Does this sound like a guy who likes me but gets awkward around me?
I’m curious from a male perspective because I’m struggling to read a guy I’ve been on two dates with.
On our first date we went out for drinks and were together for ages. He actually waited about 5 hours before kissing me, despite later saying he’d “wanted to kiss me all night.” After we’d both had quite a few drinks he became very affectionate and complimentary (“you’re very pretty”, etc.). We spent hours kissing, holding hands, hugging, and he seemed very physically affectionate in general.
Afterwards, when asking me on a second date, he sent a message like: “Would you maybe want to go on another date?” He didn’t sound too confident in that question.
On our second date it was a completely different environment and we went hiking. There was still obvious chemistry and physical affection, but he felt much more reserved/awkward. We sat on a bench looking at the scenery for ages and I was internally thinking: are you going to kiss me or not? I eventually had to make the move myself.
There were also a few moments where he’d just stare at me smiling and not really say anything. For example, we were kissing and he was literally just looking at me smiling, and I said “what?” because I thought he was about to say something… and he just said absolutely nothing. Just kept smiling. At another point I joked, “I’m not scary,” and he just replied: “hmm.” He’s still physically affectionate once things are already happening, but he seems weirdly hesitant about initiating or leading things.
I’m confused because the attraction seems obvious, but I find him weirdly hard to read.