Shy guys please read! (bit long)

mahon83050

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Hey all, being a former and slowly recovering shy guy with women, I would like to enlighten you on how shyness will seriously hinder your success w/ women. Most of this may seem like common sense, but I feel strongly about my opinions and would like to get this off my chest.

As Louis and Copeland state, as the man you must INITIATE EVERYTHING.

Most of us have been or are in these situations alot:

a.) You see a HB you would like to approach, but you are too damn shy to make a move or WRONGLY hope she will be turned on by your shy demeanor.

b.) There is a girl you like whom you have already chatted up, spoken to many times, or seem to be getting good vibes from her.


If you fail to initiate in any of the two situations;(whether it is initial approach, phone number close, or asking out on a date etc.)
the women is going to most likely think 1 of 3 things: All of them negative or basically not at all to your benefit.

1.) She WILL think you are too shy/lack the self confidence to make the move(phone #, date etc.) Any interest this girl may have had in you physically or emotionally, just plummeted. She will be thinking, "If this guy does have the balls to make the move, how is he going to take care of me?" He must be a passive man." I wouldn't feel comfortable or want to date/sleep with him!"

Readers Note: Confident girls (not many around) or girls who have a hint you like them will probably think like this.

2.) She WILL think you are not interested due to the fact you do not find her attractive enough or you already have a girlfriend. She will think, "Why hasn't he made a move on me yet? Hmmm, I wonder if I am not pretty enough, good enough, or maybe my boobs are too small? Oh well......NEXT."

Readers Note: Since I believe most girls are insecure, they will think this most of the time. How frustrating this would be heh?, you finding her very attractive and her thinking the opposite just because you were too shy!

3.) She thinks you are maybe a homosexual.

As I know from experience, male shyness and modesty does not ATTRACT women! If anything, it is a chick repellent.

Recently, I chatted up a cute 7.5 at the gym. I have not seen her since and sometimes I feel...."Hey, I already broke the ice, I will wait for her to come talk to me." I realize this mentality will not work and it is me who will AGAIN have to initiate another conversation. If I fail to initiate, she will think 1 of the 3 above.

Too many guys think just because they are tall, handsome, rich etc, that women will approch them and make a move. Nothing is further from the truth. I know I often here on this forum from many of you: "I get approached all the time or I have a friend who gets hit on all the time." To tell you the truth, I think you are lieing or YOU broke the ice non-verbally (I.E. gave her a big smile first). I can see it happening occasionally, but not on a regular basis. The only hope WE have in getting approached regularly by women, is if you are semi-famous or your face in on TV.

So remember, SHYNESS is a turnoff to most women and handicaps you in getting dates or laid. It still DOES NOT matter if you have the body of a GREEK GOD, chiseled facial features, MBA from Harvard or a $150,000 yr/job. Having any of these things will just get you more looks, smiles, audtions etc. YOU still have to initiate everything, regardless of how GOOD you look. GOOD LUCK!
 

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Mahon,

very nice post my friend. As someone who is often shy, I know exactly where you are coming from. If a girl is shy, no big deal, because she just has to sit back and wait for the guy to do everything. But if a guy is shy, he will have many problems in dating, because guys must initiate and put themselves on the line in every part of the dating process, from approach to first kiss to sex. NO GUTS, NO GLORY!

Mahon, sorry I always give you a hard time about your appearance obsession, but I'm glad you seem to be coming to terms with it and getting on with your life.
 
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Hey I love this post!! Everything in it is exactly right. I fell victime to this many times my self. I'd see a hot girl across the room. She'd smile, play with her hair, look down. So I would think, "Man she is so into me. If I just stay here, she'll come up to me, and then I'll ask her out." Well needless to say I've missed out on a lof of play that way. :)

I agree that girls just don't approach guys that much. The ones that say they get hit on all the time are probably having it done in bars or something. I rarely ever see it, and it's only happened to me 5 times or so. And I'm talking aboout girls approaching you when you've given no interest signs. I've got a friend who does some modeling, and every girl will tell me how hot he is because of his baby face. Guess how many times girls approach him? Almost never. But as soon as he approaches them they can't help but wet their little panties with excitement.

Once again, great post.
 

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Thank you for reading my post. All those opinions came from my own experience and stuff I have read. Another important point I forgot to mention.

If you own a Thesaurus:

Look up the word confidence: If you look at the antonyms listed below confidence, SHYNESS if one of them.
 

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Mahon is 100% right. You're the man, remember this: IF YOU DON'T ASK, YOU DON'T GET!!

It took me a while to realize that, and while I still can't do cold pickups (unless the girl is really outgoing, in which case she's taken), every single girl I've been attracted to and see regularly, in the last year, I have asked for her number and, if she gave it, I've asked her out.

This was quite an improvement from two years ago, when I never asked out any girl, and not surprisingly, never had dates. I was really shy, but I realized that being shy and waiting for the woman to do something won't get one anywhere. So I started making moves myself. After a while, it became natural to me.

I have a pretty cousin who is almost exactly my age. I talk to her on IM every so often and gab about stuff (including our adventures with the opposite sex). She told me recently, "I'm so proud of you, asking girls out!" and she continued on about how so many guys are too chicken to do that (of course, she's also about six feet tall, so maybe that's a factor...). Apparently, the passivity of men and their reluctance to make a move on the girl is the No. 1 complaint that many women have these days.

If you don't ask, you don't get! Remember that!

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yeah..
this is what happens to me..
i just need to find a good place to ask the hb to go with me....
that's what holding me back ¬_¬
 

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true.
but i thought this post was supposed to be about shyness... and it really isnt( i thought i t was gonna be tips on helping shyness or w.e)
of course i notice everything u said in ur post cuz it happens to me.
I have all these girls interested at first ( probly cuz of my looks?)... and then they realise im not confident or soemthing or im just taking way too long and decide to move on.
 

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or you could do like me..
to beat shyness i try to be funny, make fun of everybody without being afraid of the consequences... if you're making fun of people that yuou don't know go easy on htem or they oculd whoop your ass... but if they are your friends, make fun of them untikl certain level otherwise they'll get pissed at you because you've been a **** to them...
that's how i beat my shyness -_0
 
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