<p>In the words of my AP English teacher, I have a "slight penchant for overwriting" so I'm going to try to keep this short.</p>
<p>There's this boy. I'm a girl. We're both 16. Ok. </p>
<p>He's really, I guess, polar with me in terms of how he treats me. We didn't start talking until this year because we've never had classes together before until now, where we have 2.</p>
<p>He talks to me a lot, he's always the one to initiate the conversation. He even has a tendency to interrupt conversations I'm having with other people, redirecting it so its between me and him. </p>
<p>However, there are times where he is just heinously rude with me. I mean like, saying the type of things that warrant a good smack upside the head. </p>
<p>Other times, he'll be very considerate. I was telling a girlfriend of mine how this summer program at Harvard I was doing went (keep in mind, it is virtually impossible not to sound pretentious when using the word Harvard in any sentence) and he interrupted "Oh, how was it?" "Did you have fun?" "Did you think it was worth it?" etc - which was unexpected. </p>
<p>I don't know what to think. He goes between being such a sweetheart to being just intolerable - some days he'll ask to sit with me at lunch and other days he'll just not even look my way.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>P.S. I was unsuccessful in keeping this concise. I apologize.
P.P.S I said "like" a lot in this post. I guess I can't write coherently and articulately about meaningless situations.</p>
<p>^^ Agree with above.(MutaRisc and CE527M) It could just be teasing between friends and flirting but it means nothing(Trust me on the latter!). You gave a very good overview introducing the subject, but what actually is communicated between the two of you and how you are with each other versus other people of the opposite sex would help us(CCers) know, “What’s the sitch!”</p>
<p>It was basically along the lines of “I’m going to f-ing punch you in the face” because I used “big” words in an English discussion, which he deemed to be pretentious and he dubbed me a try hard - even though he’s really no better in terms of kissing up to teachers and whatnot. </p>
<p>He said it in a joking tone, like he was laughing and I guess he was expecting me to do the same – but it really just made me uncomfortable. Plus it was a drastic change in how he usually acts around me.</p>
<p>He obviously has multiple personality disorder, one being a prince charming who in love with you, and another being a irritating child. There could be more personalities. Watch the movie Identity (with John Cusack), and it will all make sense.</p>
<p>Edit: Lol until I read the Harvard part I was thinking that this was was a girl that I do the same thing to.</p>
<p>Maybe he’s just trying to give you space. I do that sometimes, and I don’t know whether I’m coming off as cold and detached or just normal (by giving people their space). I’d like to think that I’m just giving them their space; I don’t want to come off as clingy or something. </p>
<p>I guess for you it’s coming off as cold and detached.</p>
<p>I wonder if this is the same for most girls.</p>
<p>Surprisingly enough, this guy is in fact John Cusack. What a coincidence. LOL. </p>
<p>Ah, I find that the problem not lay in his capacity to exhibit more than one emotion but rather by oversensitivity to everything. I’m much too sheltered. If everything isn’t rainbows and bunnies, I get anxious.</p>
<p>Same for most girls as in what, reading into things too deeply? Oh yes, virtually every individual of the female persuasion has a remarkable ability to overanalyze everything.</p>
<p>Whenever he does it again, just kindly (but in a serious tone) tell him that you dont find his joke funny, and that its a little rude. If he apologizes, then we would know that he’s a sweetheart…if he doesnt…then there clearly is a problem @Kieran0696 LoOL. I fell off my chair just reading that</p>
<p>I over analyzed the reason why my crush walked past me in a rather enclosed space instea waiting for one of us to pass through…I over analyze why he walks so slow in front of me, yet walks fast when I’m in front of him. (Or maybe I’m the one who walks faster behind him and slower in front of him.) </p>
<p>Goodness…I need to get back to applications…</p>
<p>I mean, I wouldn’t say I liked this guy per se - and if I did, it would be a very slight crush, not anything to write about on Tumblr. LOL. But when I did have a few serious crushes back in the day (Freshman year, lol) I’d overanalyze every movement and breath of my crush. It was so bad and a waste of my time. But I look back on those memories fondly. </p>
<p>…I kinda miss having a serious crush to gush over.</p>
<p>Oh come on, it’s a terribly sweet occurrence in a world that lacks any romance these days. I remember writing his name in the back cover of my Latin notebook (oh how cliched, oh how nerdy…) but I miss having someone I can just get butterflies over. Nowadays, everything is so monotonous and boring. Crushes make things a bit more interesting.</p>
<p>Maybe I just hate they way he turns me into a giggling little girl. The second he looks at me, I blush and want to look away. Everytime I see him my heart goes a little bit faster than it should. The thing is…this would be great if it was a guy that I could get along with. We’re from two very distinct social groups, and persuing this is too daunting for me. I must get over him.</p>
<p>Although there is a new kid in my class that I wouldn’t mind sweeping up…personal note: take a better look at the new kid tomorrow</p>