Question Posted Thursday October 14 2004, 11:24 pm
There's a girl in my Social Studies class who is really cool. [by that I don't mean "she's sooo popular I want to get to know her"; i mean she's just really cool...] I met her a month before school started when I started basketball. I'm the new girl too. Well, since she's in my class, that means I have an advantage and that I can talk to her. The thing is, she really intimidates me. I don't know why but I'm afraid that if I start talking to her she won't want to talk to me or anything, or she'll think i'm this huge loser. We have occasional small talk with each other but it doesn't really getr any farther than that. [Like, we talk about basketball for a second or I say her shoes are awesome..] I can't really talk to her about stuff like, erm, shopping or something because she's also a tomboy. I don't know WHY she intimidates me, but she does. I really want to get to know her and be a friend but I can't, because I'm not the best with socializing. [things like, We should go to the movies sometime or Hey, what's up and taking it from there never work for me. I can't ask them to the movies because I don't know her well enough to ask her that. And after what's up I'm just..black.] Please help.
Additional info, added Thursday October 14 2004, 11:25 pm: Oh shiz, I didn't mean after that I'm just..black, I meant BLANK. Sorry.. Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Friendship? BJ2004 answered Friday October 15 2004, 11:58 am: ok i think that you should go up to her and be like hey (her name) whats up what are you doin after school today...u wanna do something like go get pizza or somerthing and if you dont ahve money then just be like you want to go hang out after school.
selectopaque answered Thursday October 14 2004, 11:35 pm: She might be a tomboy, but she has to get her cloths somewhere doesn't she? This means she does shop. Try asking her where she got her awesome shoes, or just casually mention that she should show you where she got her awesome shoes, or shirt, or pants, etc.
What about school work? It might sound geeky, but if she's better at a particular subject, then you could ask for help, or you could help her out at a particular subject that your better at. You don't have to actually talk about your homework the whole time your helping out, it could just be a good excuse to hang out and get to know each other.
What makes her so cool to you? It's either something about her that you look up to, or something that you have in common with her... etc. You could talk to her about that.
Just because she's a tomboy doesn't really mean that she will think your an idiot if you talk about boys or shopping. Talk about your interests, see if she shows any interest in them. Talk about her interests, that will usually get someone talking. [ selectopaque's advice column | Ask selectopaque A Question ]
babiigurl076 answered Thursday October 14 2004, 11:33 pm: Well start off by asking her what she's been up to& what she's interested in..I've been through the same thing& I know it's not that easy, but once you start talking about something, other things will come to mind& it will help start off the conversation. Ask her what other kinds of things she's into& whatever else you wanna know about her. Hope I helped! [ babiigurl076's advice column | Ask babiigurl076 A Question ]
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