Dear Confused Girl

I like this guy and he is similar to you personality wise I think and I really want to know were I stand with him. we flirt through texts n on the phone n when we hang n shit (n we hang alot) but I cant tell if hes only being flirtatious or if hes into meh. I really liek him n I want to know what should I do? How can I figure out if hes into meh or not and how can I improve our "relationship" even more?
Thnx for reading

So so sorry about the late reply. I have been hella busy lately and didn't really get to really sit down and think of this, but now I shall.

I think if he's like me personality-wise, then I honestly find that very hard to decipher. I think it's a little bit of both. He's acting all flirty but he'd only do so if he was into you. To improve the relationship, play along. Don't let him do all the flirting and shit, flirt back. Let him understand what kind of person you are through cute things said to each other. Him flirting says that he wants you to flirt back obviously. To figure out if he likes you, be real with him. Ask him straight up how he feels about you. Some guys may find this as too direct, but if he's anything like me, then he'll tell you what he honestly feels. If you don't feel comfortable about asking him like that, just keep the friendship going as friends. Do what you guys normally do and let it build from there. But through personal experiences, I learned not to date my close friends cause I can't hold onto them after I break up with them, it's just not in my nature. So if this is the case for you or him, don't become too close as friends but instead, get straight to it. I'm pretty sure you're both into each other if you guys hang a lot and he's open enough to be flirtatious, so just be strong and let him know how you feel about him. But then again, there's the shyness factor, something that I, unfortunately, have. Even if he's sure you like him and he likes you, he may not be able to ask you out. Why? Not out of fear of rejection, but out of fear of loss. He's afraid that your relationship will go up very fast and be at a point where you're both completely perfect with each other and have already planned a future together, but that's right when everything goes wrong. The constant love for each other will start getting annoying and every small thing will irritate the other. Don't get me wrong, this is just in my own opinion/experiences. If you notice he's being shy about it, please, oh please, do NOT just end it cause of that. Be strong and ask him out yourself. Sure it's not traditional to do that, but be a bit different in that way. Ask him out and watch him accept in a heartbeat. I was foolish enough to let plenty of loved ones pass me by because of my shyness and the fact that they expected me to ask them out when I knew that I can't do it. Don't let this happen between you two, take action. I think that's all that I can say, sorry if it's a bit repetitive and again, I hope you accept the apology of it being so late. Let me know how it goes. Keep your head up and don't ever stress =]