True, true. Well, Larson, what's the guy is like? Is he bigger/more defined than you?
He's, I don't know, bulkier? He's bigger for sure, but in the muscular sense. About the same height. Very, very nice smile.
Just act like nothing ever happened. The ball is in his court. You've pretty much already made your intention obvious. So let him come to you if he has balls. I won't hold my breath though.
Also, another warning for you: not all guys who stare at you are gay. Some straight guys do like being friends with guys that they consider cool and good-looking. It doesn't mean they want to fuck you. It just means they want to get to know you as a friend.
My current case: this guy has been staring at me like yours did. I didn't want the awkward glances to continue so after making sure that it was me that he looked at, I went up to him asking if he can spot me. Just by asking that, all of a sudden he became friendly and put his hand on my shoulder (I was a bit surprised by that to be honest, my mind went "Wow, back off there. Too fast") when he agreed to do it. Then he started asking me what happened to my arm, and I explained how I probably injured it during boxing and the convo just spiraled from there. Now I know that he's an avid gamer too. So I net myself a friend but neither of us have discussed our sex life yet.
Last but not least: you'll know if a guy is genuinely interested in you (be it as a friend or others) if the next time you meet, he's the one who makes bigger effort to talk to you. After all, you've done the hard work of initiating the convo. Anyone with balls and similar interest will return the favor to you the next time you meet.
Replicant, I've been following this thread long enough to come by your posts about episodes with a gym guy who somehow get jealous when you don't spend time with him or when you're with other guy friends at the gym or out. Is this the same guy?
I'm still having a hard time believing the jealous dude has no feelings for you or anything. I don't know -- is possessiveness over other males a part of a heterosexual males' way of... feeling?
On another note -- what do you know! I had another encounter with the derp dude I had approached today.
I was buying a sandwich at this deli place near the gym, I was at the counter. He came out of the restroom right beside and I could've sworn it was him from my peripheral, but my first instinct was NOT to look his direction. So I played it cool. After some moments of hesitation (he stood there a while looking at me), he came up to me.
He asked if I worked in the area, and I said yes. We shook hands again, and this time I did ask for his name, and he gave it. He said sorry for how he acted the other day, because "you caught me off guard." I said it's alright (and now I regret not saying sorry for how forward I was) and asked him if he worked in the area. He said yes. And then we said we'd see each other around then since we'd eventually bump into each other again.
So yeah. After that, I felt quite relieved somehow, knowing it wasn't that he didn't find me interesting, but that he was just actually a bit baffled by how I had approached him.
So there, just wanted to share.