Ok, I realise that there are many post's here that are probably very similar to this. Also, this is going to be a long post that will probably sound very needy and confusing, I just need people to pick at bits and pieces of it....tell me what I can do to improve, or recommend some sort of help, based on what I am writing that is. I am going to post everything that is on my mind, some of it may come across as random, but still....if you have any advice for even a little piece of this post anything would be greatly appreciated, because I am seriously not motivated enough, and I feel like I do not know what I am capable of or what I could be doing right or wrong. Again, based on the information I give, just peck through it and if you spot something you can comment on go for it, flame it, critique it, make fun of it, whatever.....I am desperate for information. Dont be afraid to hurt my feelings, or call out anything so obvious it is painful, because I am starting from ground zero here. I am 18 year's old, I have never been kissed, I am a virgin, Never been on a date, and I am shy. My skills with woman are horrible it seem's, and I am going to try my best to explain what is going on with me right now. Sorry in advance for the long post.....if it is so bad that it needs to be deleted moderator's, by all means go for it.
I have been reading post after post here, read a solid amount of E-book's (Becoming an alpha-male, Double your dating, A few body language book's......etc)
I have been doing this for about a month, I have slowly been applying my new found knowledge, and it is starting to show results. For example, I normally did not get any sort of interaction with females, and ever since I have started to change my posture, appear more relaxed/open, ****y and funny, woman have actually been approaching me. (in class that is, not out in public)It is pretty amusing, although I am still working on building up some confidence to approach THEM I have definently been noticing some subtle, yet definent improvement.
I have also started to go wander around my small city just simply making eye contact with everybody possible, holding it, and saying "hi" with a genuine happy smile (not a all teeth say cheese grin). I find it extremely easy to maintain eye contact with members of the same sex, older woman, and un attractive woman, but when I come across the path of somebody that is ATTRACTIVE to me, I either hold eye contact until they look away, or I lose the battle and just lose eye contact and look down. It is getting frustrating when I cannot get past this small stage, the problem is that when I see somebody attractive I am un-able to smile or even say hi, I can only stare back or look away.....I think I am so used to looking away that it has turned into a sub-concious act. Even though these people are all complete stranger's to me, I still seem to lose the battle of being confident and showing any direct interest to them, instead I just say to myself "I will say hi and smile to the next one" And I never do, how on earth can I overcome this problem? This only happens when It is a complete stranger. I am able to smile and talk and so forth with people I know slightly at school *even attractive females I only know slightly* But it seem's like I completly freeze in the overall public scene such as a supermarket.
Here is another problem, there is a girl I am attracted to that I have in one of my classes she sits right next to me and I am either over analysing things or she is showing signs of interest. I do not know this girl, all I know is her name and her grade, she might even know my name just from hearing it from my buddies calling me from across the room or something, but as far as I am concerned me and this girl have never really been introduced to each other, we simply sit next to each other by coincidence.
The signs I am noticing are as follow's, and I can list a hell of a lot of them....I dont know if they are good or bad, but I notice everything because I am so attracted to her that I take mental note of everything she does when class is in session. I am the only guy that sits next to her also. She sits no more than 2-3 feet to the right of me in a desk. Here are a list of signs that I have been taking mental note of. A few of them happen every day.
Rubbing her thighs/legs up and down with her hands. (atleast 5 times each class period)
Flipping her hair
Turning her head and you know how you get that feeling somebody is looking at you, this happens every class. I dont know if I should turn my head to hers and see if she is looking at me, or if that would be weird for me to just look at her randomly and it turns out that she is just staring out the window or something.
I mirror her body language and sometimes if I can lead her to do things, one thing that she does that I do if I start leading her is resting her head on the palm of her hand, for example....I rest my hand on my left palm, she does the same. OTher times, I will scratch the area under my nose, and she will do the same.
We were in the library one day, and she was standing about 10 feet away from me and I was looking at her very briefly every 30 seconds or so to see if I could catch her looking at me, and one time she was looking at me when I looked up to her eyes. I lost the battle, didnt smile, and just looked down and away.
She sits a table to the right of me at lunch and one time, she came in-between the two tables and I was sitting down, she was standing and I looked to my right and up at her, and she made eye contact and Smiled at me, I slightly returned the favor out of shock or something.
One time I wrote a pass to go to the restroom halfway through one of my classes, and I turned a corner and she was leaving her class and I was on the right she was on the left, she glanced at me for a split second, I tried to make eye contact but she looked down and to the right, I also noticed that she started clicking her pen with her thumb kind of fast, was this potentially a sign of nervousness on her part?
She touches her chin/cheek
She crosses her legs, in this manner.....Right leg over left, and her right leg is pointing in my direction. Sometimes she rubs it against the leg of the desk, combined with flipping her hair or touching her face in some way.
She dropped her pen once, I leaned down and got it for her, she did like a really quick laugh when I did.
She was talking to a person behind me, the person she was talking to said "I know something you dont" and she was asking this person what do you know, So I turned around and said, "hey I want in on this too!" and the girl I like laughed..
I made eye contact with her the other day, and actually spoke to her about one of our assignments, I sort of told her my results for a little quiz. She was laughing about that and held eye contact with me, I even squeezed out a genuine smile when I was telling her.
Sometimes her legs are open, other times they are crossed at the feet, not the knees.
I layed my head down once, she copied...it was when a movie was on.
OK, I am extremely sorry about the length of this so far, I know you are probably all thinking im a ****ing fruitcake or something, but I am just desperate for some sort of re-assurance. And I figured, I can give you every little detail possible, to analyze my situation.
Ok, I am extremely insecure about my body too.....I started running 1-2 miles a day for the past 2 miles, and I have lost 15 pounds. Here is a pic of me, http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=143302072lui4.jpg judge it....be brutally honest, am I ugly? Would I look good if i Lost another 15 pounds?
Ok, end note here.....browse through this for me....analyze it, give me some pointers, does the girl seem interested in me? Is she displaying positive signs? How can I become more confident?
Pick at any part of my post, I am expecting the whole oneitis thing, but I just want to know if I should make any sort of move, or how I can go about sparking convo with her in class.
thanks and sorry, if this needs to be deleted or moved, go for it.....it seems like there is a ton of great people here, and the slightest bit of advice or criticism would greatly be appreciated. :rock:
I have been reading post after post here, read a solid amount of E-book's (Becoming an alpha-male, Double your dating, A few body language book's......etc)
I have been doing this for about a month, I have slowly been applying my new found knowledge, and it is starting to show results. For example, I normally did not get any sort of interaction with females, and ever since I have started to change my posture, appear more relaxed/open, ****y and funny, woman have actually been approaching me. (in class that is, not out in public)It is pretty amusing, although I am still working on building up some confidence to approach THEM I have definently been noticing some subtle, yet definent improvement.
I have also started to go wander around my small city just simply making eye contact with everybody possible, holding it, and saying "hi" with a genuine happy smile (not a all teeth say cheese grin). I find it extremely easy to maintain eye contact with members of the same sex, older woman, and un attractive woman, but when I come across the path of somebody that is ATTRACTIVE to me, I either hold eye contact until they look away, or I lose the battle and just lose eye contact and look down. It is getting frustrating when I cannot get past this small stage, the problem is that when I see somebody attractive I am un-able to smile or even say hi, I can only stare back or look away.....I think I am so used to looking away that it has turned into a sub-concious act. Even though these people are all complete stranger's to me, I still seem to lose the battle of being confident and showing any direct interest to them, instead I just say to myself "I will say hi and smile to the next one" And I never do, how on earth can I overcome this problem? This only happens when It is a complete stranger. I am able to smile and talk and so forth with people I know slightly at school *even attractive females I only know slightly* But it seem's like I completly freeze in the overall public scene such as a supermarket.
Here is another problem, there is a girl I am attracted to that I have in one of my classes she sits right next to me and I am either over analysing things or she is showing signs of interest. I do not know this girl, all I know is her name and her grade, she might even know my name just from hearing it from my buddies calling me from across the room or something, but as far as I am concerned me and this girl have never really been introduced to each other, we simply sit next to each other by coincidence.
The signs I am noticing are as follow's, and I can list a hell of a lot of them....I dont know if they are good or bad, but I notice everything because I am so attracted to her that I take mental note of everything she does when class is in session. I am the only guy that sits next to her also. She sits no more than 2-3 feet to the right of me in a desk. Here are a list of signs that I have been taking mental note of. A few of them happen every day.
Rubbing her thighs/legs up and down with her hands. (atleast 5 times each class period)
Flipping her hair
Turning her head and you know how you get that feeling somebody is looking at you, this happens every class. I dont know if I should turn my head to hers and see if she is looking at me, or if that would be weird for me to just look at her randomly and it turns out that she is just staring out the window or something.
I mirror her body language and sometimes if I can lead her to do things, one thing that she does that I do if I start leading her is resting her head on the palm of her hand, for example....I rest my hand on my left palm, she does the same. OTher times, I will scratch the area under my nose, and she will do the same.
We were in the library one day, and she was standing about 10 feet away from me and I was looking at her very briefly every 30 seconds or so to see if I could catch her looking at me, and one time she was looking at me when I looked up to her eyes. I lost the battle, didnt smile, and just looked down and away.
She sits a table to the right of me at lunch and one time, she came in-between the two tables and I was sitting down, she was standing and I looked to my right and up at her, and she made eye contact and Smiled at me, I slightly returned the favor out of shock or something.
One time I wrote a pass to go to the restroom halfway through one of my classes, and I turned a corner and she was leaving her class and I was on the right she was on the left, she glanced at me for a split second, I tried to make eye contact but she looked down and to the right, I also noticed that she started clicking her pen with her thumb kind of fast, was this potentially a sign of nervousness on her part?
She touches her chin/cheek
She crosses her legs, in this manner.....Right leg over left, and her right leg is pointing in my direction. Sometimes she rubs it against the leg of the desk, combined with flipping her hair or touching her face in some way.
She dropped her pen once, I leaned down and got it for her, she did like a really quick laugh when I did.
She was talking to a person behind me, the person she was talking to said "I know something you dont" and she was asking this person what do you know, So I turned around and said, "hey I want in on this too!" and the girl I like laughed..
I made eye contact with her the other day, and actually spoke to her about one of our assignments, I sort of told her my results for a little quiz. She was laughing about that and held eye contact with me, I even squeezed out a genuine smile when I was telling her.
Sometimes her legs are open, other times they are crossed at the feet, not the knees.
I layed my head down once, she copied...it was when a movie was on.
OK, I am extremely sorry about the length of this so far, I know you are probably all thinking im a ****ing fruitcake or something, but I am just desperate for some sort of re-assurance. And I figured, I can give you every little detail possible, to analyze my situation.
Ok, I am extremely insecure about my body too.....I started running 1-2 miles a day for the past 2 miles, and I have lost 15 pounds. Here is a pic of me, http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=143302072lui4.jpg judge it....be brutally honest, am I ugly? Would I look good if i Lost another 15 pounds?
Ok, end note here.....browse through this for me....analyze it, give me some pointers, does the girl seem interested in me? Is she displaying positive signs? How can I become more confident?
Pick at any part of my post, I am expecting the whole oneitis thing, but I just want to know if I should make any sort of move, or how I can go about sparking convo with her in class.
thanks and sorry, if this needs to be deleted or moved, go for it.....it seems like there is a ton of great people here, and the slightest bit of advice or criticism would greatly be appreciated. :rock:
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