Is he interested? How to test the waters?

[healthyhopes]

Hello! Just wondering: Is there a chance he is possibly interested? How would I be able to test the waters or raise attraction?

 

I have an issue where I only attract guys who I am not interested in. The second I am interested in a guy, it never works out...

 

Anyways, I hope to beat this pattern this time around. I met someone at work who I think is very interesting, friendly, and funny. The thing is, however, that is so friendly and funny to everyone, that it is hard to tell whether he is interested in me or not. I think that this might just mean the answer is no, but I will hold on to hope for a bit:

 

-We snapchat often, but I think that he also just snapchats everyone often due to the fact that he is a very friendly person. We initiate snapchat conversations mostly evenly, except I do it more. (bad sign number one, I suppose)

-We hung out one on one, we had long + interesting conversations, etc (I had suggested the idea, but he was the one that asked me to hang the next day, if that counts)

-he asks if I'm coming in to work the next day (this is probably just friendly)

-I have caught him looking at me before, (especially when I'm wearing nice clothes )

 

 

Recently however, I got randomly laid off (no one knows why, there is no explanation, I think it had to do with the restaurant being very overstaffed and there being a probation period and the fact that I had to miss a lot of work because of a surgery, etc...) and I won't see him as often anymore. We still talk a lot over things like snapchat (we've only texted a couple of times, we don't know each other too well), but I am scared that w/o the close quarters we were in before, I will lose my chance w him (and my friendships with all my cool work friends )

 

I know we are on friends terms for sure, but I don't know of anything besides that. Also, we haven't talked at all today :/

 

What do I do? With any other friend, I initiate hanging out and conversations often, but when I like a guy I tend to be 200% more reserved and wait for him to attempt to make all the hangouts. It appears that when I treat guys as just regular friends, they become interested in me whereas I stay uninterested. However, I am not sure how or what I should do to make this more even.

I just had a small surgery, but if I feel better (it's not too bad and I am 100% mobile and feel good/healthy) I was wondering if I should ask him to hangout soon; something casual. What do you guys think? Also, how often should I initiate contact with him?

 

Thanks!