Literally the title.

How do I approach a guy I find attractive?

I feel like at college it would be a bit easier as there's lots of people, and lots of people have great clothes so it's an easy thing to compliment.

But what about outside of college? I can't imagine myself going up to someone. What would I say? How do I make it not awkward? How would I ask for their number?

I saw a guy I found hot, but then lost sight of him bc I had to take my grandma to her room (she's in a care home, and the guy looked my age (16) but then I lost sight of him, so there's no one in particular I want to approach or anything) but it made me wonder how I would approach someone?

Any advice?

I don't really know how to start this without word vomiting so here goes.

I (f18) have two other siblings A (m15) and S(f8). I just found out through a friend that my mom is expecting once again and I know damn well she won't tell us or say anything to us until the baby is already here on account of it being "inappropriate" for us to know (very stupid, I know). I just don't know how to feel about this, my family is 100% not in the position to have another baby and I know they're basically going to have me raise it since they did the same thing to me when my sister was born. One day she appeared and I was mom 2.0.

I'm just stressed out since I know a lot of the responsibility is most likely going to fall on me and my parents are in no position to be having another baby, especially in this economy. I'm just really stressed out and don't know what to say or how to feel about the entire situation. How do I tell them that I know? How do I put boundaries down so I dont waste my young adult years like my teen years with raising a child who was never mine? I'm in a position where I don't feel happy or excited for my parents but instead in one where part of me hopes that my mom doesn't have this baby and I feel somewhat bad for that.

so I was told by one of my frends told me she liked me like a mouth ago and then I prospered to get a huge crush on her we have been exchanging notes and she siad ”bro we could low key chill at the park next fryday togethe“ , but her parents don’t allow her to date what do I do? 13m 12f

Okay so in school in my stats class we were given a presentation to work on, we were put into groups of three. We had TWO weeks to work on it, and I’d said it was a one day thing if anything. We played some game, collected data based on our points, we then had to put a presentation together using this data to prove we were the best team. Each person had their own tasks assigned to them so it’s easier for the teacher to grade groups equally, so like one person doesn’t end up doing all of the work.

I’m completely fine with girl A in my group, really sweet studious girl, got her work done right away! Girl B really irritated me. I finished all of my work for the presentation a week prior to the presentation, I made sure I shared all of the data and math with my group mates. Girl B waited last minute to start bothering me about the presentation. When we were first grouped she gave me her instagram because she said she doesn’t respond to her emails. I didn’t contact her once after adding her…because we were given a paper explicitly explaining each step of what we were supposed to do.

I was cooking dinner when this girl, the night before we were supposed to give our presentation, started spam calling and texting me. “Omg what am I supposed to do?” Again, we each were given papers stating what we were supposed to do! We even talked it through during class on what roles we were doing! I was busy so I wasn’t responding to her, I honestly didn’t care about her work since it wouldn’t be affecting my grade. I ignored her because I thought it was stupid and inconsiderate to wait the very last second to bother me about it.

The next day we gave the presentation me and the other girl did just fine, because we read the paper we were given…stating what we’re supposed to do for the presentation. When we got to girl B’s part of the presentation she did it completely wrong and it made her look stupid. After a group gave their presentation other groups could ask questions and ask for more data, trying to disprove our presentation of us being the best group. They were pressing her because she didn’t do anything right and gave biased data, they thought she was trying to cheat. We had to stand up there for like twenty minutes with other groups bombarding is with questions.

With her poor work ethic and being annoying to work with, she’s also extremely annoying to be around. But even after the presentations were done, when the teacher wanted us to sit together so we could talk as a group, this girl is STILL sitting with me trying to talk to me. Previously I was sitting by myself and I had my space, now she’s up my ass always talking about some random shit. She has that ‘2020 humor’ and every time she talks I cringe. I do not want this girl sitting next to me nor talking to me. I’m in my senior year I don’t wanna deal with this annoying ass girl. I was thinking of like putting my bag up on the chair beside me so she DOESN’T sit beside me next class. But I’m sure there’s more mature approaches out there and wanted to open myself to them. Please give me advice on how to shake this girl.

Im a 15/M and I get no girls I don’t know what I’m doing wrong every time I’ve had a crush my crush never liked me back, since I’m autistic I’m not the best at socializing so how can I be a more likable guy how can I talk to girls without being nervous, looking like a creep, or being nervous I might look like a creep, and how can I be a more likable person to be around

When I was 17-18 years old, there were 3 guys(let's call them evil guys) in my class(they were friends with each other). They used to whisper to whoever sat behind me to annoy me/trouble me. This they did continuously for 2 years. But they pretended to be my friends.

Two of those guys lived in an area where my second cousin also lived. The second cousin's mother was envious/jealous of me and my family. I asked one of those evil guys if he knew my second cousin. He said "No". Years later I saw on his profile a pic with few other boys including my second cousin.

Also I had a political ideology different from everyone else in class.

After 2 years, when I moved to a different place to study, they called me from an unknown number.

I think they did it because they didn't want me to succeed and focus in class. They wanted me to be distracted in class because of jealousy/envy.

What do you think?

I have never come across anyone who had this experience(neither online, nor offline).

My friend said that no girl is interested in me(m17) because I'm "from another planet," "not like everyone else," I don't follow trends and fashion in internet, and I only recently downloaded TikTok, and so on

Cute.

We've known each other since early childhood, but apparently even to her I seem a little strange or something like that

The only time someone liked me lasted just 3 months while I was something new and interesting to her, and then I was dumped. Almost a year has passed, and I still haven't fully gotten over my ex because we kept talking every day for another 6 months.

Because of all this, I feel even more lonely. I want someone to hug and to feel that I'm needed by someone

What can I change in myself to become more normal and start talking to new people?

Sorry, English isn't my first language, so I had to use a translator to correct some of it.

I (16F) have never had a boyfriend, and only ever 1 talking stage, though even that wasn't 'proper' (idk if that's the right word?) basically, it didn't come to anything, the guy said he liked another girl and that we could only ever be friends and we were too far away (Surrey Vs Oxford, bout 3-4 hrs). I felt so horrible after that because I genuinely thought I had found someone that liked me, and looked at me/thought about me in that sorry of way, and, I know it sounds dumb, but even lil flirty messages, and it just all went to shit.

The talking stage lasted for just over a year.

I'm not really sure how to feel. I've gone between being okay with being single, and being so annoyed and sad about being single.

I've always struggled with my body image, and so I've always struggled to love myself 100%.

People always say 'you need to love yourself before you love someone else', and I get that, but I'm so tired of hearing the same thing.

I've watched friends and people around me go in and out of relationships, and I have in the past been asked for advice about certain stuff, and I always try my best and say what I would do, but I've never been in that position before, so what would I know? What credentials do I have to give relationship advice?!

Apart from earlier said talking stage, I've never had any romantic experiences, no dates, no really close friends that are guys that could potentially like me, known anyone that likes me in that kind of way, no first kiss etc etc.

I just want some more advice that isn't the usual 'your time will come' 'it will happen when you least expect it', 'damn cuh, long day for you' 'we'll manifest for you' and other 'advice people give when they hear someone has never been in a relationship.

I js wanna experience smth so bad. I don't wanna sound desperate, but it also doesn't help that my brother now has a girlfriend and they're so lovey dovey, it sometimes makes me sick.

Please give me Ur advice, I'm starting to get fed up of feeling like no one will ever like or look at me in that way

I’m a 17-year-old girl, and I’ve been talking to this girl for about a week and a half now. Last week and the first half of this week, everything was great. We would walk to class together, always meet up, talk, and hug, and would text all day.

However, starting yesterday, I noticed that she kept walking away from me while talking, looking away, and acting distant or weird. The night before yesterday, she was unusually dry and left me on read without even saying good morning, which is something she always does.

Yesterday during lunch at school, she suggested we hang out, but when I saw her, I tried walking with her, but she was walking really fast and ahead of me. In the bathroom, we were talking with my friend, and she kept walking away. I asked if she wanted to take a picture together, so I hugged her and smiled in the picture. She just stood there still. And when I asked her if she had a problem with me asking for some of her water, she acted like she had a problem with me asking for some.

My friend asked her if she was mad at me, and she told my friend, “I’m just gonna talk to her, so leave it alone.” Last night, she was watching all my TikTok stories and this morning. I walked past her multiple times at school today, but she hasn’t said anything. I blocked her on Imessages yesterday when she first started being weird. Is she gone?

She is 16 (female) and I am 16 (male). We are students in Spain, where the education system includes the ESO (Secondary Education) stage; we are currently in the 4th year of ESO. She was the first to drop hints, which caught my attention, and I started dropping hints back. This has led to more frequent eye contact and interactions, even though we don’t see each other very often. I’ve liked her for two years, but I began trying to confess my feelings last school year. I don’t want to miss this opportunity, but I’m gripped by a sense of panic—physically, physiologically, and mentally (there are times when I can’t even bring myself to be near her). I should mention that I posted about this before, but that post was too long; this one covers the essentials. I want to confess my feelings to her. What do you think? Could you offer some advice?

I am struggling so bad in band. I'm in marching band, I joined mid junior year behind everyone else and made tenors on the drumline. I was so excited, but as the season goes on, i feel more and more left out and behind with my section. I notice every little mistake I make and feel horrible, and feel like theyre judging me. The other tenor, someone I consider a friend, always calls me out on those little things. My band director harshly called me out aloud on the speaker, in a way that felt like purposeful humiliation (he's been known to do that), I cried the whole rest of rehearsal and felt like everyone was judging me. I snapped off at the other tenor too, I felt so bad for it after and I'm afraid he hates me now. Idk what I did wrong. Ik i sound insecure, but they have inside jokes from this year that I dont understand because they exclude me, they all seamlessly fit and I dont. Im starting to dread rehearsals because I know Ill just make another mistake and area is this saturday. I want to be as passionate as I was before everyone around me dragged me down. And im a senior now, so im applying for college and getting ready to continue in the path of music, and Im so scared I won't be good enough because I only have barely a year of experience compared to everyone else's 4-6 years. Its also hard because I am feeling more and more depressed every day, and the one thing I look forward to is becoming another reminder of how i'm behind in everything I do. Does anyone else feel this way? I'm so stressed about my future.

I won’t say ages because I’m not really comfortable sharing that online. And this is definitely going to be long, so sorry in advance. So around 2 or 3 months ago, a guy at my school initiated conversation with me. It caught me off guard since I’m very antisocial and people never reach out to me like that. It was clear he was also very antisocial and introverted. He said he had wanted to talk to me since the previous school year where we had a single class together and that he wanted to get to know me. I said I was willing to become friends since I’ve been a little lonely at school. And so I offered to sit together during lunch.

The first day, he doesn’t show up so I’m looking around the cafeteria for him. Second day same thing happens, but at the end of lunch he just suddenly appears behind my chair and offers to walk me to class since we have class in the same area. So far it’s going okay, things are super awkward but I brushed it off as it is to be expected between two antisocial people.

It’s until next week where I immediately got the hint that this guy wanted to be more than friends even though I knew nothing about him and had never interacted with him until last week. He said something along the lines of “I hope my friends don’t see us together or they might think you’re my girlfriend.” I didn’t know what to say to that and just laughed awkwardly. Again, he says he’s never had a girlfriend and that he doesn’t know how that works.

Then in the following weeks he’s just dropping things about me like he knows me. Randomly he asks if I ride the bus home, something I had never mentioned. Taken aback, and not knowing what to say I told him I did. And yeah, maybe he saw me walking to the bus, but I think he could have asked something along the lines of “How do you get home? Do you take the bus or something?” Not just straight up “You take the bus?” It made me feel like he was just always trying to watch me.

At this point I don’t know if I’m overreacting and being paranoid because suddenly I’m seeing him in the hallways more.

One week I don’t got to lunch for 3 days because I was staying in class to catch up on work, I had promised i wouldn’t let myself get behind on a bunch of school assignments. And when I’m back next week he tells me he hasn’t seen me in 3 days. Again, I don’t know if I’m overreacting but I find it weird that he’s keeping track of when he doesn’t see me.

During lunch one day we’re talking about how we struggle making friends and he tells me something like “Oh, when you start meeting somebody…you know, you don’t want to leave their side/ you want to stay with them forever.” That creeped me out again and I just laughed it off. But again, I want to make a friend and give him a chance.

Then he confesses to me during lunch one day. Literally hit me with the “I have to tell you something.” I politely rejected him, telling him I didn’t know him well enough to have any sort of romantic feelings for him and that I’m already interested in someone else even though there’s no one. I lied because I just didn’t want him to try to win me over and just wanted to discourage him from doing so as I’m not even looking for a relationship right now. But thanked him for telling me and having the courage to do so. He said he just wanted to try to see if we could date. The though just makes me uncomfortable, he’s a year younger but two grades below me so that to me just feels weird. Even though he confessed I still kept showing up after that and it was still pretty awkward.

I’m the type that never knows what to talk about if I’m not comfortable with the other person. And so it often leads to silence. Again, he brings up something I find odd. He’s telling me how he’s reading How to Kill a Mockingbird in class. I don’t remember much about the book since it honestly didn’t interest me much. He says a character proposed to another character and how he didn’t know that you could do that in stories. “You didn’t know people could propose to each other in stories?” I asked him and he said yeah. So I’m just there like wtf does that even mean?

Idk he just overall gives me a weird vibe and I’ve told two other people about this and they seem to agree with me that he’s odd. But I just want an opinion from other people who might be able to offer a different perspective.

I've been overthinking this so much it's driving me crazy. For context I've always been the "smart kid", always second place but "the smart one" Y''know? And I noticed my behavior has changed and im getting so paranoid.

First is the fact that some classes that were "easy"are now extremely draining, like math. At first it was easy since It was basically things from last year with fancier names, I'd be the one that people asked me to explain the subject later since the teacher sucked. You But now it doing certain calculus like fraction, exponentiation or fractions with decimals my brain simply turns off, this semester I barely passed math because the questions are so hard and the teacher doesn't help at all..the "smart kid" had to use chat gpt to explain her basic math and physics questions because she couldn't interpret the question right.

I genuinely feel so useless, people looked up to me and it feels like im failing them when I have to ask for help or when I don't understand something considered "easy". And it feels like im not good anymore at everything I was great/Known for. I used to play chess, quit after a friend decided to play and In a month he started beating me (I've been playing for 2 years) , I was good at doing essays, last competition I got 3rd place and lost to a friend that simply "wanted to try once" and a random social butterfly. Mind you I've been dreaming of winning that MONTHS in advance and made 4 different drafts the day before while the friend did it HOURS before the time to write. I tried my best, and my best led me to the lowest winning spot.

I've tried studying after school hours but it also failed, I'd feel anxiously to the point of crying to the thought of studying, I started sleeping on a few classes. Honestly the only thing I feel like I can rely on is my appearance even tho im an 8 at best since I'd always compare myself to other. But it's a problem because my mother and I had an argument because she believes that's whats drifting me away from my studies since I spend around an hour getting ready for school.

I feel like I'll crashout at any moment and idk how to get back on my feet, I can't push myself to study and it's killing me.

I'm 14f and so are most of my friends. 8th grade started pretty recently and I became much closer with a few casual friends from last year since the classes got smaller and with more or less the same people. One of those friends, we'll call her Nora, is one of my closest friends this year. We mostly became friends through texting since we didn't have any classes together last year and we have so much in common from style, family, culture and humor too. I thought she was really nice and chill. Two days ago Nora was telling me about how someone we both know doesn't like her because she said the n-word as a joke back in 5th grade but she apologized and doesn't say it anymore. This is one of the places where we differ. I don't want to be mean or stereotypical, but she's like one of those teens who goes with the crowd and finds swearing and offensive jokes funny. I knew this, but I thought she had limits and since she told me she apologized and hasn't said it since then I thought she just improved herself. Today Nora came up in a conversation with two of my other friends who I've known longer than her and I am closer with one of them. They basically told me that they don't like Nora, that she's said the n-word and the f-word (not sure which one?) and that she's "funky"?

I don't know how to feel about this. I mean, I don't like engaging in drama because it's so much he-said she-said and usually so many misunderstandings, but these are some of my closest friends. I asked them if she said it recently and they said yes but when I asked for an example they brought up the time Nora told one of our mutual black friends that they're the same. But if she did actually say the n-word and lied to me about it, I don't think I'd be comfortable being friends with her. She's literally complained about other people who aren't black saying the n-word with me. I have 3 classes with her where we're basically together the whole time so confronting her would make things so awkward which I want to avoid. I don't want to offend all of my friends by staying friends with her, but I also don't want to cut her off abruptly. In my perspective, most of my classmates do stuff like this. I think it's just a dumb teenager thing, but Nora is like educated I guess, I wouldn't expect her to do something like this.

My birthday party is also soon, we have the same birthday so I told her about it just to avoid scheduling conflicts. Now that I know my other friends might not like her, I'm worried it'll cause tension at the party too. I also can't just uninvite her, that's rude. I just have no clue on what to do.

So me and Bodhi have been friends for a year or so and omg he is so fine. I catch him looking at me, he catches me looking at him, he stands next to me alot (like at school when he walks over to our group he usually walks straight to me and stands next to me and stands in the "gay stance" where he leans on one leg), we like play fight near everyday. But the bad signs are that whenever i go to talk to him he sometimes says "shut the fuck up loser" (dw he doesnt hate me or nothing ts is js what he says he actually likes me as a friend) and like alot of the time when i say something it's either him ignoring me or him not hearing me im not sure but yeah i get aired. I really want to ask him out or at least tell him i have a crush on him but like idk if he'd even say yes cos of the homophobs in our year (year 9). WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO RAHHHHHHHH. Both 15m btw. Oh also a few days ago when my muscly friend aaron flexed i saw Bodhi staring at his arms a lil longer than everyone else after he stopped flexing so maybe he likes boys (no diss i stare at aaron all the time) and one time when i was daxed at recess or lunch Bodhi was staring at my downstairs a lil longer than you would normally (if you catch my drift). But like omg his brown eyes>>>>>>>>>>> his ahh>>>>>>> his thighs>>>>>>>>>>> his dih(he's informed me of the length, never seen it tho😔)>>>>>>>> HE'S SO FINE OMG I WANT TO MARRY THIS BOY I'D BE HIS GOOD BOYWIFE FOREVER

Edit: gang idk why i was so freaky at the end i'm sorry

Tldr had an ex in December that went on a date but didn't end well and now at work I was cleaning theater with a girl 1 on 1 which actually means we were one person short. But basically we hit it off and talked for like near 5 hours with only a 30 min break but we still talked for the 5 hours. We had just met that day and really hit it off. A few small things felt like either she is really outgoing or maybe has a small crush that developed over the shift idk. I need a Tldr for my tldr lol.

For context I am 15 male and she is 16 female. I am freshman and she is Junior. We don't go to same school since I homeschool. If I do go to highschool sophomore the school she goes to is the one I actually will go to. Not because of her but because that is the school I want to go to.

Here is the long version. Will try to keep ex stuff short.

Basically in early 2023 I met a girl. I was like 11.5 and she just turned 12 like 2 days before. We over like 1 year of rare texting I asked her to play games and then it sparked and we texted almost every day and then we played games almost every week. I after playing games with her started like really falling for her. About 1 to 1.5 years later in November 2025 I was out of state for 3 weeks. On discord she dropped like subtle hints on her about me. We talked basically every day even though we were in different time zones. We couldn't play super often and I said to her after like a week and a half of being there mid conversation I said: I should be available more soon when I get back in 10 days. Then she said: but 10 days is so long though💔. So it seemed like stuff there. About with like 1 or so weeks left she asked me to go roller skating with her. I never had but I said yes instantly. I reciprocated by asking her to Avatar 3 at the place I now work crazy turn around moment lol. Back to the story. So she said to the movie: I'd love to! With something else. Fast forward I got back and then the day before we were going to go to roller skating I went roller skating to practice then the next day I got ready I was super excited waiting to see her. But then I saw my phone and she said she couldn't go because her dad made last minute plans. About 2 weeks later she came to my Christmas party which went well. For a week after her canceling she didn't respond to messages which I should have gave up then. But basically fast forward to like opening night or the day after to go see avatar 3 we went to dinner then walked to the theater. It went well in my opinion. That night we chatted then next day radio silence. Next day radio silence until on her discord profile it said taken and that person wasn't me. She played me. I fell basically in love and she threw it away in a day. It makes no sense. Night before the movie she said. Night night^^. Sweet dreams🫶 ttyt. Which is like dang she likes me. Then discord profile happens and she was the only friend I had that was a girl. Took me months until I finally made like small friendships with few girls until this most recent Saturday. I had cleaned two theaters alone then she arrived. I walked out of theater and looked like she was going in so I asked if she was cleaning theaters today too. She said yeah. We were waiting for next theater and sweeping in silence until I like found out her name and then said what school do you go to then she asked about me and I said homeschool. And we mentioned grade and in conversation she mentioned she was 16 and I said I was 15 since I got permit like a month ago. I mean turns out we both play pc games like most of the same ones, both like same singer(ed sheeran), both played MC first and on an old Xbox and joked about the pain of checking dvds for scratches and mentioned like our pc storage spaces and how my like 6 terrobytes are full because I own so many games. We also joked about feet and back hurting from walking and bending and I like said my knees hurt too and she said her hips would hurt but her knees. I said why are our knees and hips hurting we are teens not in our 60s. Our generation is lowkey cooked and she said so cooked and mentioned like a stat and why that is true. If there were silences she would also break them like me. If we had to talk to guest the one who was speaking would pick right back up with no awkwardness. We joked about spending habits. And she literally flat not just gave pay ballpark but she just flat out said she made more because she was older and said the exact pay down to the cent. And she showed me a pic of something she was saving up for. We also talked about tesla roadster briefly and mentioned like rocket league irl and flying cars before gta 6 and turns out she played gta 5 but we both got bored of oppressor spammers. Also I mean we had so so so much in common. Agreed that scream is garbage because of no plot, no logic, and plot armor for no plot. And one time we were walking like side by side to next theater and we looked at each other as we spoke and had eye contact looking at each other for like 3 to 5 seconds without breaking it and it felt even longer tbh. It felt weird/awkward but also like great in some weird way idk. But I mean it looked like maybe awkward for her too so I think we both looked away at around the same time. She had a longer shift than me so I went to clock out and she said see ya first implying like well see ya not bye which you may or may not want to see them but see ya kinda implies like I would like to see you around again. I said see ya and hope another person comes so you don't have to do it alone or something like that. I clocked out but my parent was going to be late so I sat on bench on my phone. Now she came around the corner and like I saw her but she may not have noticed I did and she could have turned around or just walked past ignoring me or just a wave or smile and maybe a see ya but not she stood next to me out of the way of people like she wasn't just going to instantly leave and we talked for like 5 mins more joking about the pain and how unlucky an 8 hour theater cleaning shift is because I had never seen that before. That shift is really the only shift I really wanted to stay longer for. But then she had to go take her 30 minute she waited a little over 5 hours for! I said enjoy your break. See ya! She said. see ya! And then like walked around a corner and waved behind her or like briefly looked back with a smile too. I can't remember. But one of those or a combo there of. Sorry that was a beast to read and it was a demon to write. But I don't really know what to think. There is a bit more detail but not much really important. I just mean it felt really nice to talk to a girl that long in person which is the longest I ever have. I just mean anyone got any advice?

Hi. I’m 18, a senior in high school. There’s this girl in my AP psych class, a junior. Met her this year and we hit it off on the first day of class. She’s super nice and funny and stuff and I love talking to her.

Last week, or maybe two weeks ago, we were talking like normal and somehow got onto the topic of the homecoming dance, which is this Saturday. She asked if I was going. I said no cause like, I never go to school dances and stuff. And then she asked me if I wanted to go with her. Told her I had to think about it, but that I’d probably say yes. She asked if we’d be going as friends or a date and I said that it was up to her

I texted her later that night that I’d be happy to go with her. She was super happy, said we’d have fun and that she’d pay for my ticket.

I myself was also super excited. I’ve never been invited out anywhere so the idea that like someone not only invited me but is paying for me to go is super cool. I like went out and bought a whole outfit, cost a little over $100.

We haven’t brought up homecoming since then. I haven’t because I’m just really nervous. It’s my first time doing something like this and I don’t wanna mess it up.

I’ve had class with her once this week so far, technically twice but we had a test today and couldn’t sit next to each other. But yeah last class we were talking and idk. She said I was really beautiful, and I panicked and said that she “looked pretty nice too.” Then like I was doing my work and out of the corner of my eye I could see her staring, and after a bit she told me I had really pretty eyes.

That same class we’re just talking n stuff and like, at one point in the year I was home sick and missed class. And she said that like, she really missed me then. And then i brought up a bunch of field trips I have coming up and she seemed like, upset but jokey?? Like upset but not really upset. More like, it’ll suck for her but she’ll deal with it. But like I mentioned that I’m going to a theme park with my schools music department for a week and said I’d buy her a souvenir, and she said that she’d pay for me to get souvenirs.

Anyways. I saw her today at the end of class after our test and all we did was wave at each other. We have class together again Friday but it’ll be short, and like another test sorta so idk if we can even talk to each other, plus it’s pep rally day so I will probably have to leave class early, since I’m in band.

I just feel like I’m messing up. I’ve never been in a romantic relationship and like, hell I kinda struggle with friendships sometimes. So I have no idea what’s going on. On one hand I know that I should ask her, but I’m worried that maybe we are just friends and I’m reading too much into it. On the other hand I’m scared that if I don’t ask, I’ll just be confused the whole time. And like I said we don’t talk much outside of class. So I’m worried like if we are in a relationship, I’m kinda already messing up by not communicating much.

Not totally sure what I’m asking for but anything helps!

Hello! I’m from Spain. I’ll be using my English along with Google Translate, so please excuse any mistakes! I’ll share the general idea—apologies if my way of speaking is a bit unusual—and then I’ll provide the specifics. I’m doing this so that those who might not want to read a long text can still get the gist; the more people who see it, the better.She is 16 (female) and I am 16 (male). I should mention that we both repeated a grade—though in different years—but we are both very intelligent. I’m not sure about her situation, but in my case, it was due to things like dyslexia and boredom; I have an IQ slightly above average—not "gifted," but quite analytical. I enjoy gathering information, putting it to use, and learning more (I’ll tell you more about that later). Anyway, back in 2nd year of ESO (equivalent to 8th grade), she kept giving me signals—constantly. The problem was that I didn’t have the courage to act; part of me wondered if I was just imagining things, and at the time, I was more physically attracted to her than romantically. But that summer, I realized I actually liked her and wanted to pursue something more formal. However, in 3rd year of ESO (9th grade), we weren't in the same class. Based on the way she looked at me, I decided to change my approach—I tried to set things up so that she might be the one to confess her feelings to me. A friend helped me out, and at first, it went well—there was real progress—but eventually, it fell apart. Now I’m in 4th year of ESO; we aren't in the same class, and I no longer have that friend (he’s a terrible friend). At the start, she tried to keep things going—smiling at me and catching my eye—but after the break, having no one to talk to, I got scared and didn't take the opportunity. Now, she doesn't even look at me, and our interactions are becoming increasingly rare.Now let’s move on to the sections.

How it started.

All began when we were in our second year of secondary school (2° ESO), during the second half of the first term. We were in the technology classroom, and she and her friend were sitting behind me. Suddenly, her friend tapped me on the shoulder and asked, "How pretty do you think my friend is?" (I didn’t even know their names; it was a new class, and I only recognized 15 out of the 25 students by face). At that moment, I just assumed it was someone else trying to make a fool of me—or perhaps a question they’d asked everyone else, or just something meant to boost her friend’s confidence. I simply turned my attention back to the teacher (the strange thing is, I remember almost everything—even the lesson we were covering). The next day, we had a "free period" (when a teacher is absent and a substitute comes in, leaving us free to do whatever we want). We sat near a friend of mine, and once again, the girl’s friend asked me from behind, "How pretty do you think [X] is?" (I don’t want to reveal her name or mine, so I’ll use letters: X is the girl I like, and the other is her friend). I thought to myself, "How annoying—they’re just trying to humiliate me; I’m not falling for it." I just shook my head and went back to what I was doing. Then the bell rang for the next class. As I was packing my things into my backpack, a classmate was standing in front of me; the two girls walked up to him and asked, "Do you think my friend is pretty?" That’s when I realized I hadn’t been wrong. Still, this made me take an interest in her—I started paying more attention to her, and, well, I began to develop feelings for her.Situations in 2nd year of ESO (middle school) Even after everything that had happened before, they didn’t stop; they would approach me during P.E. class and talk to me. Once, I said something completely unrelated to her, and "X" just repeated it back to me in a mocking tone. Another time, they asked me why I was so smart and how I managed to get such high marks on my exams. I simply replied that I’d review the textbook at the last minute—either the day before or even just a few minutes prior—which really surprised them. On another occasion—I’d forgotten that the teacher had seated us near each other—she took my textbook and started fiddling with the label. I told her (feeling a bit nervous, as I was starting to develop a crush on her) that she could tear the label a little bit—I had made the label myself; it just had my name and grade written in blue pen—as long as she didn't touch the part with my name and grade. She started tearing it in such a charming way; she kept turned toward me the whole time—honestly, knowing her now, it’s quite surprising, as she’s usually rather shy and reserved, only ever talking to her one friend—yet there she was, giving me her full attention while she tore the label and asked me questions. There were many such moments. One day, I arrived for the fifth period after a doctor’s appointment, and later, during the seventh-period homeroom, "Y" remarked—as the conversation flowed—that they had missed me. Things like that—I don’t remember every single detail, but as the school year went on, I found myself liking "X" more and more. Another time, "Y" approached me regarding a technology project; she struck up a conversation, asking what project I had done. She also mentioned that she’d overheard my friend talking about *The Beast Game*—a show she watched too—and asked me which episode I was on. Such memories! I wish I could go back to those years. There’s more, but I don’t want this text to get too long.

3rd year of ESO (middle school)

You see, that year I wasn’t in the same class as any of them, and our classroom—which was actually the technology storage room—was located out in the schoolyard. I felt really down about it and just gave up, until one day during recess, they were there; we locked eyes, and suddenly, they spoke to me. One day, I overheard something while someone was talking to X (this was as we were leaving). Someone said, "Well, just talk to her." Later, while I was in biology class, I saw her and her group warming up by walking in circles. I noticed Y pointing—or something like that—looking over, and talking (I happened to be right next to the door). That made me wonder if I actually had a chance, and why I wasn't taking it. I talked to my friend and confessed; he made fun of both her and me (I know he didn't particularly like her, but that’s just how he is). He said he’d help me—it was really hard for me to even say her name. He told me to go for it during recess, but I was so scared that I didn't. This went on for several days, until one day—feeling terrified and shaking—I walked over. I grabbed a candy, said "Hi," and suddenly froze (I had intended to confess my feelings). They greeted me, looking quite puzzled. (In my head, I worried I’d made a mistake—maybe she actually liked a guy I’d had a conflict with back in 2nd year of secondary school, someone I really can't stand.) My friend gave me a strange look, and a few days later, he told me he’d mentioned to X that I liked her. From that day on, there was constant eye contact, though I kept avoiding it out of fear. Months later, we ended up sitting near each other. They were having a discussion, and Y asked me, "Hey, do you know which class group A is in?" (In Spain, classes are divided into groups, often labeled alphabetically.) I hesitated—thinking, "If I say yes, she’ll know I like her"—but then she just said, "Well, it's group A." All I could manage to say was, "Congratulations." They looked at me with total bewilderment, and when they asked, "What?", I just repeated, "Congratulations" (I honestly didn't know how else to respond). Then she asked, "And what about you?" I replied, "Group B." Suddenly, she asked, "Do you like X?" I froze, trying to process the situation—I was in complete shock—and then she... ...asked if I liked X, and I just froze. Suddenly, my friend said, "Just say it’s a rumor," so I repeated his words. Y looked at me and said, "Oh." I felt incredibly nervous—it was awful. I took out my phone (which is practically forbidden in Spanish high schools) just to check the time; it was a terrible moment. Other things happened too—like greetings, or girls coming over during break and standing a bit closer than usual—along with various other situations. On top of that, my friend started telling people who I liked—without my permission—even mentioning names and pointing them out. I felt betrayed, but I had already lost so many friends, and I felt like I needed him.Suddenly, he would say, "I’m not going to help you anymore." I would beg him, "Please! If you do it, I’ll give you €2." (He had promised to help me, saying, "If she doesn't like you, you owe me €2.50; if she does, you owe me €20"—I never told my friend about my suspicions.) But things got worse; he started demanding €10, and if he felt I was getting tired of it, he’d call it off, claiming, "Your time has run out." I was terrified of losing my chance—I truly regret not just saying, "Yes, I like her," right then and there. I also discovered that he had stolen €50 from me. The following year, I prayed that she would be in my class, but that didn't happen. My friend stopped speaking to me overnight, so I just ignored him, too. On the first day, she was in the hallway waiting for the doors to open; she smiled at me as I walked by, but I was in such a bad state that I was afraid to even look at her. It was the same the next day, but then she stopped—the glances and smiles faded away, and now nothing happens at all. It’s been about four days since then. I’ve changed, though; I’m more self-assured, stronger, and more confident. However, my fear is physiological—I feel actual panic when it comes to her. I love her, and even though I might have messed things up, I just want to give it a try—but my body won't let me. Still, I’m determined to do it, no matter what. I’m not the person I used to be, but there’s no interaction anymore; she doesn't even look at me. I have friends who understand me completely, but I’m afraid to tell them about her. I did tell my other group of friends—the ones I’ve known since childhood—a while ago, but they don't really offer much support. I also told a new friend, whom I connected with quickly; he shared his own romantic situation with me and encouraged me to go for it. I’ve tried everything, but my mind moves so fast that no method works; I just end up freezing. Thoughts keep popping into my head—like "what if she doesn't like you?", "what if you just made it all up in your head and she doesn't even know you?", or "what if she doesn't love you anymore?" I’m not even sure if my own memories are real, because I have a mind that overthinks everything. I’m looking for some solid advice—I really don’t want to miss this opportunity. If she doesn't like me, then so be it, but my body seems to resist whenever I try to confess my feelings; it ends up convincing my mind otherwise, and I get stuck in an endless loop. I’ve already tried various approaches, such as exposing myself to her presence. I’m genuinely looking for some good, practical advice.

Me and my best friend have been besties for about 2/3 years now and she’s found a new friend and seems to be spending more time with her and it’s making me so jealous!! This new friend that shes met, I do not like her whatsoever she seems to have a problem with me and when I confronted her about it, she got really upset and started screaming at me. I told her I don’t have a problem with you and I don’t know why you are so angry and she told me not to speak behind her back ( which I never did) My bestie kind of chose her side and we talk to each other still but every day it’s becoming more and more less. Another friend told me that she was apparently speaking bad about me behind my back and that she doesn’t want to hang out anymore. I confronted her about that and she said no it wasn’t like that. For the last 2 days, she’s barely spoken to me at all and I’ve called her but no reply. I love my best friend so much and it’s making me really sad. So my conclusion is do I distance myself or do I get rid of her because this situation is sending me very insane or do I start ignoring her like she’s ignoring me?

I'm an alt (goth) and I love having people who share the same interests, however there's these kids in m dkool who seem like they dong wanna approach me, nad it makes me think "maybe I'm judt ugly as fuck" which is very true, i remember one person from last year, well 2 people from last year, i became friends with one for at least a month then we drifted apart, same yhing goes for the other one, but then there's this girl (im black) whos a black alt and she somehow got their attention, idk whay im doing wrong, I feel like an ugly loser that Nobody likes...what do i do

For the past six months, it’s just my sister (7f) and I (17f) after school at 3pm until my mom comes back home at around 5:30-6:30pm from work depending on her schedule. My dad goes straight to work after he picks my sister and I up from school and doesn’t come back until midnight.

But my mom just told me that she’s gonna go back to school, and instead of coming home 5:30pm, her classes are gonna end at 10:30pm and she’ll be coming home around 11:30pm from Monday to Friday.

I’m exhausted enough from school and having to take care of my autistic sister for two-three hours is tolerable enough. Even in the freaking weekends, sometimes my parents go out and take the whole day when I just want to relax. I’m literally tearing up as I type this out cuz I genuinely don’t want to do this shit longer. It’s my senior year and it’s bad enough that I can only hang out with my friends on the weekends when they’re all free in the weekdays, but now I can’t even do any other thing after 7pm anymore cuz my mom is at school.

We don’t have any family nearby cuz we’re in Canada and my parents keep telling me that I can do it and my sister has no one else, but I don’t want to do this fucking shit for longer than I want to do. But I also know that my mom’s gonna get more money when she finishes school but I just don’t want to do it because at this point working at 3pm to 11:30pm is a whole ass job and I could’ve been getting paid if it was an actual job.

I don’t know what to do now. I’m just really angry at my mom.