She’s In Love With Her Pen Pal And Can’t Move On With Her Life Without Confessing Her Feelings, But She’s Not Sure How To Tell Him
This 23-year-old girl is from Argentina, and for the last 13 years, she’s been pen pals with a 27-year-old guy from America.
It all started when she was little, and her school got letters from another school in America, so she and her class wrote letters back.
Hardly any of her classmates received more than one single letter, but she and this boy sent letters back and forth for the following three years.
From there, they began exchanging emails in addition to letters. After more time had elapsed, they progressed to speaking on a messaging app.
Their pen pal relationship evolved from talking on a monthly basis via snail mail to chatting every single day, thanks to technology.
They also have spoken through video calls on occasion, but what makes things weird is that while they both have been dating other people over the years, she hasn’t been able to seriously commit to anyone because of him.
She wants her pen pal to be the first guy she does everything with. Sadly, he got a girlfriend during the pandemic, and he wasn’t able to reach out to her as much, but now he’s currently single.
She absolutely has developed feelings for him and can admit that she’s in love with him. However, she’s hesitant to tell him, as she believes he looks at her more like a little sister than a potential love interest.
Additionally, his life is drastically different than hers, which gives her doubt that they could truly work out.
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“He runs every morning, goes to the gym a lot, is a tall and strong person with high activity and a lot of friends,” she explained.
“I am very frail from a muscle disease I got when I was younger and did physical therapy for a long time to be able to walk and now run a little, but not much.”
She admits she looks weak, and she lost a ton of friends following her sickness, so she’s a pretty quiet person.
As for her pen pal, all of the girls he’s dated have been outgoing and incredibly fit gym-goers, which aligns more with the life he leads.
Surprisingly, she recently moved to New York a week ago for a work opportunity, and she’s going to be there for the upcoming six months.
She really wants to meet up with her pen pal in person and confess her feelings for him, but she’s terrified he won’t have the same feelings for her.
“I never told him about it or that I’m here, but we always talk about how he should visit me or I should visit him and how he’d show me this city,” she said.
“I want to just visit his apartment like in the telenovelas, but I know that is awkward. He bought a really, really nice apartment during the lockdowns, and I often joked I would like to see it in person. he always said to stop by, and it was funny because I obviously couldn’t, being so far away, but now it is a subway away.”
“I think it is worth taking the chance and risking our friendship because I don’t feel like I can move on with my life without at least trying. How do I approach?”
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