How to know if a guy is interested?

[LazyLizard]

I recently went on a casual blind date with someone who is still in college. Our last email exchange was last Friday and he even complemented me in his email telling how cheerful I was and we were planning to meet again during Memorial Day weekend. I waited for 4 days to return his last email and then now it's been over 2 days since I sent him a reply... Well he is a first year PhD student at MIT and he is taking 4 classes and I think he may be doing research also. This week is final project due week and next week is final exam week. Shall I be more patient? If the guy is interested will he really find time to reply? Any opinions to share? Thanks.

[Zrx]

I am sure he will reply, give it a few more days, I think he is just really busy with his studies since its close to exam week.Its a good sign that he complemented you in the email. When I am close to exams and getting projects finalised I tend to not be distracted as much, as much as I want to see my gf and be with her we both realise that I have to focus. I think just be patient, he might just be stressed and finding it hard at the moment. Hope that helps

[Off2College]

MIT nerd eh.

[daletom]

MIT nerd eh.

Engineers make GREAT husbands, even if you don't want to be caught DEAD at a party with one!

[Tiay]

I know an engineer who's great fun AND a good student. The end of year is the most stressful... it's do or die time.

[DarkDwarf]

There are two types of guys in the world:

The ones who return your emails/phone calls/whatever quickly and

the ones who take forever to do it.

I know im the latter

[Dalagonash]

Send him loaaaaads and he'll get so annoyed he'll have to reply!

Or get his msn...

[Shivi]

Why did u take 4 days to reply?? U could have sent a casual mail in just a day or two. I think he's just doing the same also. Im sure he will write back.

Also i doubt he is a nerd. There are lots of people whoa re serious about the right stuff but then can be enormous amount of fun aswell. Hopfully he is one of them!

[Gribble]

Why did you take three years to reply?

[The Wise]

Why did u take 4 days to reply??

From my own experience...

If I am exchanging written messages with a girl I am interested to, my instinct is always to write her ASAP. Everything else I'm doing at the moment probably gets a lower priority, unless it is life-threatening or family-threatening.

If such girl replies to me quickly, it definitely makes me feel very positive about her being as genuinely interested in me as I am.

If such girl is slow to reply, I slow down as well as if in a defensive position. I would start doubting she's nearly as interested as me, so I wouldn't want to sound rude with her, demanding, stressing or unpolite. I would adapt to her own speed and try to resist replying too quickly, even if inside me I'm longing for her.