I believe I have laid eyes on the finest creature I have ever seen. However and in spite of her above-average maturity level, her age, in both absolute terms and compared to mine, makes it impossible for me to be anything more than, at most, her friend. And that is what I wish to be.
There are two risks - make that three: that my illness might complicate things to a level I am honestly neither prepared nor willing to deal with, that I might scare her away, or both things. Out of the three, that she will be afraid of me and of my true nature is the most likely scenario. And that is what I want to try and avoid as much as possible. Surely you must have found yourself in comparable situations.
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I believe I have laid eyes on the finest creature I have ever seen. However and in spite of her above-average maturity level, her age, in both absolute terms and compared to mine, makes it impossible for me to be anything more than, at most, her friend. And that is what I wish to be.
There are two risks - make that three: that my illness might complicate things to a level I am honestly neither prepared nor willing to deal with, that I might scare her away, or both things. Out of the three, that she will be afraid of me and of my true nature is the most likely scenario. And that is what I want to try and avoid as much as possible. Surely you must have found yourself in comparable situations.