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I am 17 as the title states and I have only had one relationship that went from 3rd grade to 5th grade. I am now in 11th grade and am surrounded by couples.

Here's the story part of this situation: It was sometime during the first week of school in 3rd grade. I saw this girl during our recess that I thought was really pretty. I got one of my friends to follow me and we went behind a tree. I told my friend that I liked this girl and that I wanted him to tell her that but not tell her where I was. He went off to go tell her while I hid behind the tree. I waited for a few minutes and then he came back. The only problem here was that she was with him when he came back! She said that she liked me too and we started "dating". She left halfway through the year and went to a different school. In 5th grade she came back and then during recess near the end of October she broke up with me. It didn't really bother me though which was weird.

Flash forward to current day: There are attractive girls all over my school. There was this one just recently that is 2 grades below me (9th grade) and I thought she was really pretty. One of my friends is in a relationship with her friend so he was going to introduce me to her today. I got really nervous about this endeavor. We had finals today and he wasn't done with his when the bell rang so I couldn't be introduced to her.

When I got home today, I got on Quotev (a website where my friends and I chat and hang out) and asked my friend about the introduction thing. He told me that his girlfriend (the girl I like's friend) told him that the girl I like doesn't like me. This didn't bother me as much as I thought it would've. I asked his girlfriend just to be sure and she told me the same thing.

Basically, I am looking for advice to get over this issue and be able to talk to girls I like like a normal person because this issue is greatly impacting both my regular life and my social life.

Please help me!
<bot>: For some reason I cannot talk to girls I find attractive. It is really effecting my regular life and my social life.