Anonymous
There's this person that I'm really intrigued by and see a bit of myself in. I haven't had the guts to approach them directly as I worry that doing so will essentially be me harassing them or something of the sort. The other day, I thought that I might ask them something, but saw that a few people I knew were sitting nearby to them so I flaked and made conversation with those folks instead. The conversation (right in front of the person btw) was super awkward and I was trying way too hard to be funny, I don't know why I said half of the stuff that I did but it was all so unlike me and out of character. I want to explain everything and clarify that I don't actually act like that, I'm fairly certain that their perception of me has changed but I feel so conflicted. Where am I supposed to start?? Would it be way too weird to apologize?
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