Will I Look Like Old Fool If I Tell My Neighbour I Fancy Her?

I’ve often wondered how many men and women live next door to each other who would like to have a relationship with each other, but fear of rejection stops them from revealing their feelings.

- Coleen

Dear Coleen

I’ve often wondered how many men and women live next door to each other who would like to have a relationship with each other, but fear of rejection stops them from revealing their feelings.

I find myself in this situation. I’m a 60-year-old man and I’d like to be in a romantic relationship with the woman next door, who’s a similar age and lives alone. However, I don’t have the nerve to tell her how I feel because I don’t know how she feels about me.

I’ve known her for six months and she seems friendly when I talk to her over the garden fence or when I pass her at the shops.

I wonder if she would have approached me by now if she liked me, or maybe she’s got no idea how I feel about her, so she doesn’t have the courage to say anything.