Article: GIRLS CAN TAKE THE INITIATIVE ON DATING DEAR BETH:

I am in the second year of high school. There is a junior boy who I think is so cute! I nearly die every time he comes near me. I am dying for him to ask me out, but he's kind of shy, and hardly ever says much. I mean, we talk, but I do all the talking. He does listen, so I think he likes me, at least a little. What I need to know is, is it OK for a girl to ask a guy out? LIKING PETE

Girls have always found ways to get boys to ask them out -- being around them, starting up conversations, listening to what they say and looking interested, and outright flirting. Girls grow up faster than boys and often find excuses to call boys first, especially if the boys themselves are too shy to call.

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