There are men who can be chatterboxes.

Once he gets going, he can’t be stopped.

Small talk is his middle name.

He is chatting to you about what he did over the weekend, what he thinks about the newest smartphone, why he loves birdwatching, etc.

It’s all conversation that isn’t designed to go anywhere constructive.

There are guys who don’t like silence, especially when they have access to opening a conversation with someone who’s polite enough to listen.

Since you are polite enough to listen to his chatter, it only makes him that much more encouraged to keep opening small talk with you whenever you are accessible to him.

He goes out of his way to talk to you whenever he sees you.

This consistency can be misconstrued as a sign of interest from the man.

After all, he keeps looking to talk to you whenever you are around.

Don’t confuse this constant desire to have small talk with you as a sign he is definitely interested in you.

When small talk with him is usually focused on topics about himself, he isn’t interested in you.

This is where he is constantly talking about male-centric topics such as sports, video games, cars, technology, movies, gadgets, and the stock market.

Never mistake the occasional questions he asks about you as a sign he is interested in you.

When the bulk of topics he covers during small talk are about him, it still means he isn’t interested in you.

This is small talk that benefits him and boosts his ego, as he takes advantage of your openness and politeness.

On the contrary, a guy who is interested in you isn’t primarily concerned about talking about himself.

When he is engaging in small talk with you, he is asking questions about you and remembering what you say.

The next time he sees you and opens a conversation, he asks follow-up questions in relation to information you gave him about yourself in a previous conversation.

This means that each time he shares small talk with you, the conversations become more substantial, as he is learning more and more about you.

Additionally, he applies what he learns from you into his own personal life.

For example, he learns that you like a specific brand of cornflakes from a previous conversation he had with you.

The next time he sees you, he tells you that he actually bought those cornflakes and tried them out and that he loved it.

This is how you know that he isn’t just pretending that he is listening to what you say during the conversations he has with you.

He is actually applying what he is learning from you in his own life.

This means that he is thinking about you as he is going about his day when you aren’t present.

Someone who is thinking about you when you aren’t physically present has been emotionally impacted by you.

This is further confirmed in subsequent small talk where he tells you that he told a friend or family member about something you told him in a previous conversation.

Once a person starts telling loved ones about someone else and what he learned from said person during a recent conversation, it further shows how important that person is becoming to him.