Sure Signs

Intro

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• midriff
• pick up
• green light
• riff

• sign
• be into (something)
• choked up
• charley horse

• sprawling
• flirt

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How can you tell if someone is interested in you? There are lots of ways, but it can be confusing. If someone likes to laugh and joke with you, there might be something there. Of course if someone ignores you and is a little mean to you, it might mean they’re actually hiding feelings for you as well.

It gets even more confusing if you’re trying to tell if someone you like also likes you. You’re likely to see what you want to see, or miss a good sign because you’re afraid.

Mason has a bit of a crush on Ella, but he can’t tell if she likes him back. Help Jason help Mason figure it out.

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Dialog

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Jason

Mason

Jason:  So, do you remember, like, the other day when we were sitting here?

Mason:  Yeah.

Jason:  And we were talking about how you liked Ella and then, like, everyone showed up and we started singing.

Mason:  Mm-hm.

Jason:  That was awesome.

Mason:  I know, right. That was a…I didn’t even know you could do stuff like that. I thought it was just Disney movies.

Jason:  Totally.

Mason:  But, you know, speaking of Disney movies, there’s always some pretty clear signs that, like, a girl is into a dude.

Jason:  Right. So, you think she’s into you, too?

Mason:  I mean, I think so. Like, I definitely have noticed her, you know, red in the face a lot around me. And, you know, she definitely seems kinda awkward, like she doesn’t know what she’s gonna say because she’s probably too choked up with emotion, right, and she doesn’t know how to act around me and that would explain the weird distance that I feel.

Jason:  Does she ever, like, touch you casually if you make a joke or something and she’s laughing?

Mason:  I mean, she pushes me a lot, which I always interpreted…That’s like playground love, right. Like, if someone punches you, then they’re into you, right?

Jason:  Right.

Mason:  Because she gave me kind of a charley horse the other day that’s still hurting.

Jason:  Really?

Mason:  From…yeah.

Jason:  What prompted the charley horse? That sounds pretty flirty.

Mason:  I mean, I don’t know. I was just there staring at her, you know, midriff and I think she was just showing her appreciation for that gesture. I don’t know.

Jason:  It sounds like maybe she was just wanted to punch you in the arm because you’re staring at her.

Mason:  Because she wanted to see how strong I am and if I could take it. Because she needs her men to be strong protectors. Right?

Jason:  Maybe. I don’t know, man. Does she…

Mason:  Well, what are your…Like, what are the signs that you pick up? Like, traditional…Like, this is the green light.

Jason:  If you can kind of riff with someone. If you, like, make a joke and then they make a similar joke back and you just kind of go back and forth. And, um, just them kind of making excuses to be near you physically. Like, sitting down next to you when there’s a space available that’s not next to you. Stuff like that.

Mason:  Yeah, that doesn’t happen. And so, maybe I just haven’t been leaving enough available space. I like to sprawl. I’m a sprawling kind of guy. So, maybe I just need to, like, leave a spot.

Jason:  It is tough to tell, though. It’s tough to tell, so…

Mason:  OK.

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