How to tell if a shy/akward person wants to be your friend?

[NzForever]

Shy people are the hardest to understand & they usually have trouble at making friends. How can you tell if a shy person is interested in being your friends? What sort of stuff will they do? how will they act?

[MechaSniper]

Well the tend to talk to you more and start to open up.

[Tarannosaurus]

They will start to ask you for advice, trust you with private information and seek you out to talk to you or be with you. If you betray their trust or pry into something they don't want to tell you you will likely scare them away.

[ImagineRepublicCity]

I did see this thing which said if you ever to want to make friends with an introvert (I guess it works kinda the same for shy people), you should let them know you are available to talk, but not try and force them to talk. Just let them know "Hey, I'm totally cool to talk to you so whenever you want to, talk to me."

So if you were let's say at school, you can do something like say hi and how are you or something and sit next to them, but do what you were doing (Like work or something). That way, they know that you are friendly and would talk to you.

Something like that.

[AlexOnToast]

They will start to ask you for advice, trust you with private information and seek you out to talk to you or be with you. If you betray their trust or pry into something they don't want to tell you you will likely scare them away.

I'm not a shy person at all, but this seems about right.

[Living For Love]

Probably if you feel they open themselves more to you than to anybody else, it can be a sign that they trust you more for some reason and want to be your friends.

[JamesSuperBoy]

Seems good to me

[loliqueen123]

Try to insert yourself in a meaningful way into their life. Become somebody they can talk to, or somebody that goes out of their way to sit by them, or somebody who offers them food or to come over. A shy person doesn't necessarily want to be shy, you just have to put in a little more effort to become friends with them.

[Croconaw]

As a very shy person, I can confirm that they will attempt to talk to you more. They will try to find ways to be near you only so they can start a conversation with you. I think you should try becoming friends with them because they'll be very happy to know that you also want to be their friend. It will be nice to know they have someone to talk to. Good luck.

[Saint of Sinners]

Well, usually If I can tell they're a little shy, I'll probably approach them first. Then I would like invite them to sit with me etc. If they're looking for a friend you would be able to feel it from their response I guess.

[KiyoshisIsland]

Well if they are shy you should probably approach them in a friendly way and get to know them. Usually shy people open up more when they are comfortable. I speak from personal experience as me and my other friends are shy

[JollyToes]

You just have to give it time. They will eventually open up. The worst thing to do to a shy person is talk to them and try to be their friend one day and then completely ignore them the next. Don't give up on them.

[riverboy]

Plus they may follow you or stare at you but when you look at them they turn away.

[ImAurora]

As a shy person... we just talk to you more and open up more than we would with other people.