Does he want to be more than friends?

My friend sometimes makes me think he likes me as more. He always seems happy to see me, and makes lots of eye contact. He tends to joke around with me a lot, and will generally look at me when we're in a group. He often asks my advice and confides in me about things. He tells me things he says he hasn't told anyone else. He regularly offers me lifts home when there are other people with cars too, and sometimes I feel like he's standing closer to me than other people do, or than he would with other people. Does he like me or are we just good friends? How can I tell (without asking him)?

 

It seems like he very well might.
a few questions for you first:
Are you interested in him as more than friends?
If not, how come?
Why don't you want to ask him?

 

It's hard to say. It sounds like he likes you.

On a side note, one of my fantasies has been to have someone I like just randomly say one day "do you wanna' fool around?" My answer would never be no, regardless of the girl. Anyone I know... she wouldn't be rejected by me.

 

Yes, I'm interested. I don't want to ask him because I'm scared of rejection, and I don't want to make things awkward between us if he's not interested in me.

 

No offense, but rejection happens. In one sense, this is just confirmation that not everyone will like you and this is a given. Not everyone has to like you for you to be a normal, well rounded person. Also, it's something you have to face or you may be sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone else to make the first move. Ever think that the other person is thinking the same thing and waiting for you? If neither one of you do anything, there isn't a chance that it will happen! Someone has to stick their neck out at one point and you can't control the other person, so you might as well do it! What's the worst that would happen?

I have been terrified of rejection & one day, I just called a good friend and told him that I liked him and didn't really know what to do b/c I went to school over 3 hours away. Nothing happened, but it felt really good just to say that to him. He is still a good friend, even though I am engaged to his friend (we were broke up at the time). He even said himself, that you never know what will happen if you don't try. I guess there was a girl he liked and he never told her and (surprise) she found another guy to date. He knew what it was like to wonder what might have happened, and I kind of hope that when I told him that I liked him, that perhaps he would use that as his motivation to tell a girl that he liked her.

I can't say whether your friend likes you or not. If he truly is a friend, then it will not get too awkward if you let him know how you feel. He may be truly flattered. What is the worst that would happen?

Peace and love

 

As the person above said; rejection happens. You have to grow up sometime, this is a step towards it.
As for the awkward thing. Unless you lay it on super heavy, there's not too much to fear there. Just ask him if he likes you.