I identify as bisexual, and my girlfriend identifies as lesbian (she experiences attraction to a handful of men and has dated them, but feels that functionally the term lesbian fits her best which I fully support). For a variety of personal reasons, she's decided she wants to take things slow with me, which I don't mind at all and am fully respecting. The trouble is, I've never been in an adult romantic relationship with a woman (my past relationships have mostly just been centered around casual sex), so I don't really know what signals I should be looking for that it's okay to progress the relationship in terms of physical intimacy. I know the best advice here would normally be to let her make the calls, and maybe it is just as simple as that, but she's very shy and has really relied on me initiating things so far (I am the one who asked her out, who first put my arm around her, asked her permission to kiss her and to cuddle her the first time, etc). We've been dating several weeks now and have only kissed. We even had a sleepover with only cuddling. But now I feel like maybe I'm missing her signals that she's ready to move forward a bit? Like, there were definitely a few moments during the sleepover where I felt like she may have been inviting me to make a move, but I'm really worried about overstepping and making her uncomfortable. She's said a few other things here and there that were a little suggestive, but again I don't know how I'm supposed to turn that into something. I like her so much and am very attracted to her, but she's so innocent and relatively inexperienced sexually, I don't want her to think I'm just looking for sex (the truth is far from it). I just don't know where the happy middle ground between middle school girl crush and lust-laden FWB lies. Should I just ask her directly if she's ready to do more? That feels awkward and kinda grossly pressure-y. But I also feel like if I don't make some sort of move she's going to think I'm not all that into her and our relationship will just fizzle and stagnate. I'm so confused and nervous and frustrated, lol! Does anyone have any helpful advice here for me? Maybe some way to break the ice without making it weird??