Question Posted Wednesday December 3 2008, 11:51 pm
18 female.
i have somewhat of self-confidence only because every guy i pretty much meet tells me i'm so gorgeous (sorry not to sound conceded) and sometimes i do believe i am pretty, but other days i will just hate the way i look. i'm somewhat outgoing, around people i know pretty well and i do talk around people i just meet but why is it that i feel so shy and feel like i can't be myself around the guy i like? i've known him for about 3 and a half years now, but i just always think about what i'm going to say before i say it because i don't want to say something stupid, i don't act crazy around him because i'm afraid he will think i'm annoying, or just plain weird. i am a fun girl to be around though, but around him i am a sort of different. we flirt, but i just wish he could always see the crazy side of me because he is outgoing, and very funny. he always knows how to make me laugh. he will dance wherever he is, he will sing out of nowhere to a song on the radio, he will do anything to make me smile and i love that. when i'm with my best friends, i'll act stupid, i'll dance crazy and be a complete dork and they all think i'm funny but when i'm around this guy, i can't let myself go. for example, one day in the summer we were at my friends house and he was acting crazy and was like dancing on me, grinding on me and just acting goofy and i just stood there and was like "oh my god haha.." now if it were one of my best girl friends, i would of been dancing with them and all of that but i can't let myself do it with him. i know he should like me for me, but i'm just nervous because i don't want him to think it came out of nowhere you know? i talk really really fast, so alot of times people don't understand me haha and so if i say something he will be like what? and i'll just be like nevermind. and like over text one day he confused me and i was like you're confusing and he was like well you say weird stuff. and i was like ohhhh, okay? what's that suppose to mean you know. i just wish i could be the crazy girl i am when i'm with my friends. i'll admit, i don't know how to dance for anything i've never really dirty danced with a guy before, never really had an actual boyfriend yet all these guys give me attention and i don't understand why. i'm still a virgin, not a slut at all. is there anything that could help me overcome being so low key around this guy, i want him to know the real me.
Additional info, added Thursday December 4 2008, 9:09 am: also me and this guy are really close, he calls me his best friend. i do tell him like everything about me because i can trust him, but i just want him to see the fun, outgoing, not caring what other people think side of me.. Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Love Life? MXbri answered Friday December 5 2008, 2:30 pm: Ive been like this before!
But Honestly you neeeeed to be like you are when your with your friends! I honestly think he would love it, and would eat it up! He's obviously like that and opened up around you, i really think you should too, guys love it when a girl is confident and outgoing and not shy and timid.
When he's around just dont think about it, just let go and have fun, it will be worth it in the end, and it would make things so much less akward for you!
Hope things go good!
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Professor_Kaos answered Friday December 5 2008, 12:49 pm: this will sound drastic. but you need to do something super crazy around him just once. it's like when people talk. if two people share their most intimate thoughts then anything under the sun is okay to talk about. well much the same way, i think if u let yourself just once just act really crazy in a good way then u wont be so bashful. [ Professor_Kaos's advice column | Ask Professor_Kaos A Question ]
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