I really don't think such things are chosen. If so, we'd all be perfect, and everyone else would be as well.
Sometimes the only thing holding you back is thinking there's no way they could feel the same, and you only find out when it's too late that wasn't the case. Sometimes, you harbor feelings you never wanted for someone who will never feel the same.
Sometimes that's enough, or sometimes you have to tell yourself it is until it's true, or at least until it's close enough to the truth to pass.
<anon>
Sometimes the only thing holding you back is thinking there's no way they could feel the same, and you only find out when it's too late that wasn't the case. Sometimes, you harbor feelings you never wanted for someone who will never feel the same.
Sometimes that's enough, or sometimes you have to tell yourself it is until it's true, or at least until it's close enough to the truth to pass.
[ Anon has a lot of regrets. ]