No matter how hard I try to read up on this or ask for people’s help, I cannot tell when another person is attracted to me. And I feel bad about it, because what am I supposed to do if I want to do anything flirtatious or date? Trial and error? Just try it with anyone I think is attractive until I learn what the patterns are? Sounds like a quick way to be seen as That Guy. Even if I just ask, that’s still a pretty forward move, letting someone know I think of them like that. So I really do not know what to do there, and it upsets me.
You and me both brother. I’ve fumbled it sooo many times. It’s pure luck that I’ve ever had sex.
I don’t know if this is good advice generally, but what’s worked for me is to find someone as weird as me. Like someone who understands my weirdness because she’s just as weird.