When I was a kid, I had this huge crush on a girl. We hing out and flirted a lot, it was super obvious I liked her, and from her actions and from what her friends said, I really though she liked me too. Like I was positive it was a sure thing. So one day we had this conversation about the cutest/best/most romantic ways to ask a girl out. The subtext was not subtle. It was basically me saying "Im going tobask you out" and her saying "If you asked me out in this way, I'd totally say yes" She told me that the way that woukd make her heart melt the most was if a guy went to the trouble to be her secret admirer. She went into detail about how much that would win her over, so instead of just asking her out on the spot, which is what I shoukdbhabe done, I decided I'd wait and be her secret admirer. If courae she woukd knkw it was me. I mean, we just had a big converaation abiut it. But how cute was it going to be when she mentioned to me that "someone" was her "secret" admirer, and id be all like "oh gee, i wonder who THAT could be?" So it went for a couple weeks, I was sending her little notes and gifts, prerty much thew way she'd deacribed what she wanted. The gifts werent expensive, just trinkets that represented binside jokes or things we both liked. A couple mixtapes too. Well, we didnt get any of thise cute moments I'd imagined, and when i finall did the "reveal" and asked her out, she wasn't as enthusiastic as I'd imagined she would be. I mean, she said yes to go on a date with me, so that was alright. Setting up the date never went well. She was always busy or something so i kinda stopped asking. Later, I ran into her randomly as she was talking with a friend. I said hi, and she seemed happy to see me. The friend she qas talking to (a guy) said to her "oh, is THIS that guy that was sending you-" She immediately turned to him, hit him in the stomach, and gave him a look and a "shhhh! Shut up!" Under her breath. The guy then put his arm around her and extendes his hand ti me to shake hands, saying "Hi. I'm Steve, her boyfriend. Nice to meet you." Since slowly fading away and disssapearing from the lives of anyone who knew about this situation, I have never talked about it. I can't imagine anything cringier.