Back in 10th grade, a guy classmate of mine, whom I wasn’t friends with and barely ever spoke to, unexpectedly approached me one day and asked me to write his name a few times on a piece of paper for his project.

What I find interesting is that there were other students around, including my female friend sitting right beside me and a few other boys. Yet, he chose to approach me. I hadn’t even noticed him coming to school that day, as he had been sitting in another classroom working on his project.

I think that was actually the first proper interaction we ever had. Ever since then, I’ve occasionally wondered why he approached me specifically when there were other people he could have asked.

I know it might seem like a rather insignificant incident to remember, but I’m quite introverted and don’t usually interact with people confidently, so even such a small, unexpected interaction stayed with me.

I’m simply curious about what might have prompted him to approach me. Any thoughts?

Question

Back in 10th grade, a guy classmate of mine, whom I wasn’t friends with and barely ever spoke to, unexpectedly approached me one day and asked me to write his name a few times on a piece of paper for his project.

What I find interesting is that there were other students around, including my female friend sitting right beside me and a few other boys. Yet, he chose to approach me. I hadn’t even noticed him coming to school that day, as he had been sitting in another classroom working on his project.

I think that was actually the first proper interaction we ever had. Ever since then, I’ve occasionally wondered why he approached me specifically when there were other people he could have asked.

I know it might seem like a rather insignificant incident to remember, but I’m quite introverted and don’t usually interact with people confidently, so even such a small, unexpected interaction stayed with me.

I’m simply curious about what might have prompted him to approach me. Any thoughts?

Anonymous Practitioner · Accepted Answer

here's what i think (in no particular order or priority)
★it could have been a stupid dare. 16 year old boys have a very meaningless sense of humor and that boy must've been shy too and so they told him to ask you. 
★he could have genuinely thought you were pretty and wanted to talk to you (did you know that the easiest way to gain someone's trust is by asking them for a favour?)