Q&A for How to Know if You Have a Crush on a Guy

This depends on the individual. Some people fall in love very fast, following the "love at first sight" belief. Other people are more cautious and "like" someone long before they know they feel love. However, it is unrealistic to truly love a crush (as opposed to someone you're actually dating) unless you know the person well. As such, you are more likely to know you love your crush if they have formerly being a good friend or someone you've had many interactions and conversations with than if you barely know them. If you barely know them, there is a risk you are taken by their appearance or way they present themselves than really knowing the person.

Liking someone doesn't need to include romantic or loving feelings toward the person. Friends, cousins, coworkers, team members, etc. can all like each other without having romantic or fuzzy, warm loving feelings for one another.

Deeply consider your reasons for why you like him. If the only reasons you can come up with are "he's attractive", or the personality traits that come up are generic with no real depth (e.g. "he's nice" or "he's interesting"), then the crush is most likely rooted in physical attraction. However, if you're emotionally attracted, your reasons will likely go a lot deeper and would be more specific to that person - such as "he's really passionate about his hobby and goes into amazing detail about it" or "he's really intuitive and can tell right away when someone isn't feeling happy, and immediately does everything he can to help". Emotional attraction is also typically more deeply-rooted, while physical attraction dissipates quite quickly under various circumstances. If you really can't tell, give it some time - if the attraction ends up fading after awhile, or quickly vanishes if the person does something you find annoying or rude, it's likely it was more physical than emotional.

If you want to date him, go for it! Don't ignore him, or he'll move on telling himself that it'll never happen. You don't want that to happen. Best make an effort to know him before you say you don't like him back.

Being nervous all depends on your personality; if you're cautious and reserved, it's normal to get a little nervous around a crush. But everyone deals with attraction differently. If you think you like him, give it a shot! If you don't, leave it the way it is. Only you know.

Of course! A crush is merely an attraction, it isn't like it's love. It may turn into love later on, but it's definetly possible to be attracted to more then one guy.

You won't do well in relationships if you don't believe in having one. If you get all that when you're around him, you might like him but you don't want to admit it. Give yourself the permission to like this guy enough to consider that hanging out together might not be so bad as your mind is making out.

A crush is an attraction. You might feel like you like one more, but until you know them, it's hard to say. Think about who you want to hang out with more; which one attracts you the most, which one you feel like you can trust, the one you wouldn't want liking someone else in place of you.

The best way would be to say 'yes' if you like him. It may well turn out he likes you, too, or he wouldn't be asking. You never know, he might just not want you to know if you don't like him back. Take the chance, and if he doesn't go on like it was before, act like it never happened.

You'll know it's worth the effort if he makes an effort for you. Does he go out of his way to talk to you instead of his friends? Does he ask you to be in groups with him? If he wants you to do all the work, then he isn't worth it. He has to at least try to help you to like him.

Try to build up what you had before, gradually. Friendship never ends unless there has been a massive loss of trust. You can't have a friend and not trust him/her. If you don't feel like you can trust them, then it isn't worth it.

Your crush likes you for you. He likes your personality, every perk and downfall about you. He likes you because both of you connect well. Enjoy it!

No one says you have to have a crush. It's about not denying your feelings; don't end up doing that. But just because everyone else is running around having crushes doesn't mean you need to.

Sometimes he'll try to get to her through you, so he might be too shy to talk to her but talk to you instead. If so, you can put a good word in for him to your best friend. However, he might not be shy and just be around her a lot, talk to her a lot, ask to be in groups with her, and he might take all of her attention, so you could be ignored too. Either way, these are signs he is crushing on her and not you.

Some crushes do, some don't. Sometimes it depends on whether or not you become close to your crush; if he isn't interested, then no. Love can't be one sided like a crush can.

Age is merely a gap. Depending on the length of that gap, you might be in different places in your lives right now, but if you are too scared to speak to him, try writing him a letter, it is an easy nonverbal form of communication that can be written in private so you don’t feel anxious.