It doesn’t happen to me very often; in fact, this has been happening for the very first time. I have that strange feeling of loveliness towards one of my students. You might find me creepy or unprofessional, but I don’t know where this feeling is leading me.
So, here’s the story:
I (22M) work in a private IT institution as a data science mentor. I teach Stats, ML, and DL to students and working professionals. In one of the batches, there’s this girl whom I find very attractive. I did not have any initial attraction, but after attending some lectures, specifically certain presentations and mock interviews, I started finding her not only attractive, but also mature, sweet, simplistic, and so cute. She remains very calm and continues to smile. As per my observations during the presentation, I find she’s very fluent in English…which might have attracted me. She’s smart and beautiful (for me at least). She is pursuing her master’s degree, and I am about to complete my bachelor's. I started working after completing my 12th, so I have been teaching for 3 years, and this has never happened before.
Obviously, she won’t have a clue about what I think about her. But whenever I see her, I lowkey feel something-something for her. I might sound desperate, but I really feel like dating her, but it makes me feel miserable that I should not do this at all! I don’t want to be creepy by asking her out directly, as it will affect our professional relationship as well.
I am quite an introvert, and so is she. I don’t know how to approach her or talk to her. I only know her name, and we both know nothing about each other. I genuinely don’t know if I should ask her out or just be still as I am right now. I have never dated before, henceI have no idea what I should do.
I am sorry if I sounded cheap.
Could you guys please help me figure out how to overcome this feeling? Either by going through or escaping from it.