For a good, long while I've been one of the nice guys, one of those spineless lovers. I don't really know what else I can say about it other than trying for three years, never had the mental strength to actually go up do that one girl and say it. Heck, last year I had two girls I'd been crushing on, my best friends - then I left for a bit. Six months away from them and practically no contact as I chased after a different girl, though this time I actually managed to talk to her about it.
Lasted a couple of weeks, then the whole thing went down in flames. I'm glad for that, though, because what happened with her got me back together with my old friends. And through that contact I fell for one of them again, and they fell back in love with me and it rolled from there.
It's about two months old now, but we've gotten far. A few weeks ago we went on our first "date" or "night out," and it's still going.
Point is, though ... I was one of those nice, backbone-lacking guys. Maybe my problem was, in the end, overcomeable, but if there's any way for you to break through that then you should. At the end of last year I told myself "Hey, this year? I'm going to tell people what I think." And, while some of you might not believe in that kind of thing, it's actually gotten me places.
EDIT: As for the question that's actually being asked here ... she likes me as being who I am. Yeah, probably because I have a way with words and know what she likes, but also because I'm sincere. For the longest time now I've wanted to be either a teacher (Important stuff right there) or a nurse (Helping people who can't help themselves?), and right now I'm actually focusing on Nursing. All I want to do is help, she understands that. She is the kind of girl who, I guess, is an "acquired taste" - you get to appreciate their appearance a bit more when you're finally together with them (But, arguably, that with everyone). But she's also the kind of mature girl, the kind of person that everyone likes because she's sensible and approachable.
Heck, on a related note, one of my "mates" (He used to hang around with me for ages, god knows why) is a total ass towards girls, and people in general, and I've been genuinely more successful in life than he has, relationships included.