Nogget
Saturday 26th September 2009 8:10pm [Edited]
Brighton
6,626 posts
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ September 26 2009, 3:58 PM BST
It's a skill to act as if you are confident. I've been turned down in the past and just thought it was their loss!
But sometimes you'd be surprised, Mr Dagger thought I'd never like him in a million years and therefore wouldn't approach me despite some heavy hints. But there again I am pretty scary.
Since I'm a typical bloke, I am unable to be sure I can read the hints, and it's a concern of mine that I should not delay making the moves, for the sake of all concerned. Usually it's fine, but once (very recently) the girl jumped away when I simply touched her hand, making me feel like I was some creep.
Quote: Tim Walker @ September 26 2009, 3:54 PM BST
Some of us are just too terrified to try any form of "chatting up". Fear of rejection overwhelms us. Pathetic, but probably not that rare amongst us blokes.
Well I certainly know that feeling, but like all fears, they become much less troubling once you face them, by 'aversion therapy'. I was most surprised to find that I actually felt relief after rejection, because what was really bothering me was the uncertainty of the situation.
I'm not naive, and I know that both men and women want sex, which is why I said my views would be 'sickening and boring to most of humanity'. Jeebus, why do some people seem incapable of entertaining the possibility that there just might be others out there who really DON'T think in the same way they do?
I'm sorry if I gave the impression I was criticising you, that was certainly not my intention. Put it down to me posting too early in the morning, before my brain is working. I was trying to show that Mr Carpark's view is very similar to my own, in this particular case.