Silence isn’t fucking golden
It’s not.
Imagine the person you like, and then imagine them liking you too.
Now imagine them breaking up with their psychotic significant other and finally getting a chance.
After creating that mental scenario for yourself, imagine that they don’t know if they like you anymore. Imagine they didn’t even fucking tell you at all. Imagine finding out they kissed some other person at midnight tonight.
It’s not so golden anymore, is it?
I rest my case.