Wednesday is the last day of school for me. Ever. (Thank goodness!) As i'm 18, i'll be off to university this september where i can really put this stuff into practise.
However, back in the dark days before i found GC, i used to have (and still have) a big crush on a girl in the year below (she's 17, so she has another year of school to go -oh and the age of consent here in the UK is 16, so everything is okay).
I never shared a class with her or anything, but when i saw her in the common room i would smile at her, and do nothing because i was too scared what she and other people would think if i went up to her. I need a reason to talk to a girl, i wasn't used to just saying hi, because that usually caused them to look at me, probably thinking 'what does this crazy guy want? Go away'.
But reading a lot of articles Chase has written gave me the courage today of approaching her for the first time (though we did meet briefly by chance a few months ago, so we know each other's names. But this was the first time i approached her).
I didn't have the courage to say a direct opening or flirt with her at all, simply because i didn't believe i was in with a chance. I thought she must have auto-rejected me by now, so we just had a standard, boring conversation.
But:
• When i spoke to her, she seemed genuinely interested in talking to me. We talked for about 2 minutes, just talking about school.
• She laughed a lot and smiled throughout the whole conversation. But i think that might be just a girl thing, because a lot of girls in my school are 'smiley'. Especially when they're nervous.
• She held eye contact with me the whole time. I was too weak to hold eye contact so long, so i kept breaking eye contact (to the side, not down!)
• She was facing towards me when i spoke to her and seemed to have positive body language.
• She left because she was late for her bus. Not because she's fed up with me.
So, judging on those two minutes, i think that maybe it is possible for a newbie like me to get her number. Do you think i can do it? How do you think i should do so? I've only got two days left, and i told her that we probably won't meet again (though she didn't seem upset in the slightest). If i could get her number, then everything else should fall into place later.
However, back in the dark days before i found GC, i used to have (and still have) a big crush on a girl in the year below (she's 17, so she has another year of school to go -oh and the age of consent here in the UK is 16, so everything is okay).
I never shared a class with her or anything, but when i saw her in the common room i would smile at her, and do nothing because i was too scared what she and other people would think if i went up to her. I need a reason to talk to a girl, i wasn't used to just saying hi, because that usually caused them to look at me, probably thinking 'what does this crazy guy want? Go away'.
But reading a lot of articles Chase has written gave me the courage today of approaching her for the first time (though we did meet briefly by chance a few months ago, so we know each other's names. But this was the first time i approached her).
I didn't have the courage to say a direct opening or flirt with her at all, simply because i didn't believe i was in with a chance. I thought she must have auto-rejected me by now, so we just had a standard, boring conversation.
But:
• When i spoke to her, she seemed genuinely interested in talking to me. We talked for about 2 minutes, just talking about school.
• She laughed a lot and smiled throughout the whole conversation. But i think that might be just a girl thing, because a lot of girls in my school are 'smiley'. Especially when they're nervous.
• She held eye contact with me the whole time. I was too weak to hold eye contact so long, so i kept breaking eye contact (to the side, not down!)
• She was facing towards me when i spoke to her and seemed to have positive body language.
• She left because she was late for her bus. Not because she's fed up with me.
So, judging on those two minutes, i think that maybe it is possible for a newbie like me to get her number. Do you think i can do it? How do you think i should do so? I've only got two days left, and i told her that we probably won't meet again (though she didn't seem upset in the slightest). If i could get her number, then everything else should fall into place later.
