too friendly like just friends? There are a lot of relationships that started as just friends. The more you get to know each other, the closer you may become and realize there may be more here than just friends. And unfortunately the only way to overcome the fear is the same way to overcome any fear, you gotta do what youre afraid of. Goes for dating, goes for stuttering. If something feels too scary, I suggest reframing it in a way in which you can succeed. If I want to impress a gir at schooll, I would start with the more achievable goal of talking to her once per class or once a week. The conversation doesn't have to be long or great, but the goal is to have it. Once you get comfortable with that, you can move on to maybe telling a joke or telling a story. It's about starting at an easy enough goal you can achieve and building momentum to get to where you want. You can't go from A straight to Z, you gotta build up to it.