Hmm I'll go through my history of bfs.
1) 2004 DEC - My first bf was when I was 16. I was at a christmas party, started talking to this lad who I thought was good looking... end of night. Asked him out face to face.
2) 2005 JUNE - This is a few months after I broke up with the first one.This lad was a friend of my friend, we talked alot and I felt attracted to him... I asked him out face to face...
3) Start of 2006 JAN, I talked to this lad from school, we are really good friends. But we only talked on msn most of the time...
he asked me out on msn. Didn't last long. 4) 2006 JULY, I went to a friend's party; saw this really nice lad and started talking to him.. YUP course I asked him out and I was so happy when he liked me back. Couldn't see him much as he's in a band so it didn't last long.
5) 2006 AUGUST, summer holiday was ending. I was walking in the park with a friend, a football hit me on head , this lad came over to say sorry ...he was so cute that i started talking to him. swapped msn addies.
He asked me out on msn. Lasted a month... and Again I'm single.
I realised that I mostly do the asking out...
OOOO erm to answer your question, when I did the asking out, I felt nervous if I didn't know him that well. If i do, then I feel comfortable asking.
When a lad asks me out, I feel appreciated and happy even if I wasn't attracted to him back. But I would be friends with him.