Does my guy friend like me?

[Lizzy]

So, we're practically best friends. He knows all my dirty secrets and I know his, and i helped him ask out a friend of mine, etc. We have two classes and lunch together and and sit together occasionally but neither of us really makes an effort. I feel like when its just me and him, he gets really nervous, because he gets quiet and timid. When we're in a group, he always pays attention to me, but likes to joke around with me.
He lets me wear his lanyard that his keys are on during the day and gives me hugs, but only if i ask for them. Ive caught him looking at me before because I yawned and so did he (hehe. At a football game the other day, he went out of his way to say hello to my mom, which i thought was a little strange.
Yesterday, I posted as my facebook status "I wonder if he feels the same." and he them messaged me begging me to tell him who, saying that I always tell him who I like so he wants to know.
After exhausting every name he could think of, he said I was crazy because he'd named every person at the school.
What worries me is that he avoided himself. I dont want it to be weird between us, but i definately cant continue liking him and keeping it a secret. PLEASE HELP ME!
Are you sure he likes me?

[Lee Van Queef]

he sounds shy! im sure he thought of himself but maybe wasnt sure who you were on about. from his point of view imagine if he had said himself and you had a crush on someone else. it could have ruined your friendship. tell him the status was about him. try and keep him in his comfort zone but at the same time you want answers so if he regularly replies on facebook then try there but if you think you can and he wont shy away then try face-to-face

[Catherine Garcia]

just tell him how you feel, you never know if you never try.

[Billy]

Well put this to him:
You missed one person yesterday,
when he asks who
just say oh you know him really well
and then when he is asking who it is again
put to him he is funny kind and sweet etc etc
then when he says just tell me who put you x

He may be shocke,d but it sounds to me like he fills the same about you...

[Dru Blood]

Just be flirtatious with him. It'll evolve from there.

[Michael Scott]

Heres a quote to get you thinking, "You miss 100% of the shots that you don't take". This about that!

Now I am 'sure' if he likes you in the way that you want him to like you. BUT, what I will do for you is suggest a very good way finding out for sure and avoiding "things getting wierd"

You basically wanna ask him out on a date, a real date. Or do something that will force him to show him how he really feels. Basically you wanna ambush him so you can get a definite reaction. You could hold his hand but you might have to go one up and try to kiss him (holding hands might be thing that you guys do anyway so need to step it up).

So if you do the above, 1 or 2 things will happen:

1 - it may turn out that he liked you the same way after all - ALL GOOD!!!!!!!.

or

2 - Turns out he deosnt like you in that way. This is where things could get awrkward but of course you wan't this to happen so here's how you could potentially avoid the awkwardness or things getting weird between the two of you.

When you find out he doesn't like you like that, you immediately want to dismiss what just happened in a way that won't show your true intentions. You could say something like "oh ok, I'm glad you feel that way because now I can ask out (any guy will do) because I really like him. I just wanted to make sure you didn't have any feeling for me because I didn't wanna hurt you and I knew you wouldn't admit it so thats why I ambushed you like this". You can word this differently if you want but the idea is make him feel as if he you care so much about his feelings you wanted to make sure that he was ok with you dating other guys and to do this, you had to ambush him.

Another effect that this statement may have on him is that it might make him feel as if he will miss out on something if he lets you ask out "the other guy" . This might make him change his mind and at the least "give it a chance" with you. It unlikely if he said no in the first place, he will change his mind and even if he does it could work out between the two of you but it may not work in the end but at least you will know for sure where you stand. Nothing sucks more than not knowing where you stand with someone. And who knows, you might not like dating him.

Regardless of whether you choose to do this little trick, its my opinion that it would suck to think "what if" all the time. I would much rather be sorry it happened than to ponder on what could have been.

Good luck!