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Inexperienced and need some help

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Anonymous User (Age:18 to 24)     When: 3 months ago
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I'm 18 and I've never had a girlfriend. I was home schooled my high school years, so I missed out a lot. I'm always scared to talk to girls and stuff. While I am working, there are a lot of hot/cute girls that flirt and keep starring and smiling at me and stuff, but I get scared and hide in the back. I don't know what to do. I can never keep eye contact, I always look away like the second they look at me. I never know what to say to them. I once had this really cute girl ask me if I had a girlfriend and I said "no". Then I was like "have a nice day!" and slammed the window shut. )OMG hahaha

I can't even believe what I just did) Then I ran away to the back and I never saw her again. I waited my whole life for a girl to make the first move and then I blew it. I was so scared and shaking, I didn't know what to say. I think my heart skipped a beat. I kind of feel bad cause she probably thought I rejected her or something? I kind of regret it now. I was working in drive thru at the time. I'm starting college soon and hope I meet some really neat people, but I get way too nervous around girls. Any advice?

Update: Okay, so today at work I tried to pretend that they were just a person and nothing more, and it actually sorta worked. Well for a little bit. But then there was this girl that kept smiling and stuff at me. She left and then came back and then I started.    3 months ago

Update: acting all weird and I got really nervous, I couldn't even say a word. I kept messing up on everything haha. I don't think she could stop smiling, neither could I. I think I improved a little. :)    3 months ago

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Anonymous User (Age:18 to 24)      When: 3 months ago
Keep improving and try being yourself. Don't let being home schooled hold you back!
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Nut-Meg1453
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Nut-Meg1453 (Age:18 to 24)      When: 3 months ago
As the others said be yourself. If helps pretend your talking to your mom or sister. And take a risk and don't to the back.
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vmw2008 (Age:18 to 24)      When: 3 months ago
make friends with girls first. not with the idea of a relationship. then you'll grow to be more comfortable with them and it won't be so scary.

also, college is the perfect time to become whoever you want to be. Nobody knows you, and nobody has to know that being home schooled has affected your game. Fake it till you make it. Pretend like it doesn't phase you at all and learn from your fellow guys. No girl will know how nervous you are unless you let it show.
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gravygirl (Age:30 to 35)      When: 3 months ago
This is just an idea, but maybe you should start by talking to girls that you aren't attracted to? I think you'd be less nervous that way and you'd get some experience in just being around women. Then when you talk to a girl you are attracted to, you'll know that she's not a totally different species or something.
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Question Asker I actually talk very well and get a long pretty good with girls I'm not attracted to. I sometimes do stutter and stuff, but nothing close to how I act with girls I am attracted to. It's just the ones that I'm attracted to. - 3 months ago
Answerer Well then I think you have a place to start from. Just try to imagine that the attractive girls aren't any different from the unattractive girls. Because really they aren't. Or hell, pick out one girl in particular that you're comfortable with, and just imagine that you're talking to her. - 3 months ago

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cheer-queen2008 (Age:Under 18)      When: 3 months ago
Just be yourself :) and take a risk cause it could pay off :)
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Question Asker That's the thing, I can't be myself around girls =/ - 3 months ago

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curlybabe (Age:18 to 24)      When: 3 months ago
well. I think you should start by being friends with some girls, if you do that you'll learn more about them and get used to the idea of being around them. When you approach to a girl do not panic, we don't eat guys! just stay cool, and be yourself. try to be friendly and have a nice chat with her and then leave, do not run away, but simply say: "I'll see you around! nice talking to you!" and leave.
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fartlard (Age:18 to 24)      When: 3 months ago
Honestly, because you were homeschooled, you probably aren't as used to social interactions as people who weren't homeschooled, as I'm sure you realize.

The first year of college is a very weird experience. You get a whole bunch of people all put together who come from different backgrounds, and it takes some getting used to. Most people feel somewhat weird or out of place, at least some of the time through college, but especially at the beginning. My best advice for college is not to stress about it until you actually get there--it's something that's easier to learn along the way.

If you have a trusted friend that you really get along with, you might try joining the same fraternity. Guys like to help their own. you just don't want to feel out of place with the guys.

Just try to remember that girls don't bite (at least not that hard). Just try to start being friends with girls, and move on to relationships when you get more comfortable. Another perk of being friends with girls: they can help teach you and support you in approaching girls.

Don't stress. You seem like a nice enough guy. and hey girls think you're cute. it'll all come in time.
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Question Asker None of my friends are going to the same college as I am... I want to make some girl friends, but I don't know how. There's just something about them... I can never talk when I am around them. I get all stiff and act really weird. Any tips on making some friends with girls? - 3 months ago
Answerer Well, I'm guessing you are living on campus?
take a step back. before befriending girls, befriend guys. once you've built trust hopefully you can get to know some of their girl friends (its easier if girls have already built trust with a guy that knows u)
try to be around girls more. in class force yourself to sit next to a girl... take it slow. you don't even have to talk to her the first time you sit down. just say hi
baby steps. you can also try to think of girls as your mom... that might help - 3 months ago
 

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lurch-wrestler (Age:Under 18)      When: 3 months ago
well there ya go. just keep up what ur doin now. you'll keep improving until you can't improve and e more(that takes a while tho. a really long one)
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lurch-wrestler (Age:Under 18)      When: 3 months ago
be yourself. but fight the urge to slam drive-thru windows, but just talk. you dnt have 2 keep eye contact, just act like you're busy fixin ppls drinks. don't worry bout the girls. just act like they have dix and ull be fine (even tho they don't and that's a bad way to put it.) if you pretend that they do, itll be easier to talk to them. kind of like thinkin bout baseball during sex, it works if you think bout it enough.
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Newport100 (Age:18 to 24)      When: 3 months ago
Hehehe, your the guy that makes girls feel bad about themselves and the irony is, you don't mean to do that and your the one that feels bad about himself.

You are making a big deal out of nothing though, just treat the ladies as freinds, maybe try and get a strictly friend only "female freind". They can teach you ALOT.


You may have to go the route I did when I was 18 and get yourself a 35 year old girlfreind. Whew, she taught me a lot and she also showed me what being heartbroken feels like (found out she was married and had kids 4 years younger than me, boy did that suck).


You know, not only can you gain a lot of knowledge by reading answers to your questions, you can get a lot of insight from other questions here on this particular website.


Don't worry about "Inexperience" I garuantee you, Love is a mystery for all. Just work on not being scared off. Practice alot, in other words go for it and don't worry about rejection because right now you are the one doing the rejecting.

Try and think this way, I am sure you are naturally a gentleman so BE a gentleman. When that girl asked you if you had a girlfreind you could have just said "yes" because you were feeling a bit intimidated. You would have spared her feelings AND probably up'ed her interest level in you.

You could have approached her at a later date and mentioned something like "Awww man, me and my girl just broke up" "do you have any ideas how I can get her back" then sit back and get schooled by a real bonafide lady, you might learn a lot even if your story is B.S.


These are just little tricks to keep you talking, hope you get the idea and maybe create some of your own. You have to talk to the ladies to learn about them
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Anonymous User (Age:18 to 24)      When: 3 months ago
Ok, I tend to did a lot more in the past have similar problems, so my advice would be, one stop thinking of them as girls and you a guy, think of them as a person most of them aren't that far off from just being like your guy friends but with differences, two if possible hang around your guy friends that have gfs or female friends to help you ease into (of course letting them know ur problem so they don't wonder why you act a certain way) three if possible have at least one guy around with you when you try talking to one so you can fall back on them either talking to them a little more than her or have him talk to a little more so you can listen and observe, once you are around them long enough and get to know them they shouldn't seem so intimidating, also I've found that socializing with them in groups of people over the internet, especially video games tends to help. Hope my advice helps.
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Newport100 So true, try and look at women like they are human beings(my goodness what a concept) instead of all of them being potential mates. You will gain loads of experience talking to them, then when that one special lady comes around, you will not be all thumbs fumbling around for things to talk about. - 3 months ago
Answerer This is a response to the updates, I think that if she sniles at you a lot and you smile back she might get the idea you like her and are shy if you're fumbling words and acting nervous, whether you want to or not your body language is doing the talking for you it seems, I would recommend looking at something in particular on her face and not think of it as attached to a girl, just something to admire such as beautiful eyes you could stare at or something, or try looking at her forehead or - 3 months ago
Answerer Or something like that, to appear as though you are maintaining eye contact, making and keeping eye contact without smothering the other person with your eyes helps give off the "right" signal, if you can't talk well with words try using body language and signals, sometimes you don't have to say a lot or anything at all to really talk to someone (obviously you can't just use body language all of the time) but it might help you relax more and engage girls more easily, especially if it goes well. - 3 months ago
 
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