There have been several moments he has looked in your direction as you have pulled into a parking space at your apartment complex.

He has done this enough times that you know he isn’t oblivious to you and is fully aware of your presence as a neighbor who lives a few doors from him.

You sense his eyes on you, yet whenever you move to look in his direction, he avoids making eye contact.

Even when you have been in situations where you see each other by chance in the hallway, he might acknowledge your presence quickly with an awkward smile or muted hello, but he walks past without slowing down, not attempting to open a conversation with you.

You have had enough experiences with men to be able to tell when they are interested in you.

This neighbor is a mystery.

On the one hand, you can tell he constantly looks in your direction whenever you are physically present, which correlates with men who have had a romantic interest in you in the past, and yet he never acts on it.

Men who have demonstrated this kind of behavior in the past have ultimately opened conversations with you, flirted, and consequently asked you out.

This neighbor hasn’t done anything of the sort.

At this stage, the idea he even opens a conversation with you sounds like a pipe dream.

The good news is you don’t have to keep debating whether your neighbor is interested in you.

A guy who has a tendency to stare at you from afar or avoid opportune moments to open a conversation with you, such as when he sees you in the hallway, is a guy who is interested but exhibiting shy characteristics.

A guy with shy characteristics usually looks at someone he is interested in from a distance, shows anxious or jittery body language whenever he is physically close to that person, and does everything in his power to avoid opening conversation.

He is far too critical of his conversational skills, which is what keeps him from opening a conversation with her whenever he is in close physical proximity to her.

This is why you have to do what you can to make it easy for him to open a conversation with you.

A shy guy is usually more comfortable and confident opening a conversation with someone when it starts around a topic he is very comfortable and confident talking about.

To this end, some detective work or observation is necessary.

If you notice that he walks his dog, runs or jogs, plays basketball or tennis, etc., on the premises or in a park nearby, use this information to your advantage.

Start doing these activities too.

Go on regular runs or jogs, walk your dog, play basketball or tennis, etc., on the premises or in the park nearby.

You have seen him repeatedly doing these activities in these areas.

This guarantees that you two are sure to come across each other.

Since this is happening while you are both engaged in an activity that he does on a regular basis, it makes it so much easier for him to acknowledge you and open a conversation with you.

Since he is interested in you, opening a conversation with you centered on an activity he already does on a frequent basis keeps him from experiencing the usual anxiety he feels whenever he is around someone he is interested in.

Next thing you know, he introduces himself officially to you, tells you he is your neighbor, and starts talking to you with ease about something to do with the activity.

This is his comfort zone because the topic is around an activity he is fully equipped to talk about as he does it on a regular basis.

During the conversation, the two of you get to determine whether there is romantic compatibility.