thequestfortruth
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Hello all,
I randomly discovered this forum today and decided I would make my first post. I guess I've decided that the point of it will be to present my current situation with girls, and to seek help/advice on the matter from people who can relate to it or simply know better than I do. So feel free to comment with your thoughts.
I currently feel quite overwhelmed with the prospect of courting and dating women. I usually don't have many problems with talking to them, I'm pretty sociable and charismatic. I just haven't really been able to "reel one in", or gotten to any sort of grounds where there is interest on both parts and things are moving along. I usually try to just "be myself" and act natural, as I would to anyone else, be it male or female. The difference here is that I'm trying to initiate romance with them, so everything gets screwed up. By that I mean that I want something more than just being an acquaintance, or a friend which I know how to be. I want to see if dating is an option with this girl and I just don't know how to get to the point and get things moving in that direction.
Because I've been having so many problems with this as of late I've started reading up on the concept of dating, specifically from the male perspective, to try to help me figure it out. I found a wealth of information, and assuming it is all information that holds true, I have a lot I need to work on. A lot of what I read involved drastic changes to my persona, to a point where I'm essentially becoming someone I'm not naturally. Not to mention there are so many "tips" and "rules" that need to be followed I feel like I need to study three hours a day just to remember all the information. That doesn't even include being able to apply it when talking to girls.
My point is that it's all extremely overwhelming, and makes me wonder how any guy gets a girl if he never took the time to learn how. Because I'm pretty sure that not everyone spends hours each day studying the science of romance.
So anyways, I'm at this weird point in my dating life. My past three relationships (I don't know if I can even call them that) have ended extremely poorly and have just left me feeling defeated and in despair. I figure I must be doing something wrong. I just haven't been able to reach any solid point with a girl in a while. Am I just having bad luck? Are the girls I've been interacting with just not right for me at all? Why is it that every girl I try to talk to it doesn't really ever get past the first conversation? All of these are questions I don't have the answer to.
I just want to know what I should do. I am typically able to talk to whatever girl I want to, especially if she seems interesting to me. Of course sometimes I just don't have the nerve to go talk to one because I feel the situation isn't right; but I'm getting better at sucking it up, not making excuses, and just going for it. But after I talk to her, saying "hi", initiating conversation... it's getting her interested in me that seems to be the main problem. Maybe I'm just not running into girls that click with me, but I feel like if that's the case then I'm extremely unlucky when it comes to this.
I apologize if all this information is quite vague, but I just want to present and basic idea of how I'm feeling about girls presently. Feel free to probe me with whatever question and I will try to answer to make things more clear. Thanks for reading, any thoughts on the matter are appreciated.
I randomly discovered this forum today and decided I would make my first post. I guess I've decided that the point of it will be to present my current situation with girls, and to seek help/advice on the matter from people who can relate to it or simply know better than I do. So feel free to comment with your thoughts.
I currently feel quite overwhelmed with the prospect of courting and dating women. I usually don't have many problems with talking to them, I'm pretty sociable and charismatic. I just haven't really been able to "reel one in", or gotten to any sort of grounds where there is interest on both parts and things are moving along. I usually try to just "be myself" and act natural, as I would to anyone else, be it male or female. The difference here is that I'm trying to initiate romance with them, so everything gets screwed up. By that I mean that I want something more than just being an acquaintance, or a friend which I know how to be. I want to see if dating is an option with this girl and I just don't know how to get to the point and get things moving in that direction.
Because I've been having so many problems with this as of late I've started reading up on the concept of dating, specifically from the male perspective, to try to help me figure it out. I found a wealth of information, and assuming it is all information that holds true, I have a lot I need to work on. A lot of what I read involved drastic changes to my persona, to a point where I'm essentially becoming someone I'm not naturally. Not to mention there are so many "tips" and "rules" that need to be followed I feel like I need to study three hours a day just to remember all the information. That doesn't even include being able to apply it when talking to girls.
My point is that it's all extremely overwhelming, and makes me wonder how any guy gets a girl if he never took the time to learn how. Because I'm pretty sure that not everyone spends hours each day studying the science of romance.
So anyways, I'm at this weird point in my dating life. My past three relationships (I don't know if I can even call them that) have ended extremely poorly and have just left me feeling defeated and in despair. I figure I must be doing something wrong. I just haven't been able to reach any solid point with a girl in a while. Am I just having bad luck? Are the girls I've been interacting with just not right for me at all? Why is it that every girl I try to talk to it doesn't really ever get past the first conversation? All of these are questions I don't have the answer to.
I just want to know what I should do. I am typically able to talk to whatever girl I want to, especially if she seems interesting to me. Of course sometimes I just don't have the nerve to go talk to one because I feel the situation isn't right; but I'm getting better at sucking it up, not making excuses, and just going for it. But after I talk to her, saying "hi", initiating conversation... it's getting her interested in me that seems to be the main problem. Maybe I'm just not running into girls that click with me, but I feel like if that's the case then I'm extremely unlucky when it comes to this.
I apologize if all this information is quite vague, but I just want to present and basic idea of how I'm feeling about girls presently. Feel free to probe me with whatever question and I will try to answer to make things more clear. Thanks for reading, any thoughts on the matter are appreciated.