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ItalianStallion1119
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21 Jan 2011, 2:24 am

Okay so here's the deal...I have very few friends...I would say around 10. None of them a girl, not even an aquintence. Basically most of my friends are awkward like me around girls with the exception of a couple who are awesome with them...

Think of me like Carlton from "Fresh Prince" and I want to become more like Will in terms of the ladies...I have just never had a friend that's a girl because I never had any confidence after being bullied all through high school. I never went to the prom/ball, never really became friendly with a girl. I mean I could talk about school stuff and maybe a few little things but trying to ask a girl out never happened...

I felt and still feel incapable of this type of interaction with girls, I never take a shot and possibly missed a few oppourtunities at college, one in particular that when I think about it makes my mind boggle that I didn't even ask for the girls number...

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Basically me and 3 other friends had classes on the same day and breaks at the same time where we would play foosball...after a couple days people started to play including this 1 girl who continued to come back and then we found out had breaks the same time as us...So I asked about classes, we got semi-personal and she was a friend among us playing foosball, cards, chatting about life and stuff and becoming a good "friend."

Well this continued the whole semester and although my friends and I spent a bunch of time with her, I never asked for her number...hell I still don't even know her last name. On the last day of classes I invited her to come with us to go to a chinese buffet, one where me and my other friends often went to and she willingly came skipping part of her last culinary class, she was in my car for god sakes and laughed at me and my friends jokes and attitudes while eating...and then we came back and decided to play foosball a little bit for one last time...She said any minute that her mom would call and she would leave since her mom was her ride and for some inexplicable reason I never asked for her number and that was it...last time I will see her


I'm not overly upset about the girl I mean she would of been a very nice friend to have...I'm trying to work on this so I can get in relationships but I need to conquer Step 1 before I proceed.

So basically I'm trying to avoid something like this to happen again...since I don't have any real idea how interacting with girls works, pretend I've been in a coma since I was 11 and have no idea what interaction is as I didn't learn anything in my teens years...what advice would you give for starting from scratch and continuing on to one day conquering my issue

*This applies to everyone as well, primarily females cause I have no comfort level where as males at least somewhat of one

Thanks for your help



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21 Jan 2011, 7:19 am

ItalianStallion1119 wrote:
Okay so here's the deal...I have very few friends...I would say around 10.


Ten friends in no way resembles "very few friends." Unless you're using the word "friend" very loosely and you mean "friendly acquaintances."

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So basically I'm trying to avoid something like this to happen again...since I don't have any real idea how interacting with girls works, pretend I've been in a coma since I was 11 and have no idea what interaction is as I didn't learn anything in my teens years...what advice would you give for starting from scratch and continuing on to one day conquering my issue


I would recommend thinking of all people simply as people and not as "guys" or "girls." There is no logical reason it should be more difficult to talk to a member of the opposite sex. They are equally human. It's the same thing. Or you could go my route and think of them as adorable monkeys. It's hard to feel intimidated by an adorable monkey. Although you have to watch out, because monkeys can get violent.


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21 Jan 2011, 12:26 pm

That's an interesting perspective...I realize that they are human like males and have insecurities, etc... I also feel like I know what I have to do but I can't do it when the time comes...I mean I'm not that bad looking, I have great hygiene, etc... I just don't understand why I freeze up when it comes to those situations

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21 Jan 2011, 8:10 pm

The monkey idea might be a bit out of the ordinary, but I got it from my older, very socially successful Aspie friend, and it works for us. Even if you don't do that, though, I do highly recommend simply thinking of all people as people. I'm sorry if this is not the kind of active advice you might be looking for, but if you can solve the problem of fear/intimidation/panic, the rest follows.


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22 Jan 2011, 1:07 am

Yeah I'm in a similar situation...kaybee's advice is good, I'm still working toward it though, it takes time



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24 Jan 2011, 10:21 pm

I am not a social person, but finding a girl like the one you mentioned, ie doing things with you and your friends, is someone you might want to get to know.

Do you do anything like facebook? I am awful at talking to guys without a school/work reason in person, but texting and facebook allows me to be somewhat "normal" and be slightly easier at communicating with guys.

I would be someone who wants to get to really know a guy before I give them my number.

Thinking of them as "adorable monkeys" might work for you, however; NEVER tell them thats how you think of them. That is one way to send them on their merry way.


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