Well being the hopeless romantic I have had my heart trampled on more than a few times.
Had quite a bad run over the last year and I was getting to the point where I just trying to ignore any feelings I had for any girls I met...
... then it happened, I met her.
Being older and arguably wiser I have always been dubious about meeting girls at parties and I never really go to a party to try and pick up. But it happened...
I was in Sydney for work a few months back and I decided to go to the Jeff Mills party (I cannot believe how much that evening sucked... thank goodness for MDMA!).
Anyway there was this girl there that I was instantly attracted to... and being that I just didn't want to go there that night and that I definately didn't want to get hurt or let down again (sound familiar?), I pretty much avoided her all night.
Then in the morning all the people I knew where leaving and I was still in party mode so somehow I ended up hanging out with her and her friends... and we just hit it off like you wouldn't believe.
I had to leave during the day to help out a friend, and I was worried I was going to miss an opportunity... but luckily she wanted to go to the screening of Jeff's film the following Monday and I was the only one that could make it with her.
I cannot believe how nervous she made me feel, no one had ever made me feel like that before (and I have been in love before trust me)... somehow on our first "date" we managed to realise that we both liked each other and we kissed... sigh.
Anyway to cut a long story short, I now live in Sydney with this girl and we are totally and completely and madly in love. I always believed in soulmates, I just never thought I would actually meet mine!
If you don't take chances in life, if you don't take risks... then you don't get the rewards. Sure it hurts when you fall on your ass (or your face as I had done many times before) but the alternative is much worse.
Go with your heart, but one word of advice... I was lucky in this case, normally my behaviour would have scared off any other girl... so take it easy and have fun and be yourself. If they can't take that then you would probably have been let down by them as a friend one day anyway.
Some of the best friends I have in the world I have been keen on at one point or another, and all of them have been nothing but amazing about it, those friendships will last!
Good luck!