10 Subtle Signs an Introvert Is Interested in You
It isn’t always obvious when an introvert is interested in dating you, but there will be signs, like sharing our inner world with you.
“You liked me? I had no idea!”
I was sitting across from a friend in a coffee shop, and I had just admitted that years ago I’d had a big crush on him. His response was complete and utter shock.
I’ll be honest: This wasn’t the first time I’d been interested in a guy and he had absolutely no clue. Basically all my crushes throughout school worked this way. As an introvert, I don’t shout my interest and affection from a rooftop. I barely whisper it in a dark room — to myself.
Yep, this internally focused introvert can be pretty hard to read.
So how do you know if an introvert is interested in dating you? As an introvert author, this is one of the questions I get asked most often. Hopeful extroverts (and some daring introverts) email me and lay out all the details of their situation. Then they ask, “Do you think he or she is into me?”
So, to answer that question, here are ten subtle signs an introvert likes you. I can’t speak for all introverts — we’re individuals, after all. These signs are based on my own experiences, as well as the experiences of introverts I interviewed for my book.
Signs an Introvert Is Interested in Dating You
1. We open up to you.
Generally speaking, introverts are looking for more than just a simple give-and-take relationship. We’re looking for a soul connection — a meeting of the minds. So when we like you, we start sharing our inner world of thoughts, feelings, and daydreams with you.
We tell you about that one time in college we swore we’d take to the grave. We admit that we’ve always felt like an alien dropped onto this planet from another world — and we ask if you’ve ever felt that way, too.
These aren’t things we blab to just anyone. We’re telling you because we think you’re special, and because we want to peek into your inner world, too.
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2. We know just a liiiiitle more about you than we reasonably should.
That’s because we’ve been internet stalking — I mean, researching — you. It probably started the day we met you. We needed photos, whereabouts, interests, and that oh-so-important relationship status. We’ve Googled your name, found you on Instagram, and checked for mutual friends and followers.
We’re paying attention in other ways, too. We might casually drop your name into a conversation with mutual acquaintances and see what information they offer up. We might notice that every Monday you eat lunch in the break room — and surprise, we’re brown-bagging it today, too.
For the introvert, information is power.
3. We’re often one of the first people to comment on or “like” your social media posts.
This is the collateral damage of all that incessant internet stalking — er, research.
4. We watch you out of the corner of our eye.
Not in a creepy way. We’re admiring you (and checking you out). Introverts are natural observers. So if you catch us looking at you more than once, we might be into you.
5. We laugh nervously around you.
Or blush. Or stutter. Or get hopelessly tongue-tied. Basically, we seem nervous and/or a little hyper-alert in your presence. That’s because talking to you probably pushes us waaaay outside our introvert comfort zone.
6. We write you a love letter.
Okay, more likely it’s a carefully worded text. But those Hey, how are you? or How’s your day going? messages are basically love letters in our minds.
Generally, introverts feel more comfortable expressing themselves in writing than in conversation. That’s partly because we can struggle with word retrieval in the moment. Writing gives us the space to reflect on what we actually want to say before we hit send.
7. We actually answer your calls — or call you.
It’s no secret that introverts absolutely loathe talking on the phone. It’s not much of an exaggeration to say we let most calls go to voicemail unless we think someone’s in the hospital or the pizza delivery person is at the door.
So if we pick up when you call — or spend hours talking to you on the phone — we’re probably head over heels for you.
8. We invite you to our favorite hangouts.
Going back to #1, we don’t share our private introvert world with just anyone. We usually have a few places that feel almost sacred to us, like a favorite hiking trail, a coffee shop where we go to write, or a bookstore that makes us feel like everything is right in the world.
When we take you to these places, we’re trying to share a little piece of what makes us, well, us.
9. We share our writing, art, or favorite bands and movies with you.
For many introverts, our art, music, and movies help define us. Because we can struggle to put what’s so deeply felt into words, we often turn to creative expression to get those thoughts out.
Similar to #8, we don’t share these parts of ourselves with just anyone. So when we show them to you, know that you’re special to us.
10. We step outside our comfort zone for you.
We may push ourselves to do things we normally wouldn’t — like going to a party or getting lost in a sea of concertgoers at a music festival — if we know you’ll be there. We might stay up late texting you, even though we know we’ll pay for it at work or school the next day.
For you, we’d willingly give ourselves an introvert hangover. And the exhaustion is well worth it. 
