It so hard to tell when the attraction is mutual when your just wandering about in your day. I know that you don't get to know you have to go find out by sticking yourself out there but that is alot easier said than done. I'm pretty shy and socially anxious, and my height is a double edged sword. Yes I get traction in situations I otherwise wouldn't with my height but I also know it can be intimidating when a 6'4 dude is looming over you trying to awkwardly convey his attraction. For instance yesterday I saw a woman I thought was attractive while I was in a wawa she looked over at me from across the store and gave me a little half smile before looking away which I couldn't tell if it was an attraction thing or an intimidation thing as the look was more of a glance. Later I had to walk by her to grab my tea and she Cast another glance out of the corner of her eye but I only saw it cause I was looking at her and my brain interpreted at the time as I was staring and accidentally being scary. In retrospect it was probably a look of attraction but it's just annoyingly hard to tell in the moment and just as much as the woman wants to feel safe so do I when I approach. (granted women tend to have more to fear than men).
Anyways if you stuck around for my mildly disjointed late night rant thanks, and I hope this post in someway helped you not feel so alone in your struggles or in another way