How to Know that Someone is That Into You — like, for real

Several relentless dates and flirtation-ships later, I believe I now know the answer. Trust me, this is based on true stories.

Admit it. We’ve all Googled this phrase at least once in our lives. However, despite being a fan of relationship list-icles and reading numerous content on this topic, I seem to have never been satisfied with the answers and pieces of advice that I found.

As cliché as it may seem though, I’ve come to realize that experience is indeed the best teacher. Therefore, let me tell you exactly how to determine a person’s level of interest in you based on some of my previous experiences.

1. They pay special attention to you and show great concern for your well-being.

Let me start this with Bruh. He was my college crush and being the creep that I was (or still am), I took every opportunity to interact with him through school events. We eventually hung out with the same group of people and after a while became friends.

Then, we started texting a lot and commenting and posting on each other’s Facebook walls (that was in 2011). He always liked to tease and joke with me, but he also sent me caring messages. There were constant SMS exchanges of “how are you?”, “good morning”, “good…