Is he an accidental flirt or genuinely interested in me?

[kamio]

I have known this guy for a few years and 4 months ago we became really close friends. I was in a relationship in the beginning so he was much more open with me than he was with other girls. He is a flirt... though completely ignorant to the effect that he can have on people. Currently, I can think of seven different girls who are panting at his heels, because they have misinterpreted his signals. He is way more relaxed around girls who are in relationships because he knows that they won’t start chasing him.

 

Thing is, I recently became single. He is still as open with me as he was before, but started acting differently towards me. I am so confused. I know that he is a flirt and I am afraid that I may be getting ahead of myself.

 

He started and still is complimenting me on what I am wearing, finding ways to get into more conversations with me, flirting with me while having this little grin he just can’t hide and in social settings – because I have been avoiding one-on-one conversations with him because I can’t hide my feelings that well and know that our mutual friends would catch on in an instant (some already have, his sister-in-law has been sussing me out, and a close friend of mine invited him to her b’day party when she previously would not have) – he is way louder than he normaly is, struts around making a cute idiot of himself, calls me out for laughing at him for being so boysterious, or says something loudly to the room at large, and then calls out to me and asks me what I think. He doesn’t do that to anyone else. I know that much.

 

Admittedly I am spending way more time around him now, because I moved into that same group of friends as him, so perhaps I am just seeing more of his personality? I don't know!

 

He still chats to heaps of other girls, and reaches out to touch them (place his hand at the top of their back to get their attention, or lightly touch their arm to get their attention - when they are talking to somebody else)...he is a touchy feely guy. But, I haven't seen him squeeze anyone else's arm after joking around, or grabbing their wrist when he wants to get their attention, like he has with me. I don't know, what do you think? Is he actually interested?

 

Having written this out and actually stopping and thinking about it, I think that he does.

[lovebug1234]

i would stay away from those types, only set up for heartache