Trying and failing to capture your crush’s attention?
It might be time to use your Insta to your advantage. If you can’t come out and declare your adoration, you might be able to push your crush into action by inciting a little envy.
Keep scrolling for 29 mysterious Instagram captions to make your crush jealous, from classic quotes and song lyrics to a few witty one-liners.
For suggesting someone else has their eye on you:
“I love it when I catch you looking at me.”
For keeping your crush guessing:
“I am not what I am.”
-Iago, Othello
For anyone still trying to figure you out:
“I’m not hard to read, I’m just not your genre.”
For letting your crush know they better not wait too long:
“While you’re ignoring her, someone else is begging for her attention.”
For when you can tell they’re getting a little envious:
“It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”
-Iago, Othello
For the story twist nobody saw coming:
“Plot twist: I was the main character all along.”
For making it seem like you’ve got more than one man on your mind:
“I was busy thinking ’bout boys.”
-“Boys” by Charli xcx
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For keeping your options open:
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
-Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan
For hinting at a secret admirer:
“Not saying I have a secret admirer. Not saying I don’t.”
For pretending you’re not that stressed about their feelings:
“It’s okay if you don’t like me. Not everyone has good taste.”
For telling the truth, but only part of it:
“Tell all the truth but tell it slant.”
-Emily Dickinson
For when your love life is none of their business:
“My love life is classified. You don’t have the clearance.”
For calling your crush out for keeping you on the hook:
“Maybe you just hate the thought of me with someone new.”
-“Attention” by Charlie Puth
For when they act like they don’t care, but clearly do:
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
-Gertrude, Hamlet
For the crush who keeps asking what you’re up to:
“Keep guessing. It’s great cardio.”
For letting them know you’re done waiting around:
“Good things come to those who wait. I just wasn’t waiting for you.”
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For showing them that you know how to have fun without them:
“I can do bad by myself.”
-“Bad By Myself” by TLC
For the solo pic that proves you’re thriving:
“Though she be but little, she is fierce.”
-Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
For when the big question about you gets answered:
“Mystery solved: I’m doing great.”
For suggesting you have someone else, but you’re still thinking about your crush:
“‘Cause when I’m with him, I am thinking of you.”
-“Thinking of You” by Katy Perry
For your most glamorous night out pic:
“She walks in beauty, like the night.”
-“She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron
For when your phone has you smiling and you won’t say why:
“Smiling at my phone for reasons I’ll never explain.”
For implying you’re all invested in someone new:
“Must be love on the brain.”
-“Love On the Brain” by Rihanna
For hinting that something deeper is going on:
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.”
-Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
For when they ask who put that smile on your face:
“Sorry, I can’t reveal my sources.”
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For suggesting you’ve already moved on:
“Call me miss movin’ on.”
-“Miss Movin’ On” by Fifth Harmony
For suggesting your plan is working:
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”
-Hero, Much Ado About Nothing
For the glow-up that’s definitely a team effort:
“Yes, the glow-up is a team effort. No, you’re not on the team.”
For acting like you’re completely over it:
“Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.”
-Rosalind, As You Like It
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