i hope you can help me, im really caught up on a guy and i hardly know him. i try to talk to him but i get so nervous.
Everyone gets nervous around people they fancy, it's a fact of life. In fact it is believed this actually helps us appear more attractive to the people we fancy. Apparently the blood supply moves to the lips and other essential attractive parts of the body and that's why people get butterflies in their stomach, because the blood supply moves away from the stomach. How true that is, I don't know, it's just a regular thing that appears in body language books.
every now and then he will make conversation with me (yey!) and its usually about his best friend who is going out with my best friend. Because of the situation i am hoping that we will get to know each other better. he also talks about subjects a school etc. we seem quite alike. the thing is i dont know if im ready for a boyfriend
The only way to find out, is to try having a boyfriend.
he is also 17 and i am 16 and i dont know if he will be expecting different things.
Do you mean sex? Most men will be expecting sex, but it is up to you to make it known when you do or don't want it, and if he puts pressure on you to have sex, then he probably isn't worth staying with.
like i said i really like him though but am sooo shy and i dont know if he sees me in the same way. what should i do. should i just talk to him and try to act confident. please help. i really really really like him
Yes, you should try and talk to him. You don't need to act confident though, all you need to do is be yourself. If he fancies you and you allow him to get to know you, you should eventually get together. If you don't get together it was not meant to happen. At this stage you need to get to know each other more, before you decide you want to go out together, an opportunity should appear if you continue to get on well together.
