Swifty
On the Prowl
I don't know if I'm looking to far into this, but perhaps someone can help me.
Earlier in the year I came out to 2 of my friends and it has changed things between us, but for the better. Sometimes it seems like theirs something 'more' there, but I can't tell if my own feelings for them are clouding my judgement of what it is.
Also, something that might be worth noting is that the 2 guys weren't friends with each other when I came out to them but they bonded over it somehow.
The first guy is fairly smart and really religious, he considers himself homophobic but he's really accepting of me ( I don't think he's homophobic at all ). He doesn't seem to care when I show affection to him and he always seems to be able to read me like a book. He tells me a lot of his secrets and I tell him a lot of mine. When he's got problems, I normally end up helping him and he ends up helping me. We speak roughly everyday about an assortment of things and it's quite fun.
The big thing is that he has these...moments, every few months where he shows pieces of affection to me. For example, one time me and him didn't speak for 2 weeks ( we just didn't speak, not a fight or anything ) and he didn't feel right without me talking to him.
The other guy is...I guess the easiest way to describe him is protective. If someone says a bad comment to me, he speaks up, or if someone does something to me, he's the first to act. He does on occasion blush when talking to me in person. He is really accepting of me but he has a real dislike for affection. He's been my friend for years now, I used to spend a lot of my time alone till he came along.
To me he just seems a bit 'too' protective, which makes me wonder. As an example of what I mean by 'too protective', one time he brought up one of his friends in a conversation and I mentioned how the guy was quite annoying to me ( he just says stuff to constantly annoy me ). The next day they were arguing with each other. I asked him why and he told me he had reasons to but told me to drop it. But the first guy ( the guy I first spoke about ) told me he did it cause of what I told him.
About the 2 of them, since coming out I use nicknames for both of them and they never asked me to stop, even when I use their nicknames in public sometimes. The first guy occasionally uses a nickname for me, occasionally.
So perhaps someone can help me, I don't know if I'm reading to much into these two but I keep seeing these 'signs' that their is feelings on their end, but I may just be looking to much into it.
Earlier in the year I came out to 2 of my friends and it has changed things between us, but for the better. Sometimes it seems like theirs something 'more' there, but I can't tell if my own feelings for them are clouding my judgement of what it is.
Also, something that might be worth noting is that the 2 guys weren't friends with each other when I came out to them but they bonded over it somehow.
The first guy is fairly smart and really religious, he considers himself homophobic but he's really accepting of me ( I don't think he's homophobic at all ). He doesn't seem to care when I show affection to him and he always seems to be able to read me like a book. He tells me a lot of his secrets and I tell him a lot of mine. When he's got problems, I normally end up helping him and he ends up helping me. We speak roughly everyday about an assortment of things and it's quite fun.
The big thing is that he has these...moments, every few months where he shows pieces of affection to me. For example, one time me and him didn't speak for 2 weeks ( we just didn't speak, not a fight or anything ) and he didn't feel right without me talking to him.
The other guy is...I guess the easiest way to describe him is protective. If someone says a bad comment to me, he speaks up, or if someone does something to me, he's the first to act. He does on occasion blush when talking to me in person. He is really accepting of me but he has a real dislike for affection. He's been my friend for years now, I used to spend a lot of my time alone till he came along.
To me he just seems a bit 'too' protective, which makes me wonder. As an example of what I mean by 'too protective', one time he brought up one of his friends in a conversation and I mentioned how the guy was quite annoying to me ( he just says stuff to constantly annoy me ). The next day they were arguing with each other. I asked him why and he told me he had reasons to but told me to drop it. But the first guy ( the guy I first spoke about ) told me he did it cause of what I told him.
About the 2 of them, since coming out I use nicknames for both of them and they never asked me to stop, even when I use their nicknames in public sometimes. The first guy occasionally uses a nickname for me, occasionally.
So perhaps someone can help me, I don't know if I'm reading to much into these two but I keep seeing these 'signs' that their is feelings on their end, but I may just be looking to much into it.
