Does he still like me?

[Brightstar29]

No judgement on this post please.

Up until recently I was in the dating game, and took myself out of it due to my unhealthy habits. I was going on multiple dates with two guys, and ended up picking the wrong one who messed me about and I friend zoned the other one. Fast forward a couple of weeks and I’ve stayed completely out of the dating game to work on myself. But me and the guy who I “friend zoned” have started texting daily again multiple times a day. I’ve realised that I made a mistake but equally I’m not quite ready to date even though I do like him and I feel like it could be a slow burner. I don’t want to just assume he still likes me in that way if he genuinely thinks we are just friends, but I secretly hope that in the future we could have something once I have worked on myself. I’ve not voiced how I feel to him because I don’t want to be perceived that I’m messing him about or playing games because that’s the last thing I want.

Just hang out in that zone then if he fancies doing that too. If it’s meant to be, it will be x

I don't think guys text several times day unless they are interested.

However I also know of guys who sit in the 'friend zone' until the woman is lonely or vulnerable or horny so they can be the first one who gets called for comfort.

A guy in my extended friendship used to do this, none of the women in the group fancied him or wanted to date him, but over the years he's managed to have sex with pretty much all of them just by being there constantly.

I just hope he doesn’t meet someone else in the meantime but I know I can’t control if he does or not. We met originally on tinder so obviously it’s possible he’s still active on that.