Of course, which common sense of “hold off, I’m not sure
And you need to share you to need for a manner in which claims “I like your because the a potential intimate or sexual lover, maybe not a good platonic pal
..” contributes to a quite common response: it's safe – or at least, reduced probably awkward – to visualize relationship or disinterest. If you are not picking right up visible flirting signals out of individuals, this may be most likely means that they just see you since a good buddy... best?
In order to be certain that: yeah, it's probably be. But there are many situations where the true concern is your other person are also worried and work out their attention much more overt.