He might like you too.

In fact, there is a chance that your friend has liked you for a while.

However, he hasn’t told you that he does because he doesn’t know where you stand.

Guys often get into friendships with girls they are already romantically interested in.

Fearing rejection, the guy avoids telling the girl he likes her.

Rather, he chooses to be her friend, intending to build a relationship with her over time that leads to something more.

If you have ever caught this friend of yours staring at you while you were distracted, this is often a good sign that he is a guy friend who has a romantic interest in you but has never told you so.

The same applies to moments where he has made himself available to you whenever you needed someone to talk to or hang out with, at the expense of other plans he had already made with other people.

Furthermore, a guy friend who habitually remembers every detail about what you tell him and applies some of what he learns to his own life is often a guy friend who is romantically interested in the girl.

Have you noticed any of this behavior from your guy friend?

If you have, the prospect of telling him you want to date him without making it awkward is much easier.

He already likes you.

If anything, he has been wondering when one of you would develop the courage to ask the other out on a date.

There have probably already been moments where he thought about asking you out on a date but stopped shy of doing it.

It was while he was hanging out with you at home eating Chinese food or watching a favorite reality TV show, or when he was at a house party and bumped into you on the back patio.

There have already been countless times he wanted to ask you out on a date but never mustered up the courage to do it.

By telling him that you like him romantically and asking him out on a date, you finally end this stalemate and put him out of his misery.

To avoid making it awkward, ask him out to do an activity with you that you already know he loves to do.

Since he is your friend, you are already privy to the activities he loves to do.

Think about an activity he would love to do over the weekend.

Guys love sports, whether it be baseball, football, hockey, or soccer.

If you already know he loves baseball, purchase tickets to a local baseball game this weekend.

When you ask him out on a date, tell him you have tickets to the baseball game that is taking place over the weekend.

Since you are offering an activity he already loves, it makes it easier for him to envision going to the baseball game with you.

Asking him out on a date to do an activity he already loves ensures that the moment isn’t awkward.

If he is romantically interested in you, not only is he relieved that he can finally explore the potential for romance with you, but he also gets to officially begin this while partaking in an activity he loves.

A beloved activity puts him at ease.

When he is at ease, you are at ease by default.

This facilitates a first date where you are both comfortable enough with each other to explore whether there is romantic compatibility.

Keep in mind, despite the fact you asked him out on a first date, he should be the one who is courting you and asking you out on subsequent dates.

All you did in telling him that you like him romantically and asking him out on a first date was open the door to courtship.

Moving forward, the onus is on him to take the lead in courting you properly.