Here comes another relationship problem... Or at least thinking about relationships.
I'm in sixth form right now (I'm 17) and I've never had a boyfriend before. This is mainly because almost literally none of the boys in my year are interesting to me, at least not enough that brooks a relationship, but yeah, on to the point.
Recently, I've been experiencing a lot of feelings about a boy in our social group. We've been friends since around year 8-9 and we discovered we both like Pokémon in around year 10, so we definitely have some things in common. I used to find him a little bit annoying because sometimes he would carry things on farther than necessary, but now that doesn't seem to bother me that much. He isn't the most attractive person I've met physically, but I still feel for him more than a friend. In fact, I started developing feelings in and around year 11, but they've faded in and out, but now have come back in force.
I don't know if he feels the same about me, but we get along well. Everyone in the year says we look cute together and sometimes ask if we're going out, and more than once I've been in an awkward situation where people in my classes pester me about him, which results in me getting embarrassed.
Now, I'd be all well and good voicing my feelings, but the problem is I'm very shy, especially about subjects like this. I'm also worried that he'll either say he doesn't feel the same for me or, if we do get together, that the relationship might not last. I can be a pretty fickle person at times and I hate making decisions I might regret in the future. I'm aware that everyone has to make mistakes but it's rather ingrained in me to try and not make them -I'm an awful perfectionist.
I want to ask my best friend for advice but I can never seem to be in a situation with her where I can feel comfortable in admitting my feelings. She's a very talkative person so the conversations we have can be one sided, plus I'm not really one to usually admit things about myself.
But on to the actual question. Should I just go for it straight off and ask if he feels the same about me or not bother and try to move on? I've never done this before so I'm very inexperienced in this sort of stuff. :x
I'm in sixth form right now (I'm 17) and I've never had a boyfriend before. This is mainly because almost literally none of the boys in my year are interesting to me, at least not enough that brooks a relationship, but yeah, on to the point.
Recently, I've been experiencing a lot of feelings about a boy in our social group. We've been friends since around year 8-9 and we discovered we both like Pokémon in around year 10, so we definitely have some things in common. I used to find him a little bit annoying because sometimes he would carry things on farther than necessary, but now that doesn't seem to bother me that much. He isn't the most attractive person I've met physically, but I still feel for him more than a friend. In fact, I started developing feelings in and around year 11, but they've faded in and out, but now have come back in force.
I don't know if he feels the same about me, but we get along well. Everyone in the year says we look cute together and sometimes ask if we're going out, and more than once I've been in an awkward situation where people in my classes pester me about him, which results in me getting embarrassed.
Now, I'd be all well and good voicing my feelings, but the problem is I'm very shy, especially about subjects like this. I'm also worried that he'll either say he doesn't feel the same for me or, if we do get together, that the relationship might not last. I can be a pretty fickle person at times and I hate making decisions I might regret in the future. I'm aware that everyone has to make mistakes but it's rather ingrained in me to try and not make them -I'm an awful perfectionist.
I want to ask my best friend for advice but I can never seem to be in a situation with her where I can feel comfortable in admitting my feelings. She's a very talkative person so the conversations we have can be one sided, plus I'm not really one to usually admit things about myself.
But on to the actual question. Should I just go for it straight off and ask if he feels the same about me or not bother and try to move on? I've never done this before so I'm very inexperienced in this sort of stuff. :x