What could this man's feelings towards me be?

[blumblebee]

Hi everyone! The man I'm talking about is someone I work with and have grown to like. There are many good qualities about him and I appreciate him. He has also proven to be an empathetic person, he seems to accustom his behaviour to what I signal is ok and what is not. Now I'm wondering, is the behaviour of his which I'm about to list indicative of him being "seriously" interested in me? Or does it look more like a meaningless crush?

I'm talking about him teasing me, looking at me a lot when we're alone, to the point of utmost awkwardness, definitely trying to impress me by showing off and making me laugh, displaying super masculine body language all of a sudden. He remembered things I'd said months earlier and absolutely teased me about it, but when he noticed I wasn't in a good place mentally, he became very sensitive and even vulnerable almost immediately. He offered his help, made sure I had everything I needed and was very forthcoming. He also offered meetings several times, even though he also says that he's super busy, and I have to say I do feel I might be getting a bit favouritized.

If it hadn't been for him blushing while looking at me, touching my stuff without asking, awkward tension and slight closing of the personal distance between us, I wouldn't have thought about it. But the staring just seemed so obvious, I wondered if there's something I'm supposed to get now?, because he looked at me almost expectantly. And I also saw him looking at me on the hallway out of the corner of my eye several times. When I left his office, he gave me lingering looks in the eye, without saying a word, and I was just standing there, thinking maybe he wanted to say something?, but he just made a point of staring deeply into my eye. Somehow that touched me on a deeper level. Now, when facetiming, it seems that he also looks at me for long periods of time and just doesn't say anything. 

I want to add that he seems a bit awkward sometimes. He's very abruptly run his hands through his hair and seems self conscious about certain things, sometimes I have the feeling he's a bit intimidated by me... ? 

He saw me outside the building recently, on the phone, and when I wanted to go inside, I suspected he was at the entrance and took another entrance so that I wouldn't meet him, I needed to be alone in that moment. But then on my way to the room which he probably knew I was going to, he was there, alone, on the phone, kind of chilling and in plain sight. I'm sure he must have seen me, I didn't greet him as it would have been rude to interrupt him, but then the next day he pretended as if he hadn't seen me the day before.

Thankfully, we've established a friendly way of being towards one another and what I cherish a lot is that he reacted to me not being very comfortable with being too personal early on. But now, I feel much more trust towards him and want to know what he is thinking. 

[Realitysux]

5 minutes ago, blumblebee said:

Hi everyone! The man I'm talking about is someone I work with and have grown to like. There are many good qualities about him and I appreciate him. He has also proven to be an empathetic person, he seems to accustom his behaviour to what I signal is ok and what is not. Now I'm wondering, is the behaviour of his which I'm about to list indicative of him being "seriously" interested in me? Or does it look more like a meaningless crush?

I'm talking about him teasing me, looking at me a lot when we're alone, to the point of utmost awkwardness, definitely trying to impress me by showing off and making me laugh, displaying super masculine body language all of a sudden. He remembered things I'd said months earlier and absolutely teased me about it, but when he noticed I wasn't in a good place mentally, he became very sensitive and even vulnerable almost immediately. He offered his help, made sure I had everything I needed and was very forthcoming. He also offered meetings several times, even though he also says that he's super busy, and I have to say I do feel I might be getting a bit favouritized.

If it hadn't been for him blushing while looking at me, touching my stuff without asking, awkward tension and slight closing of the personal distance between us, I wouldn't have thought about it. But the staring just seemed so obvious, I wondered if there's something I'm supposed to get now?, because he looked at me almost expectantly. And I also saw him looking at me on the hallway out of the corner of my eye several times. When I left his office, he gave me lingering looks in the eye, without saying a word, and I was just standing there, thinking maybe he wanted to say something?, but he just made a point of staring deeply into my eye. Somehow that touched me on a deeper level. Now, when facetiming, it seems that he also looks at me for long periods of time and just doesn't say anything. 

I want to add that he seems a bit awkward sometimes. He's very abruptly run his hands through his hair and seems self conscious about certain things, sometimes I have the feeling he's a bit intimidated by me... ? 

He saw me outside the building recently, on the phone, and when I wanted to go inside, I suspected he was at the entrance and took another entrance so that I wouldn't meet him, I needed to be alone in that moment. But then on my way to the room which he probably knew I was going to, he was there, alone, on the phone, kind of chilling and in plain sight. I'm sure he must have seen me, I didn't greet him as it would have been rude to interrupt him, but then the next day he pretended as if he hadn't seen me the day before.

Thankfully, we've established a friendly way of being towards one another and what I cherish a lot is that he reacted to me not being very comfortable with being too personal early on. But now, I feel much more trust towards him and want to know what he is thinking. 

No one can tell you what someone else is thinking. Are you dating because typically it would be a crush until you get to know eachother on a more personal basis. Then you don't have to ask us, you can ask him. 

Edited May 15, 2020 by Realitysux
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[Mystery4u]

What does 'offered meetings' mean? Has he asked you out on a date? Or at least asked you to meet up outside of work where it is just you two and spend time together?

If not then no he is not 'seriously interested' in you.