Reading all of this...
Looks like I need to put together a to-do list.

1. Get a nice suit.
2. Dye my hair ginger.
3. Invest in some chapstick.
4. ...
5. Profit.

Surely it can't be that easy?
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 25 Oct 2009, 18:25, 7 replies)

It can't be
Since putting last week and this together I should be doing quite well for myself (curvy-but-not-huge, dark hair, green eyes, generally-not-crazy-or-chavlike), but it's clearly all lies.
(xanthine, Sun 25 Oct 2009, 18:46, closed)

^^Me too!
Alas, this has proved not to be the case, thus far...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Sun 25 Oct 2009, 19:02, closed)

Me three!
I've got a new, fitted, Savile Row suit and I'm fairly ginger. Biggest, longest dry spell ever.

Fucksocks.
(johnnyevil, Sun 25 Oct 2009, 19:42, closed)

Interesting.
It's actually something of an eye-opener to see that women just have just as much trouble getting men as the other way around. And I don't mean the hippocrocapig varieties often seen clubbing of a night either, whom oddly enough seem to have a reasonable looking bloke on their arm.

/is confused
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 25 Oct 2009, 19:43, closed)

it's
odd to think of. An extremely good-looking male friend of mine confessed the other day that he would never dare to just walk up to a girl and ask her out. This is even though he knows full-well he is hot

But for girls it is tougher. Confidence is not enough. You could be the funniest, sweetest, nicest girl* in the world and not get a second look unless you're also a size 6 and plastic. At least that is how it feels like on bad days.

*Disclaimer: am not this girl unfortunately
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 25 Oct 2009, 21:19, closed)

Perhaps
We should organise a meetup of those who feel all awkward with the opposite sex on some kind of speed dating thing. Specifically for those who find it cripplingly difficult to approach those they are attracted to.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 26 Oct 2009, 10:00, closed)

Speed sitting-in-silence-and-looking-awkward?

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 26 Oct 2009, 16:55, closed)