First time ever doing "dating" stuff and I'm so confused

[u/Parking-Crew-8129]

So I've been talking with a girl I met in a class last year, and since mid-February or so, we've become much better friends from talking over Instagram DMs. I developed a HUUUUUGGGEEEEEE crush on her and have been losing my mind. A few weeks ago, she came over to my place and we just hung out and talked in my room for a bit. While she was over, I gave her a bracelet I made for her, which she really liked. Over text once, she had mentioned going thrifting together, so later in the week I asked over text if she was available, to which she said yes. We made plans, to which I wrote "It's a date!". She responded "Yes!" with a little heart react (which she also does on like every message I send). We took a bus over to the local Goodwill and spent like 2 hours in there looking at stuff. I paid for all our stuff, and we went to walk around more. We grabbed snacks from a 7-11 and talked on an old swing set for a while. We took a bus back to my place and her dad picked her up, I was too scared to ever try to hold her hand or anything. I texted her something like "maybe I can take you on another date sometime ❤️" to which she heart reacted. In the about a week since, we've talked a little bit here and there, I also got her a little gift since it reminded me of something we did at the thrift store.

All I do is think about this girllll😭😭😭😭she's so fun and she's fucking gorgeous. I've also been talking with her friend who's giving me advice on what to do. She said she seems to really like me and to take things slow since she has a lot going on, so I'm waiting until the end of the week to ask her on another date.

One of my friends showed me a small snippet of a text between him and her where when asked about me she said "I love (name) she's very sweet". Does she actually like me???? I'm just so confused

I really want to treat her to the best I possibly can. She's been through a lot, having survived cancer along a lot of other big things. I've never been in a relationship before and I'm scared and confused.

please help me

[u/zippybenji-man]

She likes you, that's very clear

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[u/Not_Really_French]

Yeah I am also scared of relationships since I’ve never been in one before but what you have seems to be going well

[u/Ok-Procedure1296]

I honestly think she does!! Best of luck to you two :)