval, and sets aside time to hang out with me, etc. and cracks jokes about how she'd like to "jump into bed" with me when I say I'm about to go sleep, but I see that as nothing more than innocent humor. As far as things that would constitute an actual physical relationship, there is of course nothing since I'm just starting to notice an attraction. The question is where I go from here, although I'm content being friends at this point. There's plenty others, after all. But it's a question that bugs me whenever we hang out, so I'd like to resolve it.
Anyway, I have no idea what I'm doing and probably am reading too much into this, so if somebody who's been there and done that could cast some light on the situation it would be much appreciated.
