everything i could never tell you

Do you have any advice on overcoming the fear of showing affection towards others? I'm not sure if I'm ready to tell the guy I'm romantically involved with my true feelings since we are both going through a rough time with our personal lives, but I would like some advice for when I am ready (if it's not a bother, that is!!!). Thank you in advance!

(coworker anon again) sometimes I think back to the summer we came back from quarantine. i remember asking him if I got makeup on my mask and he said "no, you look go- it looks good" and the months following that it was like such subtle but obvious flirting and at the time i refused to believe it but,,,,he definitely liked me back. he told me he thought about me a lot, had dreams about me, saw a girl who looked like me, things reminded him of me, he got me an amazing birthday gift. we laughed a lot together, he always had this look in his eye when we were alone. i could always see something behind his smile. i sometimes wonder what could have been.

i had the biggest crush on this guy for about a year. we were coworkers and became really good friends. i was so blindly infatuated with him that I never thought I had a chance and that me liking him was so gross especially bc we were friends. i always thought I never even had a chance. now it's a year later and I'm with thw love of my life (not my coworker) and looking back on everything....i can't help but notice that I think he liked me too

hi i just wanted to rant since i think everyone is sick of me

I am really scared that I’m not going to be able to open myself up to non-platonic love again after my crush passed away last year. I had a crush on him for almost a decade, he was my best friend and we always talked, and he knew that I had feelings for him. I’m just scared of so much. I’m scared of having to meet someone new and open myself back up to someone. I’m scared of having a crush for another decade only for something to happen.... I’m sorry if this is too sad or anything, I just really want to be able to open up and love again because I love being in love but it is so hard after loss

any advice for being overwhelmingly jealous of your best friend?

I met a guy here and we really hit it off, he is a bit younger though and he lives in another country so Im afraid to move to fast and take the next step when the time comes, however I do have a crush on the person Ive gotten to know until now and I can see myself easily liking him, but again Im a bit afraid especially cause everything would be online and very long distance...any advice?

i was so deeply in love with a guy (or I thought) until an amazing person came into my life. i thought I'd never get over the guy before this person came into my life. i thought I was bound to be alone unless I was with him. and then this person was there. we fell in love slowly but quickly and awkwardly and romantically all at the same time. we've been together for a while and I know now, that they are what I was looking for. nobody can compare. not even that guy.

Thank God you’re taking these oh my gosh.... so there’s this guy that I’ve known for three years now, and we were friends, but I kept fighting against a crush on him, because I knew that he had a gf. When I met him at first in English lit class I didn’t know he had a gf but I know that he changed my life because I thought I would never love again and I thought all men were fake and posers basically, then this guy opened his mouth in class and gave a defense of True Love that was impassioned and smart and well... I was convinced. I think that was the moment I fell in love with him the first time but I refused to believe it. After that I found out he had a gf, so I tried to kill my feelings. but I waited. and last year they broke up. This year we happened to get in contact again and I told him about my feelings and he said he’s still broken hearted over his old gf and could not yet think about anyone else. I have been waiting since my confession over two months and I cannot rest. I am trying so hard to respect his space. I’m wondering if he will ever be able to recover and when he does will he give me a proper answer? I know he really loved her but I love his joyful spirit and if this breaks him I will have a villain origin story. He’s so unlike anyone else I’ve ever met, I didn’t even believe that people like him existed until I met him.

if I’m being honest, I’m 99% sure I’m bi. Whenever I see a girl (I’m a girl as well) online or irl, I think inside my head “omg she’s cute” or “omg I’ll literally date her tbh” but I’m pretty young and idk if questioning your sexuality is normal for my age. For boys, it’s kinda less but some are cute ig but I think I prefer women more over men but idk yet.

I have a stupid but very very hard crush on a coworker of mine.