<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

So I met this girl about a month ago in quite random circumstances. Out of the blue she just gave me her number and we've texted each other sorta regularly. She asked me out for coffee after a week of our encounter and we've hung out every week since.

So usually whenever we hang out she calls it "chilling together," but we're about to do that again soon and this time she calls it a "date." Does that mean we're dating, or is this a "friendly date"?

Thing is, I'm clueless when it comes to reading people's romantic advances. I've never started a relationship where I'm the one that confessed my feelings first. All of my relationships from before were from girls pursuing me, and I've never really been the pursuer.. Like my relationship with my previous ex, I didn't even know she had a crush on me for half a year until she explicitly blurted out that she loved me. How does one even tell whether someone is flirting or just being nice?

So back to with this current girl, I've since met some of her other friends, and I've noticed she treats me differently from other guys. I'm the only one she greets or part ways with a hug, and she sometimes get feely touchy with me, although I'm not sure if she's feely touchy with other guys. She's let me known that she's single, however she once mentioned that she can't picture herself dating a younger guy (which I am), but then promptly corrected herself stating that she could but just hasn't tried it before.

I find her good looking, and she finds me good looking, so I'm open to the idea of a relationship. But does she think of me as a friend or what?
<bot>: So I'm an absolute idiot when it comes to reading people's potential romantic advances.. How does one tell if someone likes you? How do you tell apart flirty comments and friendly compliments?