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Rocketman:
--- Quote from: tuna ketchup x on 29 Aug 2008, 11:00 ---So instead of "blargh! girl!" just see that PERSON as someone who, I don't know, is checking out a CD of a band you like. Talk to that person about said band. That is how connections start not with hokey pick up lines at a skeezy club.
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I think you're misunderstanding (or maybe just talking generally). I can't talk to people like that, period. If a guy has a CD of a band I like, I lock up just as bad as if it's a girl with the CD.
I mentioned girls alone in my earlier post because the topic was about heterosexual guys and girls.
--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 29 Aug 2008, 11:13 ---Yes, but the scary part is fear of rejection, and if I'm understanding Rocketman, he's not afraid of being rejected by males.
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I am scared of being rejected by males, but only insofar as rejection for regular social stuff, not romantic.
And I'm scared of success, because success just means you have more invested when the rejection comes.
tuna ketchup x:
--- Quote from: Rocketman on 29 Aug 2008, 12:06 ---I think you're misunderstanding (or maybe just talking generally). I can't talk to people like that, period. If a guy has a CD of a band I like, I lock up just as bad as if it's a girl with the CD..... And I'm scared of success, because success just means you have more invested when the rejection comes.
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See, I can relate to this, completely. That's basically why I stick with the same people, year after year, and don't really make any new friends outside the circle even though I'd LIKE to meet people outside the circle, and have more girl friends. The trick is practice, and dare I say it, drugs (the legal kind). Socializing is hard but if you want it badly enough you have to work at it, just like you would at playing an instrument or learning the theory of relativity.
ashashash:
--- Quote from: tuna ketchup x on 29 Aug 2008, 11:29 ---I do know that for whatever reason I don't care for most of my guy friends' girlfriends, largely because they do act too much like ladies.
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:?
This is okay but being too socially anxious to approach strange girls isn't?
Doug S. Machina:
--- Quote from: Rocketman on 29 Aug 2008, 12:06 ---
I think you're misunderstanding (or maybe just talking generally). I can't talk to people like that, period. If a guy has a CD of a band I like, I lock up just as bad as if it's a girl with the CD.
I mentioned girls alone in my earlier post because the topic was about heterosexual guys and girls.
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I am scared of being rejected by males, but only insofar as rejection for regular social stuff, not romantic.
And I'm scared of success, because success just means you have more invested when the rejection comes.
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--- Quote from: tuna ketchup x on 29 Aug 2008, 12:41 ---See, I can relate to this, completely. That's basically why I stick with the same people, year after year, and don't really make any new friends outside the circle even though I'd LIKE to meet people outside the circle, and have more girl friends. The trick is practice, and dare I say it, drugs (the legal kind). Socializing is hard but if you want it badly enough you have to work at it, just like you would at playing an instrument or learning the theory of relativity.
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I relate to these, too. I find it harder to meet with people unless I already know them, if that makes sense. And it's not like I run and hide when I meet women, but the whole field of dating seems incredbly knotty with huge potential for rejection and embarrassment, which weigh heavier than the potential benefits. Sad, really.
bbqrocks:
I think I am like Anyways here. If the girl strikes up the conversation, I come across as very witty and an OK kinda guy, but if they don't strike up a conversation I come across as an idiot who has no idea what to say.
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