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TIFU by thinking someone was waving at me for 20 straight minutes

This happened on the train ride home today and I’m still cringing thinking about it. I got on a pretty packed train after classes and managed to grab one of those side-facing seats near the doors. Across from me, maybe like 15 feet away, was this girl around my age sitting with her friend.

A few minutes into the ride, I look up from my phone and notice her smiling and waving in my direction. Now let me be clear: I am NOT the type of person random strangers wave at. So I did the universal “look behind me to make sure it’s not someone else” move. Nobody behind me. So I awkwardly wave back.

She smiles bigger.

At this point I’m thinking maybe I know her from somewhere and just forgot. So every few minutes we make accidental eye contact and I do that little awkward nod/smile thing humans do in public when they’ve already acknowledged each other once. Then it escalated. At one stop, she mouthed something and pointed toward me while laughing with her friend. I couldn’t hear because of the train noise, but I smiled like an idiot anyway trying to play it cool. This continued for like TWENTY MINUTES. In my head I’m convincing myself I’m having one of those rare movie moments where someone randomly finds you attractive on public transit. My confidence was through the roof for absolutely no reason. Finally my stop comes up. I stand up, fix my jacket, and give one final confident smile before walking toward the doors.

That’s when I hear:
“Oh my God he thinks we’re waving at him.” I turn slightly and finally notice the little kid directly behind me pressing his face against the window and aggressively waving at them the entire ride. The girl sees me realize it. I see her realize that I realized it. Her friend instantly folds over laughing. I got off that train faster than a man has ever exited public transportation in human history.

TL;DR: Spent an entire train ride thinking a girl was flirting with me when she was actually waving at a kid sitting behind me the whole time.

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