Pat's Answer

Hello you are very welcome to Ask Pat. 

Thank you for sharing your feelings about your crush with us. It sounds like you have feelings for this person but you are uncertain how to tell him. Telling someone how you feel can be an anxious and exciting for some people and it sounds like you have given this a lot of thought and you have made a great leap in reaching out to us today.

It can be confusing when you like someone but you are not sure how they feel about you. Do you have any mutual friends that you trust enough to chat to about how much you like him, or to check with them if they know whether he likes you? Have you thought about what might happen if you do not tell this boy how you feel? Or indeed what might happen if you do tell him? Looking at both instances can often help us to make up our minds about what we will do.

On the Childline website there are some articles about relationships that you may like to read through. You can find them here: www.childldine.ie/sexuality-and-realtionships/

You can also get in touch and talk it through with Childline who are available to listen to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service is available to you free and has a welcoming team of people who will listen to you and who won’t judge you or tell you what to do. They will help you to explore options that may help you with your question. Childline is your space to chat in a safe place about your thoughts and feelings. Childline does not trace numbers or IP addresses. You can get in touch a number of different ways, by telephone at 1800 66 66 66, by text at 50101 or through our web chat on the Childline website www.Childline.ie.

Once again thank you for sharing your feelings with us. Get in touch, everyone in Childline would be happy to listen to you. 

Take care and keep safe. 

Pat