"do you like me?", why you can't just say that Options

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everytime i'm stressing out over whether a guy likes me or not, guys always tell me to just go ask him "do you like me?"
and when i'm like "NO!"
they're like "what's the worse that can happen?"
and i'm like "HE'LL SAY NO!!!"

and to tell you the truth, i'd rather spend the rest of the week or month infatuated with this certain guy and playing out whether he likes me or not in my head, rather than hear from him flat out "no". even though he might say yes... if there's a chance that he'd say "no", i wouldn't take it.

and anyways... that's not the worse that can happen!! if he says "no", i'd be embarrassed to death that i asked and i'd probably turn all red and try to brush it off, and in doing so, make myself seem like a complete idiot. it'll probably make me lose all self confidence.

so yeah... why you (or anyone who can relate) CAN'T just go up to a guy and ask him whether he likes you or not.

[mistaken_identit...]

Yeah, it's real hard. But when your emotions get real strong I guess you'll tell the guy that you like him. Well, I did. I felt like if I didn't then I wouldn't have a chance cause he might just be feeling the same way as I have.

It wasn't great though, I asked him who he liked and he was like 'nobody'. There were a couple of awkward moments after that but it sort of got the same (like before) after a couple days. It's screwing me up......I still don't know the truth and I'd LOVE to have the courage to go up to him and ask him straight away.