Hey guys I'm a little rubbish when it comes to reading signals from girls so I'm looking to you bunch of cool cucumbers for help!

I've got this friend, girl, same age as me - both 18 - who I've been best friends with for about 2-3 years and I'm getting what I think are mixed signals from her. Firstly, she's recently split up with her ex (about 4 months ago now). Before they did split up she always used to complain to me about him and turn to me for advice etc. But things didn't work out and now they're apart. Now we've started seeing each other a little more - she sometimes comes to my house to chill, or we go out here and there for food or drinks. That's all fine, but sometimes she slaps by butt, tickles me, nibbles my arm, that kind of thing. The other day she asked me to hold her hand too, which I found weird. These things happen every so often, but more noticeably so when she's had drink or two. She makes comments that her friends think we're a couple, and has a pic of us both on her phone screen. She also asks me a lot of questions about what I like to do in bed too, which is odd.

To me this all says she likes me, but then the mixed signals kick in when she says she sometimes thinks she misses her ex but she doesn't know why. And when one of her friends said we looked like a couple she took the photo of us off her screen.

So what do you think guys? I'm totally bamboozled!

She likes you... its more than that. She just broke up. She needs emotional comfort. She miss her ex. I guess she is emotionally trying to get over this break up with getting attach to you. But she still not over her past. So be very careful before getting involve. She actually might don't see you as more than friend. Don't get involve until she get over her past.

Don't get carried away or have high hopes as a breakup generally leaves people weak to having emotional support through a hard time. Support but don't get sucked in.

Thanks guys, I understand what you're saying! I'll just be supportive for now and see what happens. It's just, if she was sending me positive signals then I wouldn't want to just ignore them. I like her a lot, so could see it developing into something more. If I waited too long she'd probably get bored...

Or move too soon and it flops. Tough call but know she is hurting. Most likely when she is stronger and healed more, she will likely explore other options besides romance with you.

If your motive in supporting her is to get with her later, just forget it.

Of course not, like I say I've been best friends with her for nearly 3 years, so I care for her more than to just play the game with an ulterior motive.