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If you were interested in a girl, would you be discouraged from asking her out if you overhead her saying that she was trying to avoid places where her crush went, so that she could stop liking him? Would you be worried that even though she was trying to get over him, she might still be too emotionally tied to him to be interested in you? Or would you take the opportunity to ask her out, since she seems to be going through a vulnerable time of not feeling desirable?

i confessed my feelings for my online bestie the other day. we've known each other for about only one and a half months but i found myself already liking him that way and wishing we were together as partners, not just besties. this is rare for me, as i've rarely had a crush. we are very compatible and my intuition has been telling me he's the one. both of us havb never been in a relationship yet even though we're uni age. at the very begging, we used to be flirty and playful and he even said he might already like me romantically too, but after a few days, he said he rushed into it a bit too much just because he assumed getting into a relationship would make him feel better but he realized he'd first have to focus on himself through selfcare and improve his self confidence and stuff before getting into relationship and he's not ready for it, especially long distance. also, he said he doesn't know if he really likes me romantically and he's learned not to fall in love easily online from his past experience. i then asked him if there's any chance we could be together in the future after we meet up (probably next year, this December at the earliest but next summer is more likely, but neither is set so i can't be sure ) , but he said he doesn't know because the future is unpredictable to anyone, which is true and he also kept saying he doesn't want me to wait on him since when we meet up and he decides we can't date i'd get hurt and he'd feel bad for making me wait only to get rejected after all in the end and he just wants me to be happy. but i can't help hoping we can be together in the future. should i completely move on from now already ( it'd take time ofc, but i'm resilient so i think i can train myself over time to move on and just stay besties with him ) or is it okay for me to let myself continue liking him that way and secretly wait for him to judge when he comes to my country sometime hopefully next year.

Let's call my friend S and my crush M. Basically, I got S to ask M is he was single, M said yes, and S gave M my number and a made-up name. I texted M to tell him that the name wasn't actually real, and we chatted about an assignment. When I refused to tell him my name, he ghosted me. I thought this had blown over already (it's been a week), but apparently M and his friends have been shooting S death glares in the hallway so clearly it hasn't. I don't want M to know that it's me because I'm super ditzy and unhinged around him (he turns my brain to mush), but I simultaneously want to tell him to fix the mess that I have created (and due to the hidden hope that he'll give me a chance). So should I tell him that it's me? If you were M, what would you want me to do? What's the worst thing that can happen, and is it worth the risk?