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Q: ok well i have a boyfriend and i like him a lot we talk on line and sometimes on the phone (i always call him he never calls me) and at school we don't talk at all. i am his first girl friend he has ever had but i can't stand not talking to him. i want to talk to him at school but i'm shy and hes shy not good not good at all. i was just wondering what i should do? i rate high
Boys, up to a certain age (usually college) are completely freaking clueless about how to converse with a girl. They have a lot of pressure to get one, but once they do, the very great majority don't have the self-esteem or social skills necessary to have a normal relationship. In fact, you'll be hard-pressed to have a normal, two-way relationship until the end of highschool. Girls mature first and their brains develop much faster than boys', and their social skills are pressed upon them by society--boys are encouraged to be physically active, not to learn how to make a damn conversation. Have you noticed?
Pretty much, this is just going to be an awkward and unsatisfying period in your life. It is for everyone. The best I can suggest is going somewhere with a group--boys are usually a little more relaxed if they don't think you're paying so much attention to them. Less pressure. Just be cool with it and don't expect much.

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People have been coming to me for advice so long, I might as well do this all in one spot. I watch a lot of unfathomable Japanese TV and drink a lot of coffee. I'm a freshly-hatched Illustration major, formerly trapped & dying in the American South, now busily teaching phrases to all of Nagoya Japan. I'm always on the lookout for more video games and sushi.
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