Low confidence, in love?

[Jamz]

At my school... girl/guy interaction is almost nonexistant. The guys say it is because all the girls are ugly or w/e... I go along with it because hey? do I really want to be shunned?
BTW I'm in 8th grade
The thing is, I like and have liked one girl since like 4th grade, but like I said, they all think she is ugly and so it would be reallly hard to ask her out. Ontop of that, I have pretty low self-confidence which makes it extra hard to do anything that could possibly remove me from the "cool kids". ONTOP of that... I'm pretty sure she likes this other guy at another school, although that was only a rumor that I heard like a 5 months ago, so I dunno...

I don't know what to do... I talk to her on AIM sometimes but not much in school because of the seperation between guys/girls things. Should I just start out like getting to know her better as a friend then ask her on dates?

BTW I'm a pretty sensitive guy which is why my last girlfriend dumped me... her friends told me that she thought I was way dumb or something because I was so open and sh1t with my feelings... I treated her really well and it backfired, so what should I do if I do ask this girl out? (her name is megan)

-Self-Confidence FTFL

[Underground_Network]

Just to let you know, two things before I give you advice. A) Why does everyone spell (non)existent wrong? Its spelled nonexistent, not nonexistant. B) And you can curse you don't have to type sh1t, you can type shit.

But anyway, don't let your friends demoralize you. They're not helping with your self-esteem. I'd say start talking to the girl. Take it slow, but don't stay friends for too long, or it might become permanent, and almost impossible to start a relationship. Don't be shunned by your friends. I doubt going out with her is going to make you lose them. If you want to, you two could even stay apart in school, but hang out outside of school, just be careful where you hang out. If you wanna test your friendship with your friends, and maybe take a stand, you could go out with this girl (or at least attempt to) and show affection in school. Start off as friends and take it slow. (BTW i'm in 8th grade too) :P Hope I helped!

[Jamz]

Just to let you know, two things before I give you advice. A) Why does everyone spell (non)existent wrong? Its spelled nonexistent, not nonexistant. B) And you can curse you don't have to type sh1t, you can type shit.

But anyway, don't let your friends demoralize you. They're not helping with your self-esteem. I'd say start talking to the girl. Take it slow, but don't stay friends for too long, or it might become permanent, and almost impossible to start a relationship. Don't be shunned by your friends. I doubt going out with her is going to make you lose them. If you want to, you two could even stay apart in school, but hang out outside of school, just be careful where you hang out. If you wanna test your friendship with your friends, and maybe take a stand, you could go out with this girl (or at least attempt to) and show affection in school. Start off as friends and take it slow. (BTW i'm in 8th grade too) :P Hope I helped!

You did, although it will still be hard... I'm gonna get laughed at pretty bad if I do, unless I use physical force to shut them up, which I hate to do...