There have been moments where you have noticed her stealing looks at you.

Whenever this happens, it results in her quickly looking away whenever she notices you about to look in her direction.

These moments embolden you, further convincing you to take the next step in approaching her and opening a conversation.

Finally, you stop waiting for the right moment to do it and just go for it.

Sadly, she seems physically uncomfortable the whole time you are trying to talk to her.

This leaves you uncertain of yourself.

You want more than anything to make her comfortable.

But everything you say only leads to more awkwardness.

As a result, you stumble over yourself as you ask her out.

She awkwardly shakes her head.

There is more silence as she continues to squirm.

Disappointed and confused, you leave her alone as you walk back to where you came from.

It’s so odd, given how much you were certain she liked you.

All the moments you caught her looking at you seem as though they were all a hoax.

Did you misread the signs?

Were you wrong about believing she was interested in you?

The truth is, there are several instances where a shy or socially awkward girl actually likes a guy but ends up rejecting him.

Usually, a shy or socially awkward girl who likes a guy steals looks at him when he isn’t looking.

When he catches her looking at him, she quickly looks away.

Also, she will talk to her friends about you incessantly, curious about who you are and wondering whether you like her.

Yet, she never initiates a conversation with you to find out any of this information.

Rather, she talks to her friends about you.

This saves her from having to go through the anxiety of talking to you in person.

If these examples sound familiar to you, you weren’t wrong in thinking she likes you.

She does.

Nevertheless, a shy or socially awkward girl who lacks confidence and experience in dating will struggle to handle a situation where a guy brazenly demonstrates an interest in her.

She doesn’t deem herself worthy of his romantic interest.

On top of that, since she doesn’t have experience dating, she lacks the conversational skills required to have a good conversation with him.

Given these drawbacks, she is incapable of staying at ease when you approach her and open a conversation.

Although a rejection is disappointing, don’t despair.

In the future, when a shy or socially awkward girl likes you, build a rapport with her first.

Building a rapport with her over time ultimately makes her feel far more at ease whenever she is around you.

To do this, engage in group activities that she is a part of, whether it be in sports, academics, art, pop culture, etc.

Frequently seeing you in these social environments creates familiarity.

Inevitably, there will be moments where you are sitting or standing next to each other about to do the activity.

These moments make it far easier to open conversation, given that it will have to do with the activity at hand.

In time, she becomes so comfortable with you in her presence, she might even start initiating greetings to you.

This is strong evidence a rapport has been established.

With a rapport established, it’s critical you ask her out or for her phone number soon.

This keeps her from questioning whether you like her too.

Even though you have spent a sufficient amount of time building a rapport with her, she is still a shy or socially awkward girl by nature.

If you don’t ask her out, allowing for the seed of doubt to keep growing within her, she is bound to regress to what she knows best: her shy or socially awkward self.

When this happens, all of the previously established rapport is lost, and you are back to dealing with a woman who is terribly uncomfortable around you.

Asking her out at this point is sure to lead to an awkward rejection.