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<p>Flirting is a delicate dance that can sometimes be <em>too </em>delicate. People no longer explicitly ask to &quot;go steady&quot; anymore like they did in the &#39;50s, and the line between &quot;date&quot; and &quot;hang&quot; is a thin one. A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskWomen/comments/slua78/what_is_the_biggest_hint_you_missed_that_someone/">Reddit thread</a> asked women to share the most blatantly obvious signs they missed that somebody was into them romantically, and prepare for your palm to meet your forehead.</p><h2>Hints can be subtle...</h2><p>1. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/billmurrayismyhero/">billmurrayismyhero</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Back in high school, I was friends with this guy. My best friend had a crush on him. I repeatedly told him she liked him and he would always say the same thing &ldquo;not interested, I like someone else&rdquo;. We will be celebrating our 30th anniversary this year.</p> </blockquote><p>2. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/A-Shy-Smile/">A-Shy-Smile</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>He took me to a concert of a band he doesn&rsquo;t listen to.</p> </blockquote><p>3. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Scroll_Queeen/">Scroll_Queeen</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>He made a comment about me being hot and I assumed he meant because of the weather. Rambled on about the forecast for ages.</p> </blockquote><p>4. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Thrwwy747/">Thrwwy747</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>He told me that an event he was going to would really be something I&#39;d have fun at.</p> <p>I didn&#39;t get the hint and headed off on my way. Must&#39;ve been 22 years ago.</p> </blockquote><p>5. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/U_G_B/">U_G_B</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>He cooked dinner for me like 2 or 3 times a week for months. Loved his cooking, never dawned on my why he kept doing it until he blurted it out after a few drinks. Poor guy spent a fortune on groceries!</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>6. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/raedainfossaest/">raedainfossaest</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>He sent me a Snapchat from the shower. I thought we must have been really great friends for him to feel so comfortable with me! And then wondered if his phone was waterproof.</p> </blockquote><h2>...or hints are so gigantic, they likely don&#39;t even qualify as &quot;hints&quot; anymore.</h2><p>7. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cleaning-meaning/">cleaning-meaning</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I was hanging out with her and she asked if she could model some clothes for me. I said sure.</p> <p>She modeled some cute outfits, followed by progressively sexier outfits. At one point she was literally modeling lingerie for me. While in a very tight corset she asked me if I could help her take it off. I did.</p> <p>We didn&rsquo;t go on our first date until 4 years after this event. Plus several relationships.</p> </blockquote><p>8. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/claymountain/">claymountain</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>He came over to my house everyday after school to watch Friends, because &quot;he didn&#39;t want to pay for Netflix&quot;. We cuddled and sometimes held hands as we watched, this went on for months. Been together almost 4 years now.</p> </blockquote><p>9. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cherrytrashpanda/">cherrytrashpanda</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>My middle school crush started messaging me back in September on IG. Initially he was asking me product questions about work. But started sprinkling in questions about my life, my kid, my cats.</p> <p>He told that he still had a piece of artwork I gave him back in the 8th grade &mdash; that I&rsquo;d <em>completely</em> forgotten I&rsquo;d given to him. He said that he&rsquo;d been crushing on me for a few years but I was in a relationship at the time. I brushed it all off and like casual banter.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Our conversation went on like that for a couple days before he finally spelled it out that he was interested in me and wanted to take me out.</p> <p>We&rsquo;ve been dating a few months now. I feel like a dope that I missed such obvious hints.</p> </blockquote><p>10. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/walshie_2005/">walshie_2005</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>He literally kissed me in my basement and I wrote it off as him trying to comfort me because I had just broken up with someone (mainly because he want and messed around with someone the next day).</p> <p>He then kissed me at his birthday party when no one else was looking and I thought it was just like a &quot;thank you&quot; or something.</p> </blockquote><p>11. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kellythebuissnesbtch/">kellythebuissnesbtch</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>We were best friends for a while. I was hating on myself one night and he said &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t be upset with your looks. My whole friend group would love to see you naked. Me included.&rdquo; I thought he was just being nice. We got married last summer.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>12. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/justheretopost6263/">justheretopost6263</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>17 years old.</p> <p>October 31st. I had joked to him that I&rsquo;m too old for trick or treating so I didn&rsquo;t get any Halloween candy anymore, and that I was sad about it.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>November 1st. He brought me a bag of Halloween candy he had went out and bought that night.</p> <p>We didn&rsquo;t start dating until EIGHT MONTHS later. Yes we&rsquo;re still together. :).</p> </blockquote><h2>When it comes to romance, abandon all reason.</h2><p>13. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/threelizards/">threelizards</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;Hey do you want to share a cab home with me?&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;But we live on opposite sides of the city, how does that work?&rdquo; I was so into him, too. Fml.</p> </blockquote><p>14. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/houseofreturn/">houseofreturn</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>He gave me a deep tissue massage after I complained about how sore I was from the gym, and afterwards literally said &ldquo;y&#39;know next time it would be easier if you took your dress off&hellip;&rdquo; He also cuddled with me constantly, took off his jacket and held it around me to protect me from some rain, and spooned me every time we watched a movie together.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I was convinced this was all completely platonic for a whole 6 months until I admitted to him I liked him (FULLY thinking I would get rejected.) We&rsquo;ve been dating almost 2 years now. I was such an idiot.</p> </blockquote><p>15. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mshirayaxmanwari/">mshirayaxmanwari</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>We were in our junior years of college and he made a rap titled &ldquo;[Insert my name], can I make you mine?&rdquo; for a talent showcase our org held every year.</p> <p>Lol, totally thought it was him being a really nice friend and needing inspiration for his performance. In hindsight, I was just dumb.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>16. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/justacollegestudent5/">justacollegestudent5</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>It took a good ten minutes of conversation and him asking for my phone number to understand that he was flirting with me. He even directly asked if I was dating someone and I just assumed it was a casual question like what grandparents do😅 . Not my brightest moment.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

16 women share the most obvious hint they missed that someone was interested in them.

Flirting is a delicate dance that can sometimes be too delicate. People no longer explicitly ask to &quot;go steady&quot; anymore like they did in the &#39;50s, and the line between &quot;date&quot; and &quot;hang&quot; is a thin one. A Reddit thread asked women to share the most blatantly obvious signs they missed that somebody was into them romantically, and prepare for your palm to meet your forehead.Hints can be subtle...1. From billmurrayismyhero: Back in high school, I was friends with this guy. My best friend had a crush on him. I repeatedly told him she liked him and he would always say the same thing &ldquo;not interested, I like someone else&rdquo;. We will be celebrating our 30th anniversary this year. 2. From A-Shy-Smile: He took me to a concert of a band he doesn&rsquo;t listen to. 3. From Scroll_Queeen: He made a comment about me being hot and I assumed he meant because of the weather. Rambled on about the forecast for ages. 4. From Thrwwy747: He told me that an event he was going to would really be something I&#39;d have fun at. I didn&#39;t get the hint and headed off on my way. Must&#39;ve been 22 years ago. 5. From U_G_B: He cooked dinner for me like 2 or 3 times a week for months. Loved his cooking, never dawned on my why he kept doing it until he blurted it out after a few drinks. Poor guy spent a fortune on groceries! 6. From raedainfossaest: He sent me a Snapchat from the shower. I thought we must have been really great friends for him to feel so comfortable with me! And then wondered if his phone was waterproof. ...or hints are so gigantic, they likely don&#39;t even qualify as &quot;hints&quot; anymore.7. From cleaning-meaning: I was hanging out with her and she asked if she could model some clothes for me. I said sure. She modeled some cute outfits, followed by progressively sexier outfits. At one point she was literally modeling lingerie for me. While in a very tight corset she asked me if I could help her take it off. I did. We didn&rsquo;t go on our first date until 4 years after this event. Plus several relationships. 8. From claymountain: He came over to my house everyday after school to watch Friends, because &quot;he didn&#39;t want to pay for Netflix&quot;. We cuddled and sometimes held hands as we watched, this went on for months. Been together almost 4 years now. 9. From cherrytrashpanda: My middle school crush started messaging me back in September on IG. Initially he was asking me product questions about work. But started sprinkling in questions about my life, my kid, my cats. He told that he still had a piece of artwork I gave him back in the 8th grade &mdash; that I&rsquo;d completely forgotten I&rsquo;d given to him. He said that he&rsquo;d been crushing on me for a few years but I was in a relationship at the time. I brushed it all off and like casual banter.  Our conversation went on like that for a couple days before he finally spelled it out that he was interested in me and wanted to take me out. We&rsquo;ve been dating a few months now. I feel like a dope that I missed such obvious hints. 10. From walshie_2005: He literally kissed me in my basement and I wrote it off as him trying to comfort me because I had just broken up with someone (mainly because he want and messed around with someone the next day). He then kissed me at his birthday party when no one else was looking and I thought it was just like a &quot;thank you&quot; or something. 11. From kellythebuissnesbtch: We were best friends for a while. I was hating on myself one night and he said &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t be upset with your looks. My whole friend group would love to see you naked. Me included.&rdquo; I thought he was just being nice. We got married last summer. 12. From justheretopost6263: 17 years old. October 31st. I had joked to him that I&rsquo;m too old for trick or treating so I didn&rsquo;t get any Halloween candy anymore, and that I was sad about it.  November 1st. He brought me a bag of Halloween candy he had went out and bought that night. We didn&rsquo;t start dating until EIGHT MONTHS later. Yes we&rsquo;re still together. :). When it comes to romance, abandon all reason.13. From threelizards: &ldquo;Hey do you want to share a cab home with me?&rdquo; &ldquo;But we live on opposite sides of the city, how does that work?&rdquo; I was so into him, too. Fml. 14. From houseofreturn: He gave me a deep tissue massage after I complained about how sore I was from the gym, and afterwards literally said &ldquo;y&#39;know next time it would be easier if you took your dress off&hellip;&rdquo; He also cuddled with me constantly, took off his jacket and held it around me to protect me from some rain, and spooned me every time we watched a movie together.  I was convinced this was all completely platonic for a whole 6 months until I admitted to him I liked him (FULLY thinking I would get rejected.) We&rsquo;ve been dating almost 2 years now. I was such an idiot. 15. From mshirayaxmanwari: We were in our junior years of college and he made a rap titled &ldquo;[Insert my name], can I make you mine?&rdquo; for a talent showcase our org held every year. Lol, totally thought it was him being a really nice friend and needing inspiration for his performance. In hindsight, I was just dumb. 16. From justacollegestudent5: It took a good ten minutes of conversation and him asking for my phone number to understand that he was flirting with me. He even directly asked if I was dating someone and I just assumed it was a casual question like what grandparents do😅 . Not my brightest moment. 

Flirting is a delicate dance that can sometimes be too delicate. People no longer explicitly ask to &quot;go steady&quot; anymore like they did in the &#39;50s, and the line between &quot;date&quot; and &quot;hang&quot; is a thin one. A...