Dear Jason,

I’m a guy and a senior in High School. There’s this girl in my class that I’ve been in love with for a long time. I am always thinking about her. She’s beautiful and really cool. She hangs out with the popular crowd at school which doesn’t include me. I keep dreaming about going out with her and taking her to the prom. Until recently she barely knew who I was. Now we’re taking drivers ed together once a week and we are in the same car. We talk and joke around and it’s amazing. I look forward to being with her every week, however I don’t think she really likes me. Recently she started talking about this guy who goes to college. She was telling me how much she likes him and asked me my advice on how she can tell him she likes him.

I felt like such crap. I want to tell her so badly how I feel, but I don’t want to get rejected and have everybody at school know about it. Before she started talking about this college guy I was starting to think I had a chance. Is there anyway I can find out if she likes me without me letting her know I like her?

ANSWER

I’ve been there myself. I was in love with this girl from my junior and senior high school for over seven years! She never had a clue I liked her because I never told her or asked her out on a date. I was afraid of getting hurt and looking stupid to all of my classmates. So instead of taking a chance and throwing caution to the wind I did nothing…And nothing is exactly what I got.

In order to get what you want in life you have to be willing to fail in your pursuits. If you ask this girl out she might reject you. She also might say “yes”. You don’t know and you will never know until you muster up some courage and just go for it! When it comes to love you never regret the risks you’ve taken; only the risks you haven’t.