Never take no...
At Uni I had a diastrous spell of asking girls out and being roundly rejected, it almost began to seem routine. I was at a real low point in my confidence. Ironically that actually made it easier to ask other girls out. What's the worst they could say? No? Well I'd already heard that five times before so really had nothing to lose.

Cue Chloe, a cute little brunette who I shared lectures with and had had a handful of work related chats with. At the end of one class she left some of her worksheets. I was sitting behind so I ran after her to return them.

The next thing. I swear I had an out of body experience as I actually remember watching myself and her from about 5 feet away. This may explain what happened.

I handed her the sheets, she said thanks.
I made some crap joke about the lecturer and she actually laughed!
me: "So er Chloe, would you like to go out sometime, you know for a drink?
her: "yeah OK."
me: "Oh well, no worries, sorry, see you around."
Then I ran away from the humiliation.

After about 30 seconds I'm back in my body and suddenly stop, a huge "what the frick am I doing?" looms into view and I do the biggest cringe of my life. But it's too late. She's dissapeared and never meets my eye again.

Luckily I managed to find a shred of pride somewhere and did much better the next time out.
(Bo Nidle Coming back in from the cold., Mon 1 Sep 2008, 23:22, Reply)