I Want to Confess to My Crush

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Thundragon
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19 Jun 2020, 11:23 am

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This is interesting to me. I'm the type of guy who is oblivious to signs of interest. Been that way my whole life. When I was 16 I was so nervous I wrote my crush a letter folded it up and kept it in my pocket. I was so scared. Honestly, I wrote that letter 100 times. Never had a GF by that point. I finally got up to courage to give it to her. She read it and a few days later she wrote me back. To my surprise, she liked me too. We decided to hang out and even though we were so awkward in the beginning she became my GF. We were together for 7 years believe it or not. It just wasn't meant to work out. However, I learned a lot from those 7 years and never regretted giving her that letter.

Now coming from a guy who really is clueless when a lady is interested in me. I need a girl to be blunt. Make it very clear you're interested. You don't have to come out and say "OMG I love you, marry me!?!?" but you have to make it clear.

My suggestion is to meet up with him. Tell him about how you're leaving for another country. Explain why, and say something like "You know I'm really going to miss you. I really enjoy spending time with you, talking about this and that..." let him know how you feel about him and why you like being with him. He should be able to piece that together. If he hasn't just keep getting more obvious. Let it be genuine. Speak from your heart. Don't start with "I like you and this is why" start with why and finish with "I think I like you."

Hopefully, that helps a little. Good luck.


It's good to hear from someone who has been through something similar. Thank you, I plan on sending him a text that I've pre-written after the meetup tomorrow. He already knows I'll be moving away soon - I've already tried to give signals like asking him how he'd feel if I left and offering to help him a few times when he's struggling with something. I've also complimented him a fair bit when it comes to his talents at certain things. I think I just need to get it over with now and let him know how I feel.



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19 Jun 2020, 5:28 pm

Thundragon wrote:
Basil342 wrote:
This is interesting to me. I'm the type of guy who is oblivious to signs of interest. Been that way my whole life. When I was 16 I was so nervous I wrote my crush a letter folded it up and kept it in my pocket. I was so scared. Honestly, I wrote that letter 100 times. Never had a GF by that point. I finally got up to courage to give it to her. She read it and a few days later she wrote me back. To my surprise, she liked me too. We decided to hang out and even though we were so awkward in the beginning she became my GF. We were together for 7 years believe it or not. It just wasn't meant to work out. However, I learned a lot from those 7 years and never regretted giving her that letter.

Now coming from a guy who really is clueless when a lady is interested in me. I need a girl to be blunt. Make it very clear you're interested. You don't have to come out and say "OMG I love you, marry me!?!?" but you have to make it clear.

My suggestion is to meet up with him. Tell him about how you're leaving for another country. Explain why, and say something like "You know I'm really going to miss you. I really enjoy spending time with you, talking about this and that..." let him know how you feel about him and why you like being with him. He should be able to piece that together. If he hasn't just keep getting more obvious. Let it be genuine. Speak from your heart. Don't start with "I like you and this is why" start with why and finish with "I think I like you."

Hopefully, that helps a little. Good luck.


It's good to hear from someone who has been through something similar. Thank you, I plan on sending him a text that I've pre-written after the meetup tomorrow. He already knows I'll be moving away soon - I've already tried to give signals like asking him how he'd feel if I left and offering to help him a few times when he's struggling with something. I've also complimented him a fair bit when it comes to his talents at certain things. I think I just need to get it over with now and let him know how I feel.



I think a text is a good way to go. I think I just learned something from you believe it or not. I get quite nervous when people compliment me. I don't know how to take it, smile nod, and hope they stop. I'm not saying he's like me but it is something to think about. You have to shift the conversation to how you feel about your leaving. He needs to know how you feel about the current relationship and how maybe you might want more. He may absolutely be into you and I speak from experience when I say the more I liked someone the dumber I was. My first GF literally had to pin me to poll to kiss for the first time. She gave me signals the entire time and all I thought was "should I or shouldn't I?" and "Is she really into me or am I imagining it?"

If he's anything like me he could be stuck in that phase and need an obvious nudge. I really do hope it works out for you. Wishing you the best of luck. Please let us know how it goes... I'm invested now. :D



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20 Jun 2020, 12:46 am

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But a likeable one. :mrgreen:



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20 Jun 2020, 12:49 am

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Thundragon wrote:
Basil342 wrote:
This is interesting to me. I'm the type of guy who is oblivious to signs of interest. Been that way my whole life. When I was 16 I was so nervous I wrote my crush a letter folded it up and kept it in my pocket. I was so scared. Honestly, I wrote that letter 100 times. Never had a GF by that point. I finally got up to courage to give it to her. She read it and a few days later she wrote me back. To my surprise, she liked me too. We decided to hang out and even though we were so awkward in the beginning she became my GF. We were together for 7 years believe it or not. It just wasn't meant to work out. However, I learned a lot from those 7 years and never regretted giving her that letter.

Now coming from a guy who really is clueless when a lady is interested in me. I need a girl to be blunt. Make it very clear you're interested. You don't have to come out and say "OMG I love you, marry me!?!?" but you have to make it clear.

My suggestion is to meet up with him. Tell him about how you're leaving for another country. Explain why, and say something like "You know I'm really going to miss you. I really enjoy spending time with you, talking about this and that..." let him know how you feel about him and why you like being with him. He should be able to piece that together. If he hasn't just keep getting more obvious. Let it be genuine. Speak from your heart. Don't start with "I like you and this is why" start with why and finish with "I think I like you."

Hopefully, that helps a little. Good luck.


It's good to hear from someone who has been through something similar. Thank you, I plan on sending him a text that I've pre-written after the meetup tomorrow. He already knows I'll be moving away soon - I've already tried to give signals like asking him how he'd feel if I left and offering to help him a few times when he's struggling with something. I've also complimented him a fair bit when it comes to his talents at certain things. I think I just need to get it over with now and let him know how I feel.



I think a text is a good way to go. I think I just learned something from you believe it or not. I get quite nervous when people compliment me. I don't know how to take it, smile nod, and hope they stop. I'm not saying he's like me but it is something to think about. You have to shift the conversation to how you feel about your leaving. He needs to know how you feel about the current relationship and how maybe you might want more. He may absolutely be into you and I speak from experience when I say the more I liked someone the dumber I was. My first GF literally had to pin me to poll to kiss for the first time. She gave me signals the entire time and all I thought was "should I or shouldn't I?" and "Is she really into me or am I imagining it?"

If he's anything like me he could be stuck in that phase and need an obvious nudge. I really do hope it works out for you. Wishing you the best of luck. Please let us know how it goes... I'm invested now. :D


I wish *I* had of thought of that. :wink:



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20 Jun 2020, 6:51 am

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I wish *I* had of thought of that. :wink:


You did & she was implementing it. Then I was agreeing. The manner of communication should be however she's most comfortable. If she had planned out an elaborate smoke signal and he understood it, I'd be down for that too. :tongue:



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20 Jun 2020, 6:58 am

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My first GF literally had to pin me to poll to kiss for the first time. She gave me signals the entire time and all I thought was "should I or shouldn't I?" and "Is she really into me or am I imagining it?"

Same thing happened to me, except it was my third girlfriend. Turns out she thought I was gay. :?



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21 Jun 2020, 2:54 am

UPDATE: So I couldn't quite confess my feelings to him yet. I think I need to meet up with him a couple more times so I can build up more confidence. This time I just took a walk with him through the nature reserve and just talked to him about stuff. I went to his house as well and we just played a couple of video games together. I did send him a text a while after I went back home, telling him what I think about him. I didn't quite explicitly tell him I liked him, but I tried to make things a bit more obvious. He seemed to react positively to the text in his reply and said that he'd like to meet up with me more in the future. He told me that he liked that I'm coming out of my shell and that he was happy he could help me and give me a chance to have someone to talk to.



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21 Jun 2020, 4:02 am

Sounds good, well done. It's not easy to do.


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21 Jun 2020, 6:46 am

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UPDATE: So I couldn't quite confess my feelings to him yet. I think I need to meet up with him a couple more times so I can build up more confidence. This time I just took a walk with him through the nature reserve and just talked to him about stuff. I went to his house as well and we just played a couple of video games together. I did send him a text a while after I went back home, telling him what I think about him. I didn't quite explicitly tell him I liked him, but I tried to make things a bit more obvious. He seemed to react positively to the text in his reply and said that he'd like to meet up with me more in the future. He told me that he liked that I'm coming out of my shell and that he was happy he could help me and give me a chance to have someone to talk to.


If you are both on the autistic spectrum,
You need to be direct.



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21 Jun 2020, 10:35 am

Thundragon wrote:
UPDATE: So I couldn't quite confess my feelings to him yet. I think I need to meet up with him a couple more times so I can build up more confidence. This time I just took a walk with him through the nature reserve and just talked to him about stuff. I went to his house as well and we just played a couple of video games together. I did send him a text a while after I went back home, telling him what I think about him. I didn't quite explicitly tell him I liked him, but I tried to make things a bit more obvious. He seemed to react positively to the text in his reply and said that he'd like to meet up with me more in the future. He told me that he liked that I'm coming out of my shell and that he was happy he could help me and give me a chance to have someone to talk to.


Sounds like you're on the right track. I agree with Pepe you should be as direct as possible but do it in your own time. Don't let anyone pressure you. Funnily enough my GF says that she likes that I'm coming out of my shell and that she's glad that she can give me someone to talk to. That's a really good sign in my book.



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22 Jun 2020, 5:37 pm

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Sounds like you're on the right track. I agree with Pepe you should be as direct as possible but do it in your own time. Don't let anyone pressure you. Funnily enough my GF says that she likes that I'm coming out of my shell and that she's glad that she can give me someone to talk to. That's a really good sign in my book.


This sounds promising. I'll see if I can try and further my relationship with my friend in the next couple weeks. Thanks!



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22 Jun 2020, 6:25 pm

Oh this sounds very promising indeed.

How romantic.



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22 Jun 2020, 6:33 pm

Man....if only a woman had ever had a crush on me!

That’s never happened to me.



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22 Jun 2020, 7:22 pm

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Man....if only a woman had ever had a crush on me!

That’s never happened to me.


But you do have me,
As solace. :heart: :mrgreen:



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22 Jun 2020, 7:48 pm

A man having a crush on me is worse than a woman not having a crush on me

(I know you weren’t serious).



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24 Jun 2020, 12:03 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
A man having a crush on me is worse than a woman not having a crush on me

(I know you weren’t serious).


It's really no different than a woman you find completely unattractive in every sense of the word having a crush on you.