You know, when he was asked the secret of his success and he replied, 'I asked'. So true! I'm back on the dating scene after my marriage breakdown and thought to myself, I don't have time to piss about if I want to have sex again before the effing menopause. So when I met a guy I was (extremely) attracted to, I asked him for a drink, we had a couple of dates. It became quickly clear that we were too different for this to become a full relationship, but we agreed on the extremely mutually satisfactory arrangement of, what I believe young people call, fuckbuddies. I love it!
Now I met a guy through a friend who has seriously piqued my interest in a potential proper relationship. So I asked him out and we are going out tomorrow! It may not work out (and obviously if he is interested in me the FB thing will end immediately, as me and FB agreed when we set up the arrangement) but at least I will know.
I am definitely going to continue with the 'just ask and find out' attitude. The absolute worst that can happen is they say, 'no.', and that really isn't so bad. And it is definitely worth the risk for what might happen. I mean, I'm having a ball and I feel SOOO proud of myself too!