Is it possible?

[Dangoblin]

Welllll... For starters, i have to say that so much has happened this past week. I finally, sorta got over my crush that i was trying to get over for awhile now, and i finally told my mom i was gay. She was perfectly fine with it and in fact, ended up telling me some odd personal stuff of hers.

Now, after i sorta finally got over my crush, i somehow managed to find a new one. The problem is, i really don't want to go through the mind stressing "is he gay? does he like me?" scenario again. I did that for far to long on my first crush and i don't think i can go through it again just to be shot down in the end. If possible, i wanna try to befriend this kid since hes a freshman and i'm a sophomore. Plus hes friends with one of my friends (whom unfortunately i am not that close with). I became so attached to my last crush and for so long that after i stopped thinking about him, i became bored. I became bored because i wasn't constantly obsessing over the kid. I want to know, how can i make myself not become emotionally attached to my new crush? I honestly wont be able to handle it if i become too attached.
*Edit* I also forgot to mention that i've been dying for a relationship. Is that possibly contributing to the reason why i become attached?
Thanks in advance

[FreeFall]

It is possible that you wanting a relationship so badly, is what's keeping them at bay.

You don't find love, it finds you. So have occasional thoughts of him, that's totally find, but don't obsess.

Your plan sounds good. Talk to him, get to know him, build up some trust and really watch him. See if you can tell if he's gay or bi, maybe once the trust tower between you two is sturdy you can tell him yourself? Or he'd come out to you. That is, of course, he has interest in the same sex. Overall take it slow, don't jump the gun and have fun! If you stress or obsess he'll pick up on it, and that'll make things sort of tense. Just go with the flow and enjoy the ride (: good luck!