Not sure how to move ldr out of friends territory

[4040]

So I don't have to retype the whole thing:

http://www.loveshack.org/forums/showthread.php?p=959067#post959067

 

A woman I'd been corresponding with for six months overseas accepted my offer to reestablish contact after I foolishly abruptly stopped communicating with her, but instead of revealing my feelings as I initially intended, I instead sent a light email just saying that I enjoyed emailing and chatting.

 

I've been hella interested in this woman for quite some time now, but have had trouble articulating how I feel to her without feeling like I'm going to overwhelm.

In retrospect I realize that she was very interested in the begining, but by being stupid and playing around instead of being more straight forward I think I stunted growth.

Consequently it's stayed much like friends with occasional flirting.

It's been a bit less enthusiastic since I reestablished contact.

 

I've written several emails confessing the connection I have felt for awhile now, but I never sent them. The gist of the message is that I've felt a connection with her for quite sometime now, but refrained from telling her because I couldn't find a satisfying way of expressing it to her. The stress from that, honestly was a big reason I broke contact, but I didn't tell her that.

 

Keep in mind I've been communicating with her for about 6 months now.

I feel there is still some degree of attraction on her end, but it's hard to tell.

 

Honestly, what are my best odds for success in moving this forward/igniting things, a "letter" of confession, or try to build it slowly again?

 

I don't want to scare her off, but on the other hand I don't want to miss out because I waited too long either.

[Guest]

hey 4040, dude my advice is to JUST TELL HER. tell her everything.write it in an e-mail if you have to. it's gonna keep eating you up if you keep putting it off. what do you have to lose? what's that saying, it's better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all? I think that's it. anyway, good luck man.