by Ashlar » Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:06 pm
You're being overly dramatic. As it is at that age. Even as a guy I was.
Seriously, it's nothing. Run the game theory:
Ask and be accepted: Great.
Ask and get rejected: Big emotional down-turn followed by getting over it and making it easier next time.
Don't ask: You'll never know. You never get that experience. You tie up more of your emotional energy in possibilities that never happened.
Seriously. This is level 1. And even if he did turn you down, that's not about you, that's about him. This is why in your other threads people are trying to tell you that you have to like yourself first. You do that, and him not liking you becomes his problem, not yours.
Either way, you lose nothing. Get some courage and start a conversation.
-- Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:15 am --
Also, "in love with" is totally a #######4 call at this stage. You are interested in a guy. It might be limerance or a crush, but "love" is definitely pie in the sky.
Also also, if all your friends "joke" about being interested in him, they're testing the waters for one reason or another. It's a coy tactic at best. You may as well try before they do. They have the same sort of hang-ups you do. They want their relationship to be socially acceptable with their peers, they don't want to be shot down, etc. But at the end of the day none of that stuff will matter in a few weeks, let alone a few years.