Social spasticity

Hay /Lounge/. I wanted to ask /b/, but I'm sure you'll be fine instead.

I'm interested in having an online fling after recently getting out of an abusive "real life" relationship. I am intensely, pathetically infatuated with this one guy I sort of know from a forum, but I'm a spaz at talking to people I don't already talk to regularly and that makes it hard to start anything with him.

Pooper, barrel roll, an hero, etc. have not worked so far.

What do I do, /lounge/? Should I just gtf over it? :(

Erm. I have no clue what specific thing would be appropriate to say in the situation.

In other words, I have no clue how not to be difficult because I'm basically too stupid to understand normal social conduct.