• KaChilde@sh.itjust.works
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    22 days ago

    You need to attract by being a well rounded person that does not neeeed someone, but you also need to make it obvious to your crush that you are interested.

    Spending too much time acting cool and hoping that they will fall for you will fail when the next person is just honest about their feelings with the crush.

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      22 days ago

      How will her knowing I like her make her feel differently?? That doesn’t make sense to me. I’m still me, I am not doing anything differently, I am still as “attractive” as I was before telling her. So I don’t see how it matters.

      Edit: Granted, eventually I’ll have to tell her but that’s after hanging out a couple of times and she’s shown signs of liking me back

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        21 days ago

        How will her knowing I like her make her feel differently??

        People like to be liked.

        Telling someone I liked them was being vulnerable, and vulnerability demonstrates strength, which is attractive.

        The question that has worked best for me:

        “How am I making them feel? And am I satisfied with how I am making them feel?”

        Usually this pushes me to take risks: often it means being honest about how esteem them while giving them plenty of space.

        I have felt the best when I had a not-so-secret admirer who was willing to spend time with me without demanding a commitment too early. So I try to give that same experience to the people I care the most about.