MountainSlide said:
So I got this profesor, she's probably the most attractive one I've ever had; young, smart, and beautiful.. I just send her emails to ask questions about course materials. And in her responses sometimes there's a winky face. When I'm in class I like to just check out her bodyy up and down, maybe she notices. Are these winky faces flirtatious or are they just her being informal + nice?
She could have seen you checking her out and is doing the "wink" thing to flirt with you knowing you "like" her.
Only you know for sure as none of us are there.
Don't read into it nor show any "giddyness" over it. Be cool, calm and collected as some chicks will just do flirty crap to feel pretty and not have any intention of taking it further. It may make her day go by better knowing some student likes her but not going past innocent flirting.
You can't get mad at it nor perceive it as true interest let alone do you know if she isn't doing the same thing to other guy students as her "innocent sign off" in your class or others.
Depending on how you can handle it (while class with her is still ongoing) if it turns out to be her just innocently flirting to feel pretty and you don't care if it winds up to be that, you should ask her out sometime to do something fun. If she says no. It's no.
If you can't handle possibly being "turned down" when thinking she was showing geniune interest all along and the class is not ending soon (as in the entire class itself and you have a month or so to go) just keep it normal and ask her out when the class is complete. Otherwise if it's going to fvck you up if she says no it might be awkward as hell being in her class and could affect your grade. It's depending on how you are with "rejection" if it happens. It may not be you. It's the rules etc. of her job and involvement with students.
To be honest though being she's a professor she's not going to risk her job. Especially going through school etc. to get to that position.
You might want to wait until you aren't her student before asking her out. Though if she takes her job seriously she may "reject" you not as a person but on the strength of her lifes employment.
Try asking her about her job in person and how she likes it.(Not through traceable emails) You might get a feel that way if she just took the job and is planning on leaving or if she is serious about it for her lifes employment. If she is vague and doesn't "open up" it's not you. It's her job, and teachers are told not to get involved or give out personal information to students. It could end up ugly for them.
If she seems like she doesn't care for it. Then you might if her flirting is serious have a better read on just asking her out.
Again:
It depends on if she takes her job seriously or not.
If she's not a normal flirt with other students.
And if you decide to ask her while the class is still going or waiting till it's done and you're not in her class anymore. Just keep normal conversation in the meantime and see if she opens up more to you. If she doesn't? She is more worried about her job, the flirting wasn't serious to begin with, or even if it was she may not want to risk it with a student. Especially with all the sh1t going on in the papers and news. They get fired or end up in rubber rooms, get smeared all over and most unless insane won't risk that even IF they really like you. (If you met her elsewhere not as a student there might be no problem at all.)
You have to decide and don't take it personal. Just be understanding.