Melannie Gregersen explains that when a woman licks her lips, it can signal attraction or nervousness. The behavior might mean she's thinking about kissing or her mouth is dry from anxiety. Context matters when reading these signals.
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This brings us to the second way to tell if a girl wants you. This one's a little bit funny, but stay with me. This sign is that she licks her lips when she's around you. This is one of the most basic body language signs that a woman is attracted to a man. Now she's not doing it on purpose, you know? She's not like, "Oh, he's hot," and licks her lips. That'd be kind of weird. I mean, some might do that, but it would still be weird. Instead, when we are— well, there are a couple reasons. One, one, there's a chance she's thinking about lips in general, right? You know, if she's attracted to you. But two, it's also that when we're around someone who we are attracted to, it's easy to get nervous, right? And your mouth can get dry, and so she might lick her lips. So pay attention if you start noticing she licks her lips a lot when she's around you. That's a very good sign that, yeah, she's attracted, she's interested. Now I do have to say with this sign, and honestly with all signs of attraction and interest, do remember to keep things in context.