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Does he like me?

Does he actually like you, or is he just being nice?

9 questions 2 minutes

A daisy with a few petals plucked lying beside a cup of coffee and a phone on a cafe table, playful morning light, soft watercolour illustration

Does he actually like you, or is he just being nice?

There is a particular kind of tired that comes from reading the same message for the fourth time. You are not silly for wondering. You are paying attention, which is a good thing, only you have been paying it all in one direction. The next nine questions are about what actually happened, not about what it might have meant. Answer quickly, the way you would tell a friend over the kitchen table, and you will end up with something clearer than a screenshot.

2 minutes · 9 questions

the questions in this quiz

  1. He takes six hours to reply. When the message finally lands, what is in it?

    • He answers your question, and that is the whole message
    • He picks up where you left off and asks you something back
    • An apology for the delay, and where he has been all day
    • You would have to scroll up to remember what you even asked

  2. You are both in a group of people. Where does he end up?

    • Wherever the conversation is loudest, with everyone
    • Near you, and he keeps finding reasons to stay there
    • Not near you, but you catch him looking over
    • You have not really been in a group together

  3. How much of your ordinary week does he know about?

    • He knew about the thing you were dreading and asked how it went
    • The headlines, not the small stuff
    • Roughly what everyone else knows
    • Almost none of it yet

  4. Who starts things, honestly?

    • Mostly you, though he stays once you do
    • Both of you, and neither of you is counting
    • Him, and he is starting them with other people too
    • Hard to say, there has not been much to count

  5. Has there ever been a plan with an actual day in it?

    • Not yet
    • Yes, and he showed up
    • "We should do that sometime" has been said more than once
    • Only inside a bigger plan that other people were coming to

  6. He finds out you have had a rough day. What happens?

    • He is kind about it, the way he is kind about most things
    • He asks a second question, and then a third
    • He offers to help with something practical, then changes the subject
    • It has not come up

  7. Think about the last thing he sent you for no reason. Who else got it?

    • Probably a few people, it was just funny
    • It was clearly for you, it used something only the two of you say
    • You are not sure, but it did make you think he thought of you
    • He has not sent you anything like that

  8. When you imagine asking him straight out, what comes first?

    • Nervous, but not afraid. You think you already half know
    • Slightly sick. You would rather keep the maybe
    • Silly, like you would be making something out of nothing
    • Curious. You genuinely have no idea what he would say

  9. Someone who knows you both asks what is going on with you two. You say:

    • "Nothing yet. But something."
    • "I honestly don't know, and it's driving me slightly mad."
    • "Nothing. He's like that with everyone."
    • "We barely know each other. That's sort of the problem."

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