Hello everybody,
My name is corey, I am (obviously) brand new to the forum and I have an interesting situation that I have no idea how to handle at the moment. Before I go on, I just want to inform you that this is complicated and hard for me to describe with out going into detail at least a bit.. so, I apologize if this becomes a bit lengthy. I will give you the backstory first, as this should make everything a bit more clear for you.
Now several years ago, I met and befriended this girl in high school and we nearly dated eachother. Note that I said high school... I'm sure you can already do the math there. We were both young and dumb in our own different ways back then and it never worked out. It seems typical that when this happens to two people, that they would just forget eachother and move on. This was the case for me and any other girl that I had liked at one point, but not with this girl. Even though we didn't talk a whole lot after this school year, it was obvious that there was still some unresolved feelings between us when we would talk. Then I left high school and hardly saw her at all. But once in a blue moon I'd bump into her and... the feelings were STILL there (to an extent at least). The majority of the things I am speaking of occured back in the later half of the last decade, just so you know.
Now fast forward to present times... A couple of months back, I was friended by her on Facebook out of the blue. Then one day, she posts a new picture of herself. I don't know what it was, but my heart literally skipped a beat upon seeing this picture and BOOM.. all those feelings came rushing back.. and they're STRONG. Ever since this happened, I cannot stop thinking about her. I would love to see her again, but the idea of trying to talk to her again is where I got stuck at the fork in the road. This stuff has always been a bit of a challenge for me though.
I just really do not know how I should go about this. First of all, idk if I should just be trying to talk to her and catch up for now (like over FB).. or if I should just flat out ask her to go out sometime. Second, I've thought of several different ways of contacting her, but I keep finding faults in every idea that makes me unsure. The easiest example I came up with was just sending her a message/IM... But I am totally clueless as to how she would react to a message out of nowhere from somebody she never hears from. I am being completely sincere though, and if she is going to be weirded out or upset by me talking to her out of the blue.. then maybe it isn't worth it anyways? (It just seems like everyone has totally different reactions to things like this) Or is this a risk I should just be willing to take?? It's very hard for me to tell at this point naturally. I will provide more examples as well, if needed.
Well, if you've gotten this far, then I'd like to thank you for taking the time to listen! This is pretty much just the jist of my "situation", and I guess I am just looking for any info/input/etc. on this, because again.. I'm pretty lost here! I can provide any additional info as needed, because I am sure there are somethings you still maybe wondering. And there are quite a bit of details that I left out in order to keep this as short as possible. Once again, thank you for your time and any input!
My name is corey, I am (obviously) brand new to the forum and I have an interesting situation that I have no idea how to handle at the moment. Before I go on, I just want to inform you that this is complicated and hard for me to describe with out going into detail at least a bit.. so, I apologize if this becomes a bit lengthy. I will give you the backstory first, as this should make everything a bit more clear for you.
Now several years ago, I met and befriended this girl in high school and we nearly dated eachother. Note that I said high school... I'm sure you can already do the math there. We were both young and dumb in our own different ways back then and it never worked out. It seems typical that when this happens to two people, that they would just forget eachother and move on. This was the case for me and any other girl that I had liked at one point, but not with this girl. Even though we didn't talk a whole lot after this school year, it was obvious that there was still some unresolved feelings between us when we would talk. Then I left high school and hardly saw her at all. But once in a blue moon I'd bump into her and... the feelings were STILL there (to an extent at least). The majority of the things I am speaking of occured back in the later half of the last decade, just so you know.
Now fast forward to present times... A couple of months back, I was friended by her on Facebook out of the blue. Then one day, she posts a new picture of herself. I don't know what it was, but my heart literally skipped a beat upon seeing this picture and BOOM.. all those feelings came rushing back.. and they're STRONG. Ever since this happened, I cannot stop thinking about her. I would love to see her again, but the idea of trying to talk to her again is where I got stuck at the fork in the road. This stuff has always been a bit of a challenge for me though.
I just really do not know how I should go about this. First of all, idk if I should just be trying to talk to her and catch up for now (like over FB).. or if I should just flat out ask her to go out sometime. Second, I've thought of several different ways of contacting her, but I keep finding faults in every idea that makes me unsure. The easiest example I came up with was just sending her a message/IM... But I am totally clueless as to how she would react to a message out of nowhere from somebody she never hears from. I am being completely sincere though, and if she is going to be weirded out or upset by me talking to her out of the blue.. then maybe it isn't worth it anyways? (It just seems like everyone has totally different reactions to things like this) Or is this a risk I should just be willing to take?? It's very hard for me to tell at this point naturally. I will provide more examples as well, if needed.
Well, if you've gotten this far, then I'd like to thank you for taking the time to listen! This is pretty much just the jist of my "situation", and I guess I am just looking for any info/input/etc. on this, because again.. I'm pretty lost here! I can provide any additional info as needed, because I am sure there are somethings you still maybe wondering. And there are quite a bit of details that I left out in order to keep this as short as possible. Once again, thank you for your time and any input!