Once he believes that you really like him, it’s at that point he’ll relax and start being himself.

In the beginning phase of a relationship, the guy wants you to like him and wants to know that you do.

I’m not saying they’re genuinely interested in you too.

What I am saying is that in the beginning phase of the relationship, it’s common for one or both people to have some amount of insecurity and want to go out of their way to make sure the other person really likes them before they let their guard down.

MORE: Exactly Why Men Withdraw From Relationships For example, in the beginning, both of you might feel a lot of excitement and also an undercurrent of fearful restlessness.

The excitement is on thinking about all the things they like about you.

It can be helpful to look at the initial period of dating as it’s own phase with its own specific qualities.When both of you are convinced that you like each other, you can both “drop the mask” and start acting like yourself, fully.“Dropping the mask” is something I talk about extensively in the article link below…In this 2gether for Kids season, we will be collecting school supplies for Wylie ISD’s Back-to-School Fair from Thursday,.You can make a difference in the lives of children and teachers!After that guy determines that you really like him, he has you, and he’s no longer worried that he could lose you to another guy.He feels secure and he feels the current relationship dynamic is secure. We hit it off right away and during the first few weeks, he seemed super into me.At first, I thought he was just trying to end things, but then from time to time, he’ll text me something really sweet, like about how much he wants to see me, or that he’s been thinking about me, so obviously, he’s still interested or why would he do that?especially if he feels some amount of insecurity about how much she’s into him.For instance, if a guy says something like “I like you so much” or whatever during the early phases, he very well might mean it, but he also wants to see how you’ll react.The fear is rooted in insecurities: What if they don’t like me as much as I like them?What if they’re not that into me and I end up making a fool of myself falling for someone when they don’t feel the same way? It may seem hard to believe, but in the beginning of a relationship, a guy will try to feel out how much a woman likes him …As I’ve said time and time again: When a man says he doesn’t want a relationship with you (for any reason), believe him! It makes me sad to see, but there are a lot of relationships I see where the guy is insecure and wants to make sure the woman likes him.He does all sorts of things to woo her and win her over, but simultaneously, he (for whatever reason) does not want to be in an exclusive relationship.