Kate, 18, from Australia, asks:

There's a guy who I met at a party two weeks ago. I got a text message from him the next day, as he asked for my number the night before, and I have since had at least 4 every day since then, and we got to the point where he asked if I would go to his 18th birthday last weekend, which I went to and took the girls from the party the week before. We hardly spoke because he was busy entertaining his guests, but when I was leaving he said, "Bye kate" and looked really nervous as he gave me a peck on the cheek, before waving goodbye to the girls I was with. To make it even more strange, he texted me the day after saying how me being there brightened the atmosphere and that he was sorry he didn't get to speak to me for longer. So then this week he asked if I would go out for coffee to "get to know each other". We did this, and we just walked and talked for the afternoon, but since then we have still been sending texts, but nothing has come of it.

From a guys perspective..would you think that he likes me or that after that catchup when it was just the two of us that he's no longer interested and that we're just friends? I'm just confused as to what might be running through his head. Thanks.

VictorM's advice:

Well, Kate, what did you expect him to do, propose marriage? He made it clear he wanted to get to know you. Takes more than one afternoon to do that. In fact, it may take weeks.

Something might come of it, just not as quickly as you would like. But that's normal. Girls like to dive head first into a relationship; guys like to take baby steps. Slow and steady is better.