I think I stumbled upon a woman who is into me and I'm really into her but I haven't the slightest idea how to express that beyond kinda just saying it like a dumbass. We've hung out a few times and I'm going to reach out to go out with her again but I've got no idea how to express my actual feelings for her
I've never had a girlfriend. Only women I've been with have come onto me hard and I just halfheartedly played along. Last time I was really into a girl was years ago and I fucked it up because I didn't know how to express that. I really don't want to mess this one up though. How do I go about this?
Edit: thanks for the input everyone (silly answers too). Gonna ask her to go somewhere with me this weekend and be a little bit less coy
You'll regret the life you never lived a thousand times more than the one you lived where you didn't always win, but always tried.
Don't fear the unknown, it could be pain or joy or discovery of a million kinds, but nothing will ever hurt you so much as the fear that stops you trying to experience them all.
If it doesn't work, of course it'll hurt. For a little while. A thousand more hurtful things will come to pass and fade to nothing. Each and every single one is a human emotion you should cherish as much as the joy and happiness. It's when you try to blunt yourself to what it is to be human, try to protect yourself from loss that you'll harden your heart to understanding everyone and everything around you. Unironically full fucking YOLO comrade.
Remember that she's a person too, with her own feelings and expectations and regrets to manage if or/when it doesn't work out from her own expectations.
Act with all the doubt of someone who doesn't fear being hurt, and all the delicacy of someone aware they've the infinite capacity to hurt others who might not be as prepared to face that unknown.
If the world already ran by those principles we'd have been communists for centuries. I believe in you.