I’m getting impatient and frustrated that this guy hasn’t asked me to be his girlfriend. Should I just initiate it?!

I’ve (21) been going out with this guy (23) for two months now and we see each other pretty regularly. I’m talking 4-5 days a week. I think he is cute and I like him. He brings me out to dates and we get along pretty well. I started to feel like I liked him last month when we were out driving at night and he kissed the back of my hand; it was such a sweet gesture. And he still keeps doing it until this day.

My friends tell me that maybe he’s waiting for me to say something, because I told him in the beginning that I’m just going with the flow and see where it goes. He said the same thing. So I wonder if he thinks we’re together without “the talk.” But I like clearing things up and not assuming.

What should I do? I’ve been putting off telling him how I feel just because I will look so, so vulnerable when I tell him. I just want us to be exclusive and not see anyone else, and I’m kinda sure he isn’t seeing anyone else with the amount of time we hangout/talk but you can just never assume what other people’s intentions are. How do I go about telling him all this?