What does your general gut feeling tell you? He could be alone and starved for attention so that's just a statement but he could also be narcissistic and say that because you provide attention he likes, but that he not necessarily likes you. Or anything in between. That's where I'd say listen to your gut, if you feel he's a good guy, maybe he just appreciates the fact that you pay attention to him and that doesn't happen so often to him or in ways that are not suitable for his understanding of attention. If you feel he's a bad guy and you can see that the way he treats other people is shitty it's maybe leaning towards him being an asshole
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Reply to Men of Reddit, when a guy says “i like you because you give me attention” what does that mean? Is that a good thing? Or do i need to run? by [deleted]
What does your general gut feeling tell you? He could be alone and starved for attention so that's just a statement but he could also be narcissistic and say that because you provide attention he likes, but that he not necessarily likes you. Or anything in between. That's where I'd say listen to your gut, if you feel he's a good guy, maybe he just appreciates the fact that you pay attention to him and that doesn't happen so often to him or in ways that are not suitable for his understanding of attention. If you feel he's a bad guy and you can see that the way he treats other people is shitty it's maybe leaning towards him being an asshole