He says our photo--makes him smile??

[Ali33]

It was the end of Senior Year ( this passed May) and I gave this guy, (a friend) a copy of a picture of the two of us, from the end of the year. We were friends, and we talked everyday almost...and we kinda were crushing on eachother...but he niether of us made any kind of moves...so I just assumed...we were just meant to be friends. We would flirt a lot...but nothing ever happened. Anyway... I was not sure what he was going to do with it. He really is not the type of guy to do really "personal" things, like frame stuff...and he was never big on taking photos.... If anything he was always talking about how much he doesnt like taking pics. alot b/c he says, they always end up all over the internet and all this stuff and he does not always look good in pics...blah blah..but anyway, long story short, the summer passed and I had not seen him at all, and then when I did see him, cause a group of friends from our class..we all just got together, to catch up stuff like that...I saw that he had the photo of the two of us framed. The strange part..its a pic. of us, by itself. Its not even near Graduation stuff or anything... And we are not even in our gowns or anything..like it was before the ceremony...so we are just dressed in regular clothes. when I asked him about it, I said..hey..why did you frame the photo of us? He responded...why wouldn't I frame the photo? I told him I just didnt see you as that "personal" of a person and he was like..maybe you just dont know me as well as you thought you did. I want you to know..When I look at the picture of us, it just makes me smile. I am really so proud of the woman that you are becoming."

Is that normal, for a guy to frame a picture of him and someone that he is not "serious" with? I mean, what do you guys get from this? Was he hoping I would see this and then make a move on him or something? What is worse though is that, I was with him after classes earlier this week( we go to diffrent schools now) and we were just talking and then I had him help me with Math, he is like a Math WIZ! So I told him...I have a test this week, can you help me out? And he told me" Ali, I told you, I will always have time for you." ... So we went to the library on campus and when we were done...we were leaving and I was assuming we were just gonna go our seperate ways..but he kept talking to me and then he was like ohh man I forgot my keys..and we were like just heading around the corner from where the table was that we were sitting ( meaning, we were not that far from the keys...lol) and I turned towards him and said..ohh well you should go back for them and he was like..."well are you coming"?

( I was thinking...you need me to come w/you to get your keys?) And I was said...Umm..do you want me to--- and then he was like...hold on, and he ran to the table got his keys and ran back. As we were walking out a girl in one of my other classes stopped me and as we were talking...he was like alight well, I guess I will see you ladies later...and he left. Now part of me feels like...Should I have just blew off my friend and ran and caught up with him, rather then talk to her? It was not like he was acting like he wanted me to stick around. At the same time...he was not letting me leave. My friend was heading to class..so it was not like we could go hang out or anything. So, really...I am feeling like...was it my fault this time...should I have just kept walking with him and just waved hello?? I dont know..I am just so confused...cause he gives me all these signs...but makes no moves?

[Emzi]

The photo thing could mean that he values your friendship alot and thinks of you as his best friend, or it could mean he wants to be more than friends.

It does sound like he's giving signs, but then again some guys can just be over-friendly.

The question here is though, do you want him to make a move? I mean, do you have feelings for him and want to be more than friends?

[Ali33]

I do like him..when we first met, I was not sure how I felt about him, but the more time we spent together, it seemed like he grew on me...and I really do like him..and would love it if he made a move..or something.

[Emzi]

Well, from your first post, it does seem that he's interested.

Maybe you should try and spend more time alone together, go out somewhere fun, but not as a date. Then just see if the signs are there and see what he says etc.

Just be careful though, because you don't want to make a move just incase all he is doing is being over-friendly. But then again, I'm sure he thinks highly of your friendship and wouldn't let a misunderstanding spoil that.

xx

[Ali33]

Well..I went to visit him this past week...I was going by to see if he could help me study for my Final in Math I have soon. I had gone to a lunch w/ friends earlier that day, so I guess you can say I was dressed dressier then usual. I was in jeans and a shirt, but they were dressier. He didnt know I was coming and when I walked in and said " Hey"..he knew it was me..and he said Hey, and then when he turned around he just said, " ohh jesus Ali.." it was so wierd. He seemed really nervous..I was thinking maybe its was just that I caught him off guard...so I asked him if he was Ok, and he said he was fine... and then he just said..'Would you like a piece of Gum?" Totally Random! So I said, sure...Thanxs. He seemed a bit nervous after that...but after acouple of minutes he seemed back to normal.

Then we were sitting there, I told him..Ohh you got a hair cut.. and he was like...yeah I did, Thanks for noticing...your very observant Ali..he seemed shocked that I noticed. Is that big deal for you guys?

And finally.. recently..a friend asked me if I had ever thought about body language..and I told her the only strange thing he kept doing was,he would be trying to explain a problem to me..and I was like..." I just dont get it", or whatever I said...and he was like..Ali..and he would put his hand on, or near my wrist/hand...and he would be like look..and then he would just start explaining again.

Honestly..I never really thought about thinking about our body language towards each-other until now. So...what...you think he was trying to hold my hand? lol...

Really...the point is... I just couldn't figure out if his reaction to me was a good thing or bad thing. What do you guys think??

[suzieQ]

It sounds like he has a crush on you But he could be well thinking the same things you are.