I'd appreciate any advice you can give on where to take this relationship?

i know its long, but I would honestly appreciate it if you could read through this and give some help. thanks in advance !





this girl and i knew each other from a very young age. We chat sometimes on msn or sms and catch-up every now and then after periods of non-contact. For the past 5 years we've been smsing each other happy birthday at 12 midnight (not that we arranged it but somehow it has become a routine). But we have never been close.





I've liked her for 6 years now. (Certainly there have been other crushes in between but i had not stopped maintaining a very good opinion of her.) Other than using telecommunications, the only time we chat is when our families meet up.





Recently we lost contact for 6 months. Then as i was thinking of her i just rang her up to say ';good luck for the upcoming A lvls';. She seemed (but she's a really nice girl she may be just being polite) really happy i called, chatted for 30min, and she also said ';hope our families meet up soon, or it'll be hard seeing u again';. (this is because after this year we're both going to different countries to study)





I don't think its possible she likes me though. I start most of the conversations and we never flirt with each other, just chat. we're both vry decent ';family-oriented'; teens anyway.





And shes also a really shy girl. Im not sure if i should ask her out, because she might feel obliged to go, in a way, and that puts us in very awkward positions.





Im not exactly sure where to bring our relationship. Could anyone offer any help? i would be really happy for some advice =)I'd appreciate any advice you can give on where to take this relationship?
I would go for it and ask her out, but perhaps only as friends for the time being? This will show her you have grown up alot over the years, and dont just rely on family occasions to see each other.





You never know what could blossom if you decide to ask her out, but if you dont you will always look back and think ';what if?';





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http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090914054606AA8MYvw%26amp;r=wI'd appreciate any advice you can give on where to take this relationship?
1) If you don't try, you will never know.


2) There's always a first time.


3) Any decision, is either a yes, or a no.
You both still teens,so keep talking when you old enough then you know what you want.any how good friends stay for life time,keep relation same way, nothing to loose.
You are not alone but 90% of guys face this problem. They feel shy to convey their feelings to their girlfriend. You have to be bold enough to put your words. Even my boyfriend suffered from the same syndrome but somehow he was able to get me. I was a very hard girl but he managed to get me. One day I asked him about the trick and couldn't stop laughing when he disclosed his secret. He had mastered himself through an ebook. So you can take help of some such ebook that can explain you for how to get a girl.