Shy Women Reveal The Hints Their Crushes Totally Overlooked

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abbyadler
May 24, 2021 5:00 PM EDT

Flirting is a difficult art form, and not everyone is capable of mastering it. Throw in a shy personality, and you're totally screwed. The shy women of Reddit have shared stories about how the person they were into totally missed their hints. If you guys happen to know any flirting tips,  let us know in the comments, pretty please. The women of this thread could sure use 'em, and honestly, so could I. 

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    Smile - Posted by ở u/CountClais 2 days ago 3 2 Shy women, what hints did you give to your crush that completely went over their heads?
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    Why can't anyone take a hint these days? Unless the hint is super lowkey, which is what I would expect from shy women. Let's see if these hints were obvious or barely noticeable. 

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    Smile - Legitimate-Taro-398 · 2d S Ask help on questions I already knew the answers to...lord that's not even a HINT. IM HOPELESS.
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    Girl, how do you expect this dude to pick up on this?! You gotta step up your game STAT. 

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    Font - Vis-hoka · 1d Girl: *takes off her top while lying in bed with a guy Guy: "Good idea, sleeping will be more comfortable that way."
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    Smile - Happy - austensheroine · 2d 2 Sent them a song... Abba - Take a chance on me
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    Smile - Human body - Beethonoven · 2d Told him his smell reminds me of forest and that I like his voice. Idk maybe it wasn't a strong enough hint
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    Smile - Font - Legitimate-Taro-398 · 2d Lmao I told him, "Hey, your brain is like very good.." I never spoke again.
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    Smile - Font - Nebuliar · 2d After 2 months of mutual flirting. Me: "Hey, we should get lunch before the semester ends!" Him: "oh I'm really busy with finals and stuff. Not sure I can." Me: ". Why dont i give you my number and you can text me if you're free?" ...... You could practically SEE the gears whirr. He figured it out the next day and we dated for several years.
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    Smile - Rectangle - Geodudes-Wife · 2d I joined his soccer team in uni. I hate soccer and as a friend/floormate, he knew this. He needed one more player to make a team and was going around our dorm asking if anyone would join. I said something like "I'll join, just 'cause it's you." I'm pretty sure he took it as me doing it because we were friends, haha.
    via u/Geodudes-Wife
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    Smile - Facial expression - quirkyhermit · 2d · edited 1d Avoided eye contact at all times, blushed profusely whenever he spoke to me, couldn't think of anything to say to him so the conversation was super awkward. Oh, and also told him about how I love being single, which is at least a 50% lie. I mean, there were SO many hints, how did he not get it? Baffling.
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    Smile - Font - Mybestfriendlizzy · 1d e Umm not sure if this counts but I worked at a grocery store in Highschool and when my crush was working (he was in produce, I was a cashier) I would request to be put on the "express" lane. Everyone (including myself) hated that lane because you are totally isolated without a bagger or anyone to talk to all day. BUT it was right next to produce so I could look at and try to strike up conversation with my crush, and I noticed he usually used the express lan
    via u/MybestfriendLizzy
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    Smile - Font - y3llowstAr · 2d i straight up for the first time offered to take her to a restaurant for dinner. she did not take it as a date
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    Smile - Font - ChiefOfFoolz · 2d Sent him a meme
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    Smile - Hair - ThePurpleMister · 1d I kept dropping hints to my crush but then I got tired of it and grabbed his hand while we were out walking, holding it and telling him: "Hey, this is a sign that I like you." We've been together for 6 months.
    via u/ThePurpleMister
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    Smile - Product - DizzySense9524 · 2d · edited 1d Stayed after work everyday for hours to hang out with him, then messaged outside of work. We stayed up chatting till 2am everyday for 6 months for me to find out the dude had a gf. A Then he had the gall to ask me why I don't come online to talk to him anymore. Again, hung around after get-togethers for everyone else to leave in an attempt to spend some 1-on-1 time with them.
    via u/DizzySenser9524
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    Smile - Font - LurkingMyLurkum · 2d I dated a guy from work several years ago. When I was initially trying to tell him I was interested I literally came up to him and said he was cute. Shortly after, he asked if I'd be in the lunch room at a certain time for something and I said, "Well, I only have lunch in there to hang out with you anyway." Nothing. Some time later, he helped some friends and I move me from one apartment to another, and it took us being alone in a room full of boxes for him to
    via u/LurkingMyLurkum

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