I’m a 23-year-old male who has never been in a relationship. I have had many crushes but never the courage to go ask anyone out. I dread rejection. Compounding this problem: I might be bisexual. I’m afraid to reveal this to anyone. Some girls might be okay with it at first, but they are likely to leave me later for fear that I could actually be gay—and those are the girls who would even consider dating a bisexual guy in the first place. I’ve wasted 23 years of my life because of my fear of being rejected—by everyone, including my conservative family. Any advice?
Hopefully Not Hopeless
Buck up, HNH.
Most people don’t start dating until their late teens, HNH, so you haven’t wasted 23 years. You’ve wasted five or six years—eight on the outside. And your “wasted years” weren’t entirely wasted, were they? Presumably you were...