If you know a guy likes you, do tend to avoid them?

[keith905]

I work with this girl, Staci, and I know her friend has told her I have a crush on her. In addition, whenever I'm talking to the Staci, I see the friend smiling at her.

Just the other day, her friend told me that I get tongue-tied around her. Then about 30 minutes later when I'm talking to them, I stumbled on my words. Her friend looked at her with an expression that implied, "see, like I said." Staci looked back at her, yea I agree. It wasn't meant to be mean but to poke fun at the fact she makes me nervous.

Later on, they brought lunch back for me. I asked where the silverware was, and the friend the waiter must have forgotten because Staci made the waiter nervous. I said, "what?" She said never mind.

Later one, Staci came into my office to talk to me and there was some light banter in addition to the work-related talk.

I want to ask her out but I'm not sure how she feels about me. The only thing I can think of is if she knows I like her, it won't be a shock for me to ask her out and since she knows I like her, wouldn't she try to minimize our conversations?

Overall, I'm just curious as a survey that if you find out a guy likes you, how do you tend to react? Avoid them, talk to them more, or other?

[Evo1114]

I'm not a female, but....

Nope, sounds like she is waiting for you to ask her out. If not, then she is pretty cruel for leading you on like that. Ask her out before she gets sick of waiting, moves on, and then starts avoiding you.

If she had no interest in you, then, yes, she'd avoid you to avoid the discomfort of saying no and possibly making you feel bad. I can't see any reason for a girl to avoid a dude whom she wants to go out with. Seems kind of counter-productive to me.