I’m scared to approach my crush. What if he rejects me?

The Boston Globe · Meredith Goldstein · 2026-11-05 20:00 UTC

Every time I pass him, he looks at me, and my heart skips a beat and my stomach drops because I’m worried he knows.

Q. A problem from campus: My friends have been teasing me about liking my friend’s ex’s brother.

My friend and her ex are on good terms, so it would be OK to date her ex’s brother.

In fact, my group of friends told him (the ex’s brother) that one of their friends (me, but they didn’t say my name) had feelings for him, and he looked right at me after they said it.

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