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I have known this guy for a few years now, when we met at first we were just friends but he wanted more from me. I wasn't ready for anything with him cause I was not over the last guy. So we stopped all contact until one day and we ended up cuddling so I ran away. The next time we met was half a year afterwards when he wanted to meet and we ended up making out. There is just this weird thing that I think his breath smells and he has too dry lips... I took it as a sign I should end things with him, I mean, why would those things bother me if he was right for me?
Now a year has passed and I wanted to talk to him, he wanted too so we met and things got again to a weird situation, this time much further. I like him a lot but I still think he smells and he has too dry lips, kissing him doesn't feel like kissing the guy I was crazy about...

But I think I like him also, do you think I should continue with him even if our kisses are bad or should I just ask him to be just a "cuddling"-friend for the lonely days? I really like his warm and tight hugs... But maybe i should stop bothering him and leave him alone? He is so sweet and cute that I almost cried out loud when he asked me: what is wrong?
I wouldn't want to be in a friends with benefits relationship because I am after the right person to date, not just someone to jump into bed with... with him i almost did it.
I have never been in a relationship and I don't really know if I am ever gonna be in one if I am this critical...

Long story short, I have a crush on someone I've been knowing for a year. I met him online and we weren't exactly close until he started messaging me back in June. He knew about my feelings before then, but at the time, he said that he wasn't looking for romance because of big changes in his life. I took that as a sign that he didn't want romance with me and tried to move on, but ever since June, it's been hard for me to move past my feelings.

Our mutual friends think he and I belong together because of the way we interact on our group chat, and they've been teasing us about it, but as of lately I'm not so sure how he feels.

On the one hand: he flirts with me constantly. Always says that he's definitely planning to meet up with me someday, says he would hug me and actually kiss me when we meet, says he would love to Skype with me, usually initiates conversations with me first, calls me beautiful as if it's a nickname, compliments me all the time, and has even said at one point he would take me to a nice restaurant, implying a date. At first I thought he was just jokingly flirting about the kissing, but he and I had a brief talk about how inexperienced we both are with kissing, and he said that it would be better then, because we could both be bad at it.

On the other hand: he has implied before that we are best friends, and the whole rejection thing that happened a few months prior still sticks to my mind. He has called me babe before, which I thought was a big sign that he liked me, but today he also called one of our mutual friends "babe" too, which made me think that he only calls that to people he's comfortable with.

I'm scared of knowing that he's flirting with me only playfully and not being as meaningful about it as I perceive it. I'm scared of being rejected by him. But should I just go for it anyway? Or should I just try to forget about my feelings and move on?