TL;DR : a good friend of mine has been very emotionally open lately, and with some specific things she said, I think she may be romantically interested
A very good friend of mine has started texting me pretty much daily. She is a bit of an insecure person, so on multiple occasions, she started these conversations by apologising for doing things so minute that I didn’t even notice them. After reassuring her that she did nothing wrong, the conversations usually go on for pretty long, and in our last two, she said that (after I tell her that she’s a good person, and that she judges herself to harshly) she texted “you’re making me cry you asshole” and the next time “you made me cry again” (to which I answer “as long as it’s the good kind” because I’m not sure what to say, and she says “it is”).
Yesterday, we talked for almost three hours straight after she asked me if “I’m an emotional person”, and tried understanding my emotional processes until I gave her all I even know about myself (I’m a generally open person, so I didn’t have a problem telling her everything).
For a bit more context, if that helps, she persuaded me to read two full series of romance books, and asked me on a few occasions about my romantic past (haven’t been in a relationship in two years). After mentioning that I might get a tattoo, she’s suggested where I should get it multiple times, always followed by asking if “it’s not weird” that she’s suggesting ideas (thinking about my body unpromped?)
I’m an emotionally stupid man who’s super scared of misinterpreting romantic interest, all help is really, REALLY appreciated!!!
I feel like women’s answers to this will be more helpful, so if y’all could mark your gender, that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!