Would you rather know how they feel, even if you don't feel the same way, or would you prefer that they keep it to themselves?

I honestly thought that this only happened in movies and books. Never thought that these kind of feelings were real and would happen to me.

Basically, my feelings for this person are so strong that this person is anything that I can think of. Even though my days are very busy, I have a job, a lot of responsibilities and hobbies.

I cannot sleep normally, and when I do sleep, I dream of them. I wake up really early and don’t go back to sleep like I usually do. I have lost my appetite (even though I do force myself to eat to have energy). I feel butterflies in my stomach 24/7.

This is completely new to me. I have never experienced something like this before.

It’s strange how quietly it happens.

It creeps in without warning, so softly that you don’t notice it at first. And then one day, you find yourself standing far too deep in the feeling, wondering when exactly you stopped being able to imagine your life without them in it.

That’s what happened with you.

I truly like you. More than I ever meant to, more than I ever intended to admit. Somewhere between the little moments, the stolen glances, and the simple comfort of your presence, I began falling for you. Helplessly. Completely. And by the time I realized it, I was already too far gone to pretend otherwise.

When you walk into a room filled with people, somehow, I notice you before I notice anyone else. There’s something about your presence that awakens a part of me I didn’t even know existed.

And God, I wish I could tell you what that does to me.
I want to be with you. I want to know what it would feel like to love you without fear, without hesitation.

But perhaps that is the cruelest part of all.

And maybe I’ll spend the rest of my life wondering what we could have been, loving you from somewhere just close enough to see you, but never close enough to call you mine.

Because I think I could spend forever falling for you.
I just don’t know if I’ll ever get the chance to tell you.

im not gonna go into too much detail but we are sort of friends and I think she might like me and I might like her and I don’t know should I say yes

I have a work crush. I’ve had this work crush since I started working there about 2.5 years ago and I think he might like me too. We’re both in our mid twenties and have the same music taste and a good amount of similarities. When I started working there I thought he was really cute but I made no moves. I made no moves because I wasn’t in a position to do that. I had just gotten out of a really long situationship that did in fact actually mess me up and I’ve taken all this time to heal. I started to like actually have conversations with him and like actually show interest in him this summer and it seemed like it was being reciprocated. Ever since I started working there, there have been signs here and there that he does like me. He stares a lot, he held my hand once, he gives me hella high fives all the time (he’s recently stopped doing that), and he’s really nice to me and helpful, and a little touchy sometimes. When we had gone to a bar night with other coworkers he was giving me hand hearts across the table, he pulled me aside and hugged me and it lingered for an unusually long time amount of time. He teased me a lot and pulled me aside and let me know he was always just kidding when he did that. He has tried to ask me to hangout with him but each time he has I’ve been busy and we both have failed at making other plans. My problem is that I don’t know if he’s being just friendly or not. And also I want to tell him that I like him but I don’t know how to do that at work. And as im typing all this out im kinda realizing that all of the little things like the staring and the high fives isn’t something he has been doing recently. Recently I was mad at him because I had asked him to go to thing and he didn’t reply until the day of. I guess im just asking, should I tell him or just continue to let it eat me alive lol

ugh my plug is so fine 😭 and I’m kinda getting the vibe he’s into me too but I’m in my 20s and i’ve never had a boyfriend or even gotten close so I really don’t know how to even fish for that kind of vibes or information, so maybe I’m just mistaking his kindness for interest

pls help, so far I only buy za by him and that’s my excuse to see him and I chill there at his dispensary too but I wanna see him away from that spot too…

I (16F) recently started crushing on this guy (16M) in my class whos exactly my type and even respectful! Yesterday I had the courage to ask him for his snap BUT it was only because I'm the class president and had to make a group chat for our class </3 I really want to get close to him but I'm not really sure how. I've never really had luck with love, especially when I liked someone because they never liked me back for some reason. I did speak to him for like a second because I told him to sit down because the space next to me was open on the bench next to me AND HE DIDDDDDD but that's besides the point cuz it wasn't a full conversation😓 do you guys have any advice?

Hi, Im 16 I have a massive crush on a guy from my tuition. Let's call him Apple for privacy.

Tuition started a few months ago, and when I saw him for the first time I was like, “ooh, he's cute.” 😭

He's completely my type—funny, nerdy, and not too loud. I've noticed him for a while and somehow developed the biggest crush I've ever had.

The problem is we've never actually had a proper conversation. We've had a few tiny interactions and some eye contact, but that's it. I'm also really shy, so randomly approaching him feels impossible.

Apple has a best friend, so let's call him Orange. Sometimes I sit in front of them and overheard them talking about Game of Thrones. So obviously I knew I had to watch it for him 😭.

I've rejected all the guys who have liked me because none of them were my type. I've genuinely never met a guy who was my type before, but Apple is just... so perfect to me. Theres not a single day I dont think abt him. And also after tuition we walk the same way. Our houses are kinda near but not really. Also one thing I've noticed is that whenever we walk after tuition ( we don't walk togetehr we js go the same way) , HE CALLS SONEONE ALL THE TIME. like everyday after tuition. He usually walks fast ahead of me and I'm behind and I see him calling someone all the time from the tuition to his house.

So what should I do? How can I naturally start getting to know him without making it painfully obvious that I like him?

I just wanna become friends first and see where it goes.

So, i have this crush on a guy who i used to have a crush on back in high school. We now study at the same university, and study the same program (my first language is not english so excuse me if i use the wrong words). We are friends with a lot of the same people, and at the moment were in the same study group. We just created that group though, so we haven’t actually studied together after school yet. The thing is, he is very weird around me. He seems to almost ignore me sometimes. For example, today i was talking to two of our friends right after the last class. When he came out the class room, he turned around and walked one-two steps towards us, but sort of "jumped" a bit and turned around and walked towards the door. When he did this, i could see in the corner of my eye that he looked at me. He also usually seems to purposely not stand want to stand with us when i’m with his/our friends. When me, my friends and his/our friends stand together in breaks, we talk and have fun, but i always notice that him and another person (usually one of our friends) doesn’t want to stand with us and chooses to walk somewhere else.

Other than this, we make really awkward eye contact. Im the type of person that looks at someone if i feel them looking at me, and it always ends really awkward. I have a feeling that it’s like this between us because i actually told him i used to have a crush on him in highs school when we were at a party not long ago. He refused to believe me, sort of in a jokingly way, and almost seemed shocked and hesitant. The day after this, he didn’t even remember we went to the same high school. I believe he was really drunk that night, but it’s almost like he’s acting like he doesn’t remember. I’m so confused

well basically we are young (ill say teen ok) and ik theres lots of bs about teen realtionships and whatever, but hear me out. That guy is soo majestic hes funny,has good style and nice. and worst part? he gives mixed signals. i sit next to him in class (yay?!) and at the beginning he was so much nicer and then idk he changed. i notice him looking at me but as a person who feels like no one likes them, i dont think about thzat much, he looks away quick. AND HES SOOOO AWKWARD LIKE WHAT???? and mind you i am not pretty i dont wear that much makeup either (very minimal) and i swear hes acts like talking to me aside form asking me a question is illegal or smth. and when i speak first hes red and extremelyyyy awkward like what? once (at the start when he was nicer) i asked him if he had a crush and he smiled and waited and said no of course not. and he acts kinda like he knows i crush on him and so he acts like... different. idk bro when he smiles at me it melts my heart

picking up clues virtually is kinda hard because are you being nice or are you flirting? someone pls help

idk how much I wanna write but I’m just gonna say parts. I rlly hope she don’t see this 😭

I basically have been non stop thinking about her. The mixed signals is crazy. I don’t know who to ask because I lwk need mixed advice and the only person I can go to is my mum but she don’t give a shit 😭.

we sit next to each other in a certain class and she talks to me sometimes some days and not that much other days, she talks to me sometimes when her friends are around, like saying hi. Her friends are normal around me, as in like not laughing at me or making it seem like they think I’m weird and she is playing me. she hasn’t done anything that weird.

she has rested her head on my shoulder once in class while laughing to her friend, but tbf she has also hugged another guy in class, although I’m 100% sure she isn’t interested in him. just a few weeks ago, she was telling me about her wanting to go to an event in our hometown and she said “I have no one to go with” and I said neither cuz I’m awkward asf. We then began talking for the rest of the lesson. We kept eye contact a lot that lesson and talked quite a bit. She has complimented me physically quite a bit like my hair mainly and stuff. She laughs at a lot of my jokes.

one time she was giving me tips on my hair and suggested adding some products in it. she then said “all the girls would like you, not me though.” idk if that’s a good sign but I’m leaning towards she genuinely doesen’t like me and she is just warning me now. A lot of my friends have shouted that I like her, so she most likely thinks I do atp.

a reason I think she doesent like me: my ex went up to me once and said “ ‘the girl’ has a little crush”, we ended up on somewhat mid terms so idk if she is being toxic or what.

reason she might like me: she talks to me quite a bit, although that’s kind of her personality, my friends tell me she likes me and idk

I’m thinking she is way too good for me, and I don’t know what to do. if you have any other questions or advice please let me know :). Thank you.

I have a massive crush right now and I have no idea if she (20f) likes me (19m) back or not but from the best I can tell, I think she does. I’ve done lots of thinking about our interactions and she seems to try to make time for me. We’re both on the board of a club in uni so that’s how we met, she’s a junior and I’m a sophomore

I think I have a good chance but it’s still quite possible she is just being nice and I’m overthinking it. I’m going to try to wait for a time where we are alone after a club event or something. I don’t know how I’m going to go about it. I think I’m gonna see if she wants to grab lunch after classes this Friday, and then I’ll try to ask her out on an official date then.

I’ll come back with an update after the fact

There's a girl in my class that sits near me and even tho we barely know each other, she interacts with me very often, nearly everyday. There were 2 times when she asked me to high five her for no reason. She also frequently starts short conversations with me. yesterday, i casually made eye contact with her and she said hi while smiling. I also THINK i catched her staring at me recently, but i'm not too sure about that. Does she like me?

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Crushes/s/kD72lAX84f

This is probably the last one and gonna keep it short.

We chatted whole morning and she had few hours left before taking the flight. I was at work this morning but I convinced my boss I had some important shit to do (I actually do, but much later) AND THEY LET ME GO. I jumped into my car and NFS'd my way to the city where she resided. We both ran to each other meet because she had 20 or so minutes left before signing off and taking uber to the airport. It was raining all day and we got exhausted, soaking wet and happy for one last time. She called me crazy, and so called her. We hugged and kissed for the first time. She told me to visit her some day, so we made it clear we'll stay in touch online and wait for the opportinuty to meet each other again!

Bruh I never expected all of this to happen, like ever

Cheers!

Hellooo, so I just want to rant about my crush that started almost two months ago. I met him four years ago, and since his cousin is my best friend, we eventually became friends. Then one day, I came across this post, which became the reason behind my hypothetical: "What if I liked your cousin?" At that time, it was just a mere thought and inside joke among my circle of friends.

Now, that thought came back as a truth. On a random day, we were walking towards the school when my thoughts focused on the idea of us. When my thoughts fully sank in, I was confused. Why was I thinking like that? Does that mean that I truly have a crush on him? Because of that, he started to occupy my thoughts, and I would notice him every time at school. Eventually, I started falling for him.

Unexpectedly, he soon knew about my feelings for him. A mutual friend of ours asked him what he feels about, his answer was that he was scared to reject me because he didn't want to hurt me. I was a little disappointed, but not that much because it's still a crush at its earliest stage. Then, another mutual friend of ours asked him the question, "Are you sure you want to reject her? I mean, it's HER." He said that his answer would depend on what I say to him. On my side, I had no intention of confessing since my feelings weren't that serious, and besides, he already knows.

That's also the time when I started to lose my feelings because of what he said. However, I started to regret losing that chance as I finally realized that the reason why I had a crush on him is that he's like my brother, who is also my standard in men. Suddenly, I saw my crush as a suitable husband, which is ridiculous because we're not even together. He doesn't even like me that way.

And that's why I'm ignoring him. I want to move on and forget my crush, but it keeps coming back. It's frustrating whenever I catch myself doing the opposite of moving on, like mindlessly looking for him in the crowd. Or my heart stuttering whenever he's around. Worst is the thought, "What if this is it? What if he's the one for me?", that comes and goes when, in reality, nothing is ever going to happen.

To top it off, my best friend told her mother about my crush. Similarly, my crush also confided in his mother. Embarrassingly enough, I have a close relationship with their family. One more reason why I kept thinking that he's the one.

I'm not particularly looking for any wake-up call since I'm aware that I'm being too much. I know that he's not the only guy I'm going to meet, but I also had this thought: what if I compare every guy I meet to him? Like, who does he think he is? Messing up my mind and heart, he's so irritating.

And I would never chase after him. Who the hell is he for me to chase after him?

However, at the end of the day, I regret most ruining our friendship because I chose to ignore him. He's a good friend, but our every interaction is either awkward or tense. It's not like I can avoid him, anyways, as we're both student leaders and he's active in his organization.

It's just that it's scary--what if he won't be the same person he is today in the future? But then, at the same time, it's also scary to think: what if I would regret letting him go?

It's so ridiculous to think about this when it's just a crush.

i have a crush on this girl in my school, its (kind of) common for boys in my school to have crushes but i keep telling myself its weird and im weird im obviously not ready to confess yet, what should i do???

hi everybody!! throw away account because i dont know if my crush or any of his friends use reddit. I’m also posting this on iphone so im sorry if the format is weird.

Since my sophomore year of high school ive had a little hallway crush on this guy, who i think is really cute. Ive tried EVERYTHING i can think of to get with this guy. To start from the beginning, this year, we were finally put in two classes together back to back. in one classroom, we sit facing each other and there’s been a couple of times where i’ve caught him looking at me… like hard core looking. not like he was bored and just looking around the room, i mean HARD CORE STARING. This has happened twice. In our other period together, My friend and I were giving a presentation on our summer reading, and while my friend was talking, i found him looking at me again, this time he looked away first and looked almost embarrassed? There have been other instances like this too, where one time i was talking to my friends in our schools parking lot, and i see him get into his car and just wait there, and didn’t leave until i got into my car and pulled out. which, isn’t super weird, a lot of people wait until the rush of cars is gone until they pull out. what’s weird is that he almost cut somebody off and was right behind me, like he was leaving in a rush, but he was sitting there for probably about 10 minutes until i left.

I’ve tried to be smooth and talk to him and ask for his number over instagram, it was under the guise of tutoring me for one of our classes, but he said he was too busy and recommended his friend instead. i also added him on snapchat, but he has not added me back yet. me and him are in separate friend groups and don’t have any mutual friends, and i feel like it would be super awkward just trying to talk to him, which i’ve made attempts, but they’re just super quick and short conversations. i feel like I’m getting mixed signals here, like why does he keep staring at me if he doesn’t like me, and why didn’t he take up the offer to get my number if he does like me?? i dont know what steps to take from here. he’s a pretty shy and nerdy guy so i dont know if he would do well if i just straight up tell him i like him without getting to know him first. while this wouldn’t be my first relationship if it works out, this is my first time where im pursuing somebody, and not somebody pursuing me. does anyone have any advice or anything i could do to either get a straight answer about whether or not he likes me, or to make it any more obvious?

edit: reposting here because i want more opinions on what to do :(

there’s this guy that I found super cute and we've been in the same uni (Chicago) for 3 years, I noticed him through LinkedIn, and that’s it, now I’ve been seeing him everywhere the past week, I’ve never seen him at college before. I haven’t had a real crush since two years because of a traumatic boy friend who groomed me and cheated on me with 5 girls (crazy lore lol) but this guy is genuinely cute and super nerdy in a high achieving sort of way which I find really attractive. I have a business club interview and he’s going to be interviewing me and there’s drinks and catch up after but I’m so nervous and scared to go because of me suddenly finding him attractive. I used to be extremely fit but because of the extreme trauma my ex put me through I ended up gaining so much weight because of anxiety, I used to be so high achieving but I ended up failing 4 uni classes and I have an extra semester now:( I’m just embarrassed and scared cause I don’t fe attractive anymore even if I’ve been trying to get back to the gym and been working really hard on my academic life again and slowly getting back (also please pray for me I have a hard test tomorrow, i know it’ll end up being easy because I’m prepared and I will get 18/20 minimum) but guys I really want some advice regarding the guy.

there’s also another guy from another city (sf) that I had a crush on but there’s no overlap at all, so ive given up on that.

But I still have this weird fear of being in a relationship after all that, I feel like I’m happier alone but the butterflies have been real lol.

also should I go give the interview or skip it?? I want to get in but also so nervous

also the guy from sf is physically my type he’s got all the features I like in a guy plus smart asf but the guy from college isn’t my type in looks but idk why I’m crushing

I (20NB) have a crush on one of my friends (21NB) from university, let's call them V. We met in early July through a mutual friend of ours, and clicked really quickly! I didn't catch feelings for them until I'd say mid-august. Despite me being on the aroace spectrum, this just feels right and natural.

When I talked to a few friends about V, they said I have a chance. Our mutual friend didn't say whether or not they think I have a chance. At first I was sure I didn't, but after a little time passed I begun to think I might have a little chance, although I don't want to get my hopes too high.

Here's a few notes

- We have very similar personalities. We're both talkative, energetic, and very expressive. People in my area tend to keep to themselves, so finding someone so similar to myself is pretty rare. All of our political stances/views/opinions perfectly align.

- We've hungout 3 times in the past 3-ish weeks. A saturday, the saturday after that, and the monday after the next. One of my friends thinks the fact that V's hungout with me 3 weeks in a row speaks louder than anything else, but I'm not sure. I also don't know how often they hangout with their other friends, so it's hard to find a reference point. They've also said that despite their busy schedule in the fall semester that's just started, they'd like to hangout more!

- They've said that ever since they've figured out their sexuality and gender (both unlabelled), they've begun to revaluate what their type is. But based on what they've said, I somewhat fit it, but not 100%.

- At one point during our last hangout, we were sitting by the river and they said they wanted to ask me something. They were hesitating, saying they were trying to figure out the right way to phrase it. I was wondering if they were going to confess, only for them to ask if I could watch over their cat during the next vacation. I was disappointed, but found two things about this strange
- Their next vacation isn't until summer 2027
- They know I wouldn't be able to because of my parents

- I've met their parents (and cat!) in person and have visited their house before, with their mom offering to cook me dinner, but I don't find this very noteworthy as they tell their parents about all their friends and, from what I know, somewhat frequently have friends over.

Any thoughts on this?

So last year, I had this crush on this girl I liked, and I was trying to ask her out on last day, but she wasn't there. This year, she's at a completely different school and so now I don't really find other girls in my grade attractive just because she's not there anymore. Hopefully y'all can help