I need advice. Help Me Please!!!!!!

[randomalien]

Okay....it is about this guy.
I really really like him but there are 2 problems.
1)-He is a Senior & I am a Freshman
2)-I get really nervous...REALLY NERVOUS
Every time I see him I can barely say hello. One of my friends said that I turned red when he said hello back. My usual behavior with people is staring them down & making jokes. Pretty laid back but with him I can barely speak. To make matters worse my friend told a lot of people that I liked this person. I need some advice please!!!!!!
Thanks ye humans!!!!

[TigerBoy]

1) so whats that 14/17? You worried he'll not be interested, worried what other people would say or ... ? I'm with a 15 year old, but this is new over the summer and school hasn't quite started for us.

2) Well he probably realises you are nervous and thinks you are being cute even if you don't mean to be. Everyone gets nervous, it will probably get easier rather than harder for you each time you see / speak to him though.

[FullyAlive]

First off I don't know how to say this without sounding really rude but would he actually date you, I wouldn't date a 14 year old. Its you know kinda illegal too well sexual contact is. You both would Jane different expectations of a relationship and I think realistically it would be better for you to keep it as a crush instead of thinking about trying to get him with you.

But if you think you do stand a chance then you need to stop getting panicky or whatever when he's around he's just like everyone else so talk to him like you would them. Avoid one on one contact so you have your friends around you when you speak as that should give you more confidence.

[ashdyn]

First off I don't know how to say this without sounding really rude but would he actually date you, I wouldn't date a 14 year old. Its you know kinda illegal too well sexual contact is. You both would Jane different expectations of a relationship and I think realistically it would be better for you to keep it as a crush instead of thinking about trying to get him with you.

But if you think you do stand a chance then you need to stop getting panicky or whatever when he's around he's just like everyone else so talk to him like you would them. Avoid one on one contact so you have your friends around you when you speak as that should give you more confidence.

This is perfect. I didn't know how to phrase is without sounding horrible.

Not to say that age is everything, but in highschool that big of a gap is actually pretty significant. Try find out who he's dated before and if he's dated anyone a few years younger. Also...are you two even friends? I got that he said hi to you but he could have just said hi to you. If you're not even casual acquaintances you're going to have to work on getting him to notice you (which would be particularly difficult cause it's generally harder for a freshman to get in with the seniors).

Staring people down does not sound very friendly. Try taking a more casual stance...especially around him. You'd hate for him to think you're the creepy freshman that stares at him lol