I (26m) rarely ever do this especially at the gym but I’ve been noticing this girl at the gym who I thought was really cute and the other day I caught her staring at me to the point I felt like I had to acknowledge with a nod so I thought maybe she might be a bit interested? Then the following day she comes up to me and asks how many sets I have left on a machine even though there were multiple of the same machines available around us so again I thought maybe she might be a little interested. Then the next day she walks by me and smiles and waves and I thought okay next time I’ll make a move and try to talk to her.
Fast forward today I see her and I’m waiting for one of the benches to be available and she walks up to me and asks if I want to jump in with her and I said sure then we ended up talking for 15 minutes getting to know each other and building rapport. I then worked up the courage to ask for her number and she said she had a boyfriend and I have to admit I was genuinely surprised and said “oh no worries, it was nice meeting you”. And I walked away, I just felt kind of anxious in that moment not going to lie. Did I handle it well? How do I know if someone is interested or just being nice? I was confident she may have liked me.