There are no shortcuts. I guess I should be glad that at least one of us see it. If both of us jumped in feet first, it might not end well. (Okay, I think if she wanted to move fast I might be the one slowing down, I was always the more pragmatic one)
My W chased me for 5 months before I decided to go out with her. Good thing she didn't give up after a few weeks.
I think fear is a large part of this.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. --Jean Jacques Rousseau.