. That idea ran through my head for awhile, but then I was told she was single, and the last time I had talked to her, she said she had no kids.

Okay, so here’s where I’m at. This woman and I have met a few times at the church I attend on Sunday evenings. She IS the head pastor’s daughter and I’ve, quite honestly (and shamefully), wussed out on talking to her the other night. I talked to other people that I know from work instead (not co-workers), which is good but the woman I would like to get around to. Now that I have that out of the way, let me add some context to the situation:

I originally met this woman back in August while I was seeing someone else at the time. Honestly, I didn’t think much about her at all because I was into the woman I was already dating. However, after the woman I was dating and I called it off (long story), I haven’t really been interested in anyone else, until the pastor’s daughter came back into where I worked and we talked. Far more things we have in common than this other lady I was seeing ( and I began to really like and respect her), but, ultimately, I didn’t see her again, until 2 months later, where I decided to meet people at this church.

I was down in the dumps because the woman I dated was someone special to me. Although, no matter how much I care(ed) about her, it wasn’t going to work. So I decided to check out these evening services at this church and, like and behold, the pastor’s daughter (who I had, that first night, found that she was a pastor’s kid) was there. I’m really trying to meet more people, but this one I’m interested in. But, again, I wuss out at times (and I shouldn’t) and not talk to her, even though I have all the confidence in the world to go talk to everyone else there (including the her parents, who are good people). She is the ONLY one I wimp out on. My question is am I being too shy? And what do I do to engage her? I feel like I failure because I don’t have any solutions because, with the other woman I dated, that was far easier (I’ve known her since childhood, but only last year got reconnected with her when we didn’t see each other in nearly 20 years). So I’m at a lost and any piece of advice would help. Thanks!