Do people know if you're attracted to them?

[affablyeaseful]

Well I'm wondering if anyone thinks generally people can tell if you're attracted to them based more on actions and behavior than words?

A straight friend of mine who is also a guy knew that I was bi way before I ever told him, which is surprising b/c nobody can ever tell since I am very masculine. Since then we've become best friends, and I think he's very attractive and have some feelings for him. But I'd never act on those feelings because I'm really happy being just friends.

Anyway, do you think he can tell I have these feelings? When we hang out we tend to keep a really close physical proximity to each other. When we were watching a movie the other day, I was sitting really close to him and leaning on him. He didn't mind but I moved closer (too close) on accident and he asked me to move over. I said 'yeah sure, of course' and it wasn't a big deal. I moved back after a while and he didn't mind. He still wants to hang out too.

So it leaves me wondering. Do you think he can tell? Do you think people in general can tell if you have feelings for them based on your behavior and actions if you don't say anything?

[wiip]

It really depends. If the person is an observant kinda person, they might notice (which it sounds like this guy is). Also, once they get the idea that you like them, everything becomes obvious; it can even make people jump to untrue conclusions... That movie thing might have given you away, but he might be rather curious and willing to experiment, seeing as he didn't respond the second time.

[INACTIVE_USER]

you would certainly be giving him signals, also signals that you don't notice yourself such as looking at him differently etc.
I can tell when a girl likes me even if they don't say anything

[Craig1995]

It depends when I was in p6 (10 years old) there was this girl who fancied me and I found it quite obvious she asked me out a few weeks l8r and I said yeah coz I was 10 and didnt want to hurt her feeling then freaked out when she asked to kiss me. Lol so I guess it just depends how many signals Ur sending out accidental or intentional.

[affablyeaseful]

Well he has a girlfriend so i'm assuming unfortunately, he's not willing to experiment haha.

Thanks for the input everyone. I'm trying to be more conscious about my behavior and signals now. I feel like rarely he might know or pick something up and there is tension, but it only lasts a few seconds and after it's like it never happened. He's still talking to me a lot and treating me the same, acting the same, and still wants to hang out. So maybe he doesn't mind or i'm wrong and he doesn't know. Well either way i'm going to try and keep this in check so the feelings for him eventually go away and I can find someone who I can actually be with.