Okay so I really like my friend and I heard from a mutual friend that he likes me back, but hes too nervous to tell me. It sounds great, but I’m just not ready for a relationship. Yeah, thats whats preventing me, Im just not ready. This is like the first time someone I like, has liked me back, or atleast might like me back. We’ve known each other for so long too and I dont want to ruin anything by rejecting him. If he ever does confess to me, I have no idea what to say without ruining anything. I’ve gone to my friends too, but they keep telling me to just ask him out but I just cant and I highkey dont know what to do. I feel like an idiot for even asking for help on this.
>>33732865Give it sometime, both parties need to be ready, if you can spend the most amount of time you can with your friend to know it better.I wish you a lot of luck Anon!
>>33732865You already said the answer OP: you aren't ready for a relationship. If he confesses to you, just tell him that you like him too but you aren't ready for a relationship even with someone you really like.If he's your friend, he'll understand
>>33732865Tell him you like him but you aren't ready for a relationship quite yet. I'm sure he'll be okay with it. If he likes you that much he'll save himself for you. Think of it like making a website. You buy the domain name so nobody else can get it, then you hold onto it until the site is ready.
>>33732865There's no way out of this.Whether you're READY or NOT he's a friend. All those times he spent together with you and you meant to reject him is LITERALLY YOU friendzoning him. You're not ready because you're scared or don't like him at all. You obviously don't like him at all to say yes. If you're scared then let him know and tell him its your first time so any issues between you like miscommunications and misunderstandings can be given with a second thought.If you ever reject him and still stay friends and he finds somebody else, you'll cry over it as if you dated him. You'll be regretting by blaming yourself how you didn't say yes to him long ago and now he's neither a friend nor a potential lover. He'll dismiss you with all the attention you had him for a long time.Yeah to sum it up, say NO. You're not interested in a relationship because you're NOT ready. Tell him you're not able to give him the attention he wants or reciprocate love.You bitch ass attention whore wasting everyone's time.
>>33732865take it slowplenty of normalfags get into a relationship that is kind of just a really close friendship when starting outyou're not expected to go full throttle right away, you can stay in the "dating/interested" period of a relationship for as long as you need to
>>33732865You will *never* be ready for anything. That day doesnt come.Also, having a date or two is not signing a contract in blood to he together for years to come. There is no issue trying things out and backing out if you dont like it. You may find you do feel ready after hanging together in that context for like a week. Or your alarm bells will sound louder and that'll be a clear sign that no, this is a no go. Then wait for the next one.
>>33732865How do you know you're not ready for a relationship when you've never been in a relationship? Try it and see.
