I just needed to ask this here because it has frankly never happened to me before.
I have a crush on a coursemate. He knows I like him because I’ve talked about it and some of his friends have heard it and then told him. So he knows. However, he doesn’t feel the same. We’ve been chatting regularly for 8 months and he has never expressed interest in me in any way. I also know from a mutual friend of ours that he talks to several girls (he has never mentioned any of them to me when I ask him how his dating life is going, in fact he never talks about his dating life with me for some weird reason).
Now, I find it super odd given the fact he knows I like him, he doesn’t feel the same, that he continues interacting with me and initiating contact. He isn’t initiating hang outs and we don’t hang out at school (we barely speak in class) but he will send me stuff on Snapchat, ask questions and initiate conversations. He will watch tv shows and play games that he knows I watch/play, and often base conversations around it. He will also send stuff on snap late night when he is out drinking/doing stuff.
I’m not super experienced, but most guys will freak out if you tell them you like them romantically (as in have feelings) and they don’t feel the same. They won’t contact you at all and they definitely won’t be hanging around you. Or have I misunderstood something? Because this is how I feel when someone has a crush on me and I don’t feel the same. I feel like I have to distance myself for a while, and I definitely won’t be initiating any conversations so that I don’t give the wrong impression that there is a chance of romance.
Why is he still interacting with me despite not being into me and knowing I’m into him romantically? Is this indicate of something weird that gives off red flags?