Is she into me?

[TheOneDude]

Disclaimer: This post might be a little long, I just want to make sure to express as much of what is going on as is necessary to make a good judgement.

 

A young lady was hired back in mid-summer where I work. My own relationship, involving an 8-month-old child has been going down the tubes for a while and officially ended just over a month ago. She knows about my relationship and my son, but most likely not that it has ended. Save for how I am unable to see my son often, getting over my ex was easy, as stated, because it was going down for so long. Because of this, I've been a little flirty/joke-y with her and I've noticed lots of eye contact.

 

Recently, she came into work a bit more dressed up than usual and I complimented her on it and she giggled and gave me a huge smile as she said thank you. She usually gives me a big smile when I see her and say hi. She was working on a Saturday and when I saw her, I said "Fancy seeing you here on the weekend." And she gave me the biggest smile, one of those ones where even the eyes are "smiling" and she said, "Yeah, I know. Don't get used to it. I won't be back (on weekends) till February."

 

To me, most of the signs are there. The heavy eye contact, the big smiles, the giggles and perceived excitement when I say "Hi." in passing or compliment her (which I only do now and then). What spurred my thinking she might be into me was, I've been out for this whole month from surgery, I came back in one day to talk to my boss and on my way out, she was walking in the opposite direction and I caught her eye. And to test my thinking, I held it until we passed (nearly tripped in doing so, but w/e) and she never looked away.

 

Some more info on the situation: She's settled into her career, has her masters degree and is approximately 32 years old. I'm not settled into my career, I'm just starting out as a student in pursuit of my masters degree in mechanical engineering and I'm going to be 29 in March. I'm personally worried that the income/education difference will be a turn off for her, but I'm willing to play through that and see if she's understanding so long as I'm reading her signs right. I'm quite sure if I can ask her to dinner, I can win her over, but I'd like to know, is she into me or am I reading too much into this?

[Gottabestrong]

In my opinion, it's not possible to tell from what you are posting here. She seems to like you, but that does not mean she is interested in dating you. My advice: Try to have a conversation with her that is longer than 2-3 sentences and gauge her interest then. If she asks you questions about yourself it's a good sign. If she just replies to your questions and smiles, it does not have to mean anything.

 

Good luck!