Alright so I have been lurking in this subreddit for a few weeks now (still trying to figure out all of the abbreviations you use) and like most of us here, I need some help! I’m a 21 year-old female who has never had a serious boyfriend but I have had sex with three people. I’ve been told that I am attractive but I have self-confidence issues (trying to work on this) that make me think that people are either just telling me that to make me feel better or are trying to just get into my pants. I’ve also never had a serious boyfriend because I always assume that people I am genuinely attracted to would not be interested in me and I turn into a stuttering, nervous wreck when trying to make conversation with someone who I am interested in. I’ve also had at least six platonic male best friends (most of which I am still close with) because once I meet a guy I can’t help but fall into this friendship category rather than get romantically involved with the person because I end up liking them as a person too much to want to risk losing a friendship because of romantic complications. Anyways, I really, really want something more serious; someone to be my best friend along with being able to be intimate with the person. I go to school at a very big university (30k+ students) but this is only my second semester at the university. There is this guy that I noticed in the dining hall who seems to be everything I find attractive in a person to the point that I felt creepy imagining myself being with him because he is a complete stranger. Anyways, after seeing him at the dining hall I have began to see him EVERYWHERE.. Walking to class, going to go eat at the dining hall, going to bars.. You get the picture, I’ve run into him a lot. I see him so often that I kind of convinced myself it was the universe telling me to get to know him somehow. The problem I’m having is finding an opportunity to approach him without it being strange or awkward. I don’t know anything about him and I don’t think I know anyone who knows him (since it is only my second semester at the school my number of friends here is limited). I really want to at least talk to him a little bit to see if what I am attracted to about him physically would translate to me being attracted to who he is as a person. I would like to think that he has at least noticed that I am alive, but do you think that the amount of times I’ve seen him without approaching him would hurt my chances of anything ever happening? I guess I will never know unless I do something. Any suggestions? I really appreciate your help, people of seddit!