Brian,
We are both in our 20’s, in college, but share no classes right now. I feel like it is hard enough to talk to him in private, I do not think I would get a chance to ask him if there is something he is afraid of. Or if he is hiding something.

I have always had a hard time expressing my feelings and being open toward people, and now I am doing better. Having come from that standpoint, I keep thinking that maybe he is the same. I remember him mentioning, in a easygoing joking around manner, saying that he has a hard time with emotions. But I know he meant it. I want to be open with him and just tell him things bluntly, but at the same time I do not want to scare him away or bother him. For all I know I could be some annoying girl to him. It is frustrating to me, not being able to understand his motives and not knowing how to straight up ask him.

Anita,
I often write letters to people that I never send, to collect my thoughts. Although I like the idea of a letter, I have had a lot of backlash with that type of thing in the past. I do not know if I would be able to give it to him, and I am not going to lie that I would be devastated if he ignored it. I also will have to work with him at some point in the future and I do not want to put him in an awkward position where he is stuck around me after he rejected a friendship between us, if that were the case.

Has letters worked well for you?