If he likes you, he’s not just going to answer your texts or chats. He’s going to be the one sending the first one. If he likes you, he’s not going to just be nice to you when you run into each other.

He’s going to show up where you are to see you and spend time with you.

If he likes you, he isn’t going to look at your snap first. You won't be concerned about checking your phone because he will be with you. If he likes you, he isn’t going to show you through likes on Instagram or Facebook. He’s going to show the fuck up and tell this is how I feel and he won’t hold back.

I’m so tired of girls falling harder for guys as they try to create this narrative of someone caring when clearly they don’t.

I don’t care if he says all the right things. The only thing I care about is what he’s doing to prove it. You won't have to question if he likes you once he does.

He won't play you or try to screw with your head if he really likes you.

He won't come up with reasons why he didn't make it again if he likes you. He will be present instead because you requested him to. Instead, he will alter his plans in order to avoid disappointing you.

You won't need to blow up his news stream to remind him you're there if he likes you. I merely snapped to see if he looked at it. putting anything up on Instagram to see if he likes it.

If he likes you, he will think of you without your intervention.

Because a guy who really likes you will want to be with you and will do whatever it takes to make that happen.

And if he doesn’t like you that’s when you’ll be confused. That’s when you’ll read signs that aren’t there. That’s when you’ll try really hard for someone’s time and attention when in reality, you know you are wasting yours but you don’t want to believe it. When a guy doesn’t like a girl, instead of walking away she becomes naive.

He doesn’t like you if he hurts you and he can live with it.

He doesn’t like you if he can cancel on you and not care about making it up to you.

He doesn’t like you if you show up at the same place and he isn’t looking over his shoulder for you as you are him. We cling to anything we can because, in my opinion, there are moments when we don't want to accept what our hearts already know to be true. But I also believe that occasionally, out of a fear of never meeting someone who does, we are drawn to someone we know to be unloving. Because you won't have anything to lose until you find the proper kind of love. Because you can't lose something that has never been yours and your heart can't shatter when it's already broken, to begin with, we continue to love those who keep us at a distance.