Asking someone to get closer to you can be scary, like asking someone on a date. But if you have the courage to take that risk, your effort will be returned to you threefold. The easiest way to bridge the gap is to move forward. Ask them to hang out, invite them places you’re going, get their number and start texting them. Pay attention to how they react to your advances; tune in very carefully to their energy and use it to bolster your own feelings of friendship and connection. Even if the friendship doesn’t become super-close super-fast, you’ll have increased your powers of self-confidence
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