ok here goes guys
I am a final year student, I like this girl in my course same year.
I am considered good looking, tall and a kind person, by people around me.
I also recognise the fact that i am narually a shy person, an introvert, due to my background and upbringing. I cannot say its all bad, because it has given me a sensitive, creative and artistic side which i appreciate.
I have never had the courage to talk to the girl i fancy. Because of my family and upbringing which i wont bore you with, I have suffered from anxiety and depression for the past, including my early uni years.
I would like to think that i have overcome a lot of the problems by now, in that i am now a much more confident person in interactions and communication.
I wish i was like now when i first entered uni. i was very different back then.
anyway, to the point, because of all these troubles i had in the past, i do not know many of the people on my course, including this girl who i like.
i know some of my coursemates and we would work together and grab a dirnk sometimes too. but i feel incredily vulnerable and anxious when it comes to the fact that i do not know her, nor she does me. i obeserved the people she is close with, i do not know them either.
anyway, life is full of these little details. i walked to the cafe to buy a coffee and just as i walked past the window i saw its that girl i like sitting alone doing revision.
I went in to buy a coffee, believe me ladies and gentlemen, i wanted almost every second while i was in the queue to just grab my coffee and walk up to her and talk. but i suffered struggled and didnt go to her
i saw her from behind, sitting alone working, i would loved to go up to her and introduce myself if this was first year and i just remember her from the class. because now i am confident enough. if it was me when i was a fresher, hell no i would not have been able to do that you see.
but thats wishful thinking as i am a different person now and a different time which cannot be turned back.
i felt pain because it would be awkward for me to just be like oh we are final years now and i like you and we still dont know each other nor do i know your friedns.
i felt vulnerable, i walked the oppsite way never even got close to her. i would have liked to be able to have a chance to get to know her, but i felt the awkwardness would outweight whatever else is there.
i would have liked to get to know her,
i would have... not say all of these (somewhat valid?) excuses to you now if i am a stronger more confident man. just as i am stronger more confident than when i entered uni. its just i felt it would be awkward to approach her.
we are in the same classes a lot, and in an hour time we will be in the same seminar again.
there are 200+ people in my course, most i do not know. is that normal?
but anyways, thank you all kind ladies and gentlemen to take the time to read this, and i appreciate any suggestions you share with me!