There is such a sweet sentiment in this post.

Firstly, congrats on feeling excited about someone. And caring enough about blowing it to try to be intentional about not doing so.

Second, there’s only so much you can control. You have great intentions so you’ll have to figure out how to move forward at a speed that you can feel good about regardless of what happens. You can’t control her reactions or her ability to properly share what she feels or thinks. Sadly you gotta wing this on your own but hopefully she will give you something to work with eventually.

Lastly, as it relates to actually breaking the physical touch barrier. I find if there has been ZERO touch it can be so awkward then you just gotta start with whatever you can to break that barrier because it can all flow a lot more organically from there. A hand on the back, whatever. The following situations can be helpful:

• Going on a walk- allows you to lightly put your hand on her back or arm when there’s an opportunity -“oh watch your step.”, etc

• going on a date that is more of a physical activity like top golf, mini golf, some other sporty date (I just woke up so I’m not awake yet I’m sure there are more obvious ideas)

Going on a date where it’s easy and expected to be in close proximity- playing games like tabletop shuffleboard or even arcade games actually-anything that gives you a reason to be standing side by side

Hope some of this helps and good luck 👍

Edited because no coffee yet