He froze up when I tried to talk to him.Why?

[Lavender]

This guy I knwo is confusing me. He seems to always be hovering around me in my area but not initiating anything . We've had several small conversations before and he ususally seems pleased to talk to me or be near me but awkward at the same time.I thought he is shy so when I saw him today standing near me I turned to him and said "Hi" He looks up at me deer like a deer caught in the headlights and says "Hi". "How are you ?" I continue. "Fine," he says still frozen o the spot. By now i feel ldumb but I try one more time. "How's school?" "Good", he replies, deer still in headlights. I gave up and said bye. What gives? Why would a non-socially inept , outgoing -with- everyone- else- but -me,guy act this way?

[vashti]

Maybe he likes you. I get tongue-tied around people I have a crush on.

[King Zarathu]

I get tongue-tied around people I have a crush on.

HAHA

That is incredibly cute.

[Junket]

Maybe he likes you. I get tongue-tied around people I have a crush on.

You're one of those?!

[vashti]

You're one of those?!

Guilty. ::blush::

[Junket]

You just seem like the old and wise type that would never succumb to such silly behavior.

Who'da thought, Vash is human.

[King Zarathu]

You just seem like the old and wise type that would never succumb to such silly behavior.

Who'da thought, Vash is human.

Heh... old.

[Off2College]

ya, freezing around girls you have a crush on is the general rule. which applies to a lot of guys i know. especially if their young adults/teenagers.

I usually don't tho.. i believe in pimping it up lol

[Renu]

he whants 2 have sx whith you
thats his problem

[Venacava]

I don't think it's necessarily about wanting to have sex with her and your comment could be a little bit misleading and too brief, kind of rude really.
Maybe he's just shy? Do you think that he likes you? Sometimes it's hard to talk to people we "like" when we've only watched them from a distance. If you want to get to him better then I guess you'll have to be the one to make the moves, try finding out what he's interested in etc.

[Henry123]

This guy I knwo is confusing me. He seems to always be hovering around me in my area but not initiating anything . We've had several small conversations before and he ususally seems pleased to talk to me or be near me but awkward at the same time.I thought he is shy so when I saw him today standing near me I turned to him and said "Hi" He looks up at me deer like a deer caught in the headlights and says "Hi". "How are you ?" I continue. "Fine," he says still frozen o the spot. By now i feel ldumb but I try one more time. "How's school?" "Good", he replies, deer still in headlights. I gave up and said bye. What gives? Why would a non-socially inept , outgoing -with- everyone- else- but -me,guy act this way?

It happens to me often. aaagghh! tongue tied

[Lavender]

UPDATE!!!! Thanks for all your replies, I took them to heart and decided maybe he needs an extra push so Isent him an innocent email asking him about a recent homework assignment,figuring that might break the ice....Well, its been 3 days and he hasn't answered me so....Iguess he doesn't like me. Still, itsrude and now I really feel awkward around him. Why is he behaving like this?

[vashti]

Maybe he is gay and senses you like him? Maybe he is on vacation? Who knows?

Better luck next time.

[lissa]

It may be too late now, but I think you definitely need to call him out on not responding to your email. Next time you are around him say something like – Thanks for responding to my email!! I totally failed that assignment because of you! (with a wink) Of course say this in a teasing way and make sure he knows youre just kidding.

Every time a guy does something like that to me I call him out on it and we laugh and instantly everything is normal again. It gives you an opportunity to flirt and makes you seem less awkward and needy, like you are willing to joke about it and don’t take it to be a big deal. He’ll laugh and then either say sorry or give you an excuse. If he says “I did not get it” chances are he is lying. So that’s another bad sign to watch out for. Then again maybe he didn’t actually get it…

Either way I’d relax about this and look around for other people, he seems very awkward and shy and you can’t really push someone too much. The gentle nudge was good and since he didn’t take the bait maybe time to give up. But do tease him about it first! :-)

[Gigabitch]

I don't know, Lavender, he sounds really weird. There's shy, and then there's socially disabled.

Which do you think he is? Is he strange around others as well? You would think that he would jump at the chance to respond to your e-mail, right? Are you absolutely sure he got that e-mail?