- Joined
- Nov 21, 2013
- Messages
- 12
Howdy! I figured since I’ve finally started posting in the forums, I should introduce myself a little bit. Jaxx here, nice to meet you. 
To start with the basics; right this second, I’m in Southern California, crashing at a family member’s place until I start college in September. I guess I’m a bit of a nomad; my family has always been on the move, so while I was born in sunny Southern Cal, I spent much of my childhood in various places in the North, a short stint in France, and spent over 14 years in the UK.
I think it’s a common story ‘round these parts, but what drew me to Girls Chase was my battle with depression; ‘How to Beat Depression’ was the first piece of self-help advice I was able to make truly, effective use of. Much credit goes to that article (and the man behind it) for helping me consolidate a strategy to shut down bad mental cycles.
Anyway… I’ve been lurking GirlsChase since, using it as a cheat-sheet to learn better communication, strategies to succeed in general and learn to break into social circles. I’m still (very much) learning, but since I started implementing stuff from the blog, I’ve found myself in social groups that have increased my exposure to a lot of stuff I missed out on as a teen, and that have pushed my boundaries pretty hard at times.
Now, dating-wise; very, very late bloomer. At 24, I’ve never really dated and have no ‘experience’ otherwise. Since working on my fundamentals, I’ve found I get a much warmer reception. In the last few months, I finally had some small successes with a girl I met at work, but general lack of speed, and inability to handle resistance met that it didn’t really go anywhere; we somehow ended up being emotionally intimate without anything physical really happening, which, I can now see, was just a disaster waiting to happen.
Still, it ended as cleanly as I could have hoped. Now that that’s over, and that I’m generally more comfortable socially; I’m ready to start working on my skills with women, and to catch-up on what I’ve been missing out.
This is all still very new to me. So here’s to what’s sure to be a long-ass, difficult, but exciting and dynamic journey!
To start with the basics; right this second, I’m in Southern California, crashing at a family member’s place until I start college in September. I guess I’m a bit of a nomad; my family has always been on the move, so while I was born in sunny Southern Cal, I spent much of my childhood in various places in the North, a short stint in France, and spent over 14 years in the UK.
I think it’s a common story ‘round these parts, but what drew me to Girls Chase was my battle with depression; ‘How to Beat Depression’ was the first piece of self-help advice I was able to make truly, effective use of. Much credit goes to that article (and the man behind it) for helping me consolidate a strategy to shut down bad mental cycles.
Anyway… I’ve been lurking GirlsChase since, using it as a cheat-sheet to learn better communication, strategies to succeed in general and learn to break into social circles. I’m still (very much) learning, but since I started implementing stuff from the blog, I’ve found myself in social groups that have increased my exposure to a lot of stuff I missed out on as a teen, and that have pushed my boundaries pretty hard at times.
Now, dating-wise; very, very late bloomer. At 24, I’ve never really dated and have no ‘experience’ otherwise. Since working on my fundamentals, I’ve found I get a much warmer reception. In the last few months, I finally had some small successes with a girl I met at work, but general lack of speed, and inability to handle resistance met that it didn’t really go anywhere; we somehow ended up being emotionally intimate without anything physical really happening, which, I can now see, was just a disaster waiting to happen.
Still, it ended as cleanly as I could have hoped. Now that that’s over, and that I’m generally more comfortable socially; I’m ready to start working on my skills with women, and to catch-up on what I’ve been missing out.
This is all still very new to me. So here’s to what’s sure to be a long-ass, difficult, but exciting and dynamic journey!