Although you are scared about telling your crush he is cute, you don’t actually have to tell him that he is cute directly.

What actually works better is to convey the message to him that he is cute over a sustained period of time.

It is far more effective to give him compliments over time than directly telling him that he is cute.

For example, if he is wearing a really nice shirt that fits him well, you can compliment his shirt, telling him that it looks great.

This is how you use something he is wearing as a buffer without coming right out and telling him that you think he is cute.

Guys are good at reading between the lines, especially when you are consistent in your compliments.

The next time around, compliment his bracelet, letting him know that you love its design.

As long as he keeps responding positively to these compliments, your confidence naturally builds.

Soon, you graduate from complimenting what he is wearing materially to facets of his physicality.

For example, you compliment his eyes one day, telling him that the color of his eyes is lovely.

The next time around, you compliment his strong biceps.

All of this conveys the message to him that you think he is cute but is far more impactful than just telling him that he is cute and leaving it at that.

Rather, you have spent the last few weeks complimenting him.

Starting with something he was wearing, and now, facets of his physicality.

This has resulted in a buildup of sexual tension because he has also been responding in kind to your compliments.

This has created a synergy in how you interact with each other.

A synergy that encourages and compels him to ask you out in the foreseeable future.

This is the ultimate goal.

To get your crush to ask you out on a date.

Merely telling your crush you think he is cute isn’t enough to get him to this point, as it would be a single moment in time.

There is no buildup of tension.

It is a moment in time that passes as you wait for more from him that isn’t forthcoming.

A crush that learns what you think about him in this fashion isn’t encouraged nor compelled to do something about it in asking you out.

He thanks you but doesn’t do much else, leaving you frustrated as the weeks go by and he is still not making a move to ask you out.

It would feel as though you wasted all your courage in telling him he is cute to no avail.

It took a lot for you to tell him that he is cute, and yet, he isn’t doing anything about it.

That is why you are better off using a period of giving him compliments to build up sexual tension with your crush.

Spending a few weeks of reciprocal complimenting builds up the tension required to compel your crush to ask you out on a date.