People I don't know saying "hi"

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Last week, while I was walking to the bus at the end of the day, this person I didn't recognize walked up to me and asked me my name. Then she turned to her friend and repeated my name. Then this afternoon one of them tapped me on the shoulder at the same time of day, and asked if she got my name right. I said yes, and I would have tried talking to them, but the halls are really crowded at the end of the day and you have to keep moving or get trampled. Any idea what's going on that I'm missing?

All I can figure is that maybe she finds you attractive.

I've never really understood why someone would randomly approach someone else that they did not know and try to start a conversation.

terribly suspicious. I have been told in the past at diffrent that I was being "hit on" and had no clue what so ever that was what was occuring. I was told I was being cold or mean to the guy but I thought it odd someone ask me about the design on my jacket or if I had ever been to such and such place.

Thats a hard one because you really can not trust everyone these days sadly.

But if your both still young, its probably a teenage crush thing, and the grils encouraging each other.. they probally do like you, but remember they do not know you...

So if see them again just say hi, if you like them - but do not rush into any unknown situation...

it's possible she likes you, however it's also possible her group of friends were making fun of you becuase you don't talk and she asked you your name to make fun of you some more, my experiences, it's the latter, but maybe not

I hate when girls do this - stuff like that is actually a common occurrence.

I'd go on the limb of saying that there is no hidden meaning. She might like you. She might not. She might be making fun of you. Maybe not. My experience in human observation says that girls tend to get in engaged conversations with people they find annoying or worthy of ridicule, almost like it's sadistic entertainment to ridicule the other person with (interestingly...) some sort of strange logic. They may engage with you more; they may not. They may simply be experimenting with identity - trying to see who they are through the expressions of others.

There was this girl... actually these girls... at my former school who fit this idea well. In ninth grade during an exceptionally long fire drill I was introduced to a friend of someone whom I knew. A week or so later, I was at the water fountain between the last two periods of the day, when I heard my name being shouted by both of these girls, followed by "is that you......?" in exaggerated, pseudo flirty tones... You know the type. I believe I ran, almost literally, away and it made an interesting story. However, it happened again... and again... and again...

We can place both interpretations to it - flirting, maybe, but also ridicule. Perhaps, if you have the reputation of being strange, socially awkward, loner, whatever, it may be fascinating for them to do stuff like that. I know it would be for me if I met someone more socially awkward than I am...

-aaron

She probably likes you. I know some people might say she's making fun of you, but either way, your reaction should be the same. Try and start up a conversation with her, find out what she likes, etc. If she likes you, she'll enjoy the conversation. If she's making fun of you, it'll be a surprise to her that you aren't weird, and that you can actually hold your own in a conversation, and that'll impress her.

Firstly are you a guy? if so she might have been trying to "pick" you up for a date perhaps?? sometimes when people do this that might be what it means..sometimes people do this in a "roundabout" way because they are too shy to come straight out.

Selena

Last week, while I was walking to the bus at the end of the day, this person I didn't recognize walked up to me and asked me my name. Then she turned to her friend and repeated my name. Then this afternoon one of them tapped me on the shoulder at the same time of day, and asked if she got my name right. I said yes, and I would have tried talking to them, but the halls are really crowded at the end of the day and you have to keep moving or get trampled. Any idea what's going on that I'm missing?

I don't like when people do this....it picks at my paranoia. It just makes me wonder what their motive is.
My advice: It's ok to explore further with an open mind, but always be ready for the worst.

Well, it's a bit difficult to start a conversation, as the only times I've ever seen them were at the end of the day, when stopping means getting run over by a bunch of over-excited students.

Ask them if there is something you can help them with. It's either a crush or they think you are cool and they want to hang.

You should say something like "Are you stalking me? I realize you find me very attractive but you won't have a chance with me if you are going to ask creepy random questions and run away."

This way if they were making fun of you, they'll probably stop and if they find you attractive, they might think that you're an interesting person.

if you're the guy in the picture, then i think she wanted you to notice her.

Looking at your picture, you aren't a bad looking guy. She probably was hitting on you.
I have done stuff like that in the past (when I was younger).