<human>: Summarize the given text in a few sentences.

Here's the situation. I want to ask this very nice, rather awkward, entertaining guy (also a redditor) out to coffee. However, once I like a person I clam up and get super nervous and idiotic around them. So how do I go about asking him to coffee? I have no idea. Advice?

Second problem- My ex and I have been broken up for a month now. We'd only dated for two months and it had all been rather tame. Alas I was his "first" love and I broke up with him after not really being too into him. I did it gently and it wasn't really a fight or anything but recently he's singled me out in front of the entire class (I got boo'd for breaking up with him) and in a few articles in the school newspaper. So I'm not sure if it would add insult to injury to start dating another guy. The unfortunate part- they have the same name.
<bot>: I like a guy; want to ask him out but I'm awkward. My ex is passive aggressive and I'm not sure if I should... throw salt in the wound.