Keep on keepin’ on. I’ll continue to admire you from afar. —Nerdboy in the Black Fedora

This article appears in Sep 8-14, 2011.

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  7. You’re fine people, ‘Tron. I wish you all the luck and awesomeness a sympatico smootchfest can bring.
    See her. Talk to her. Ask her out.
    Good luck!
    P

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  8. Yeah, I mean, what’s the worst that can happen?

    Whatcha afraid of, 195?

    Any lady would be lucky to have ya chat them up!

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  10. It would help if you would open your mouth… almost like when you’re inserting fish n chips… only instead, this time instead breathe out and curve your lips to form what we call ‘words’….

    If you can manage to repeat a few times (without getting out of breath… it may take some practice…) , you may get a coherent sentence or two.

    once that’s over with… you then wait. They will talk back.
    Most likely at great length. now it’s your duty to remember what they say. Ignore all the use of the word ‘like’… just remember the meat of the reply.

    rinse and repeat until they ***run away screaming or you have some way of contacting her again.

    *** contrary to popular belief, it is not a good idea to give chase. just let it go….

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  12. If B-man is anything like me…it’s the ice-breaker that’s the problem. Once we’re talking, no problem, coming up with a good intro that isn’t cheesy….problem 🙁

    BTW – why do some unattached women wear gold & diamonds on their ‘ring finger’? Makes them look married.

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  13. I’m just kind of bad at conversation in general, really. ^^; But like Hugo says, it’s that initial conversation starter that’s the biggest problem. I’m not sure what I’m “afraid of” really. Rejection maybe?

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  14. just start with…
    “Hi, wow! you have a big nose…” and wait for a chuckle.

    2% of the time it works every time.

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  15. The ice breaker *is* tough.

    Even someone like me who’s a total chatterbox has trouble with the ice breaker in platonic situations, sometimes, let alone while talking to “boys.”

    HOWEVER, I do find losing all semblance of shame helps. Maybe you should work on that a little, 195? heh.

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  23. just talk. Doesn’t matter if you make an ass of yourself because if you talk to a stranger, you’re not going to see them again anyway and even if you do, you may not even remember each other.

    Plus girls like it when a guy offers some nice attention. Even if they’re not interested.

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  26. Whenever boys talk to me, I assume they’re uninterested.

    🙁

    Deep down, I don’t like myself very much. 🙁

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  28. HAHA I meant, not put on a look, just think that she’s unattractive.

    PK whatever. Someday somewhere you’ll find someone.

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  31. THAT was priceless, zZz! LMAO.

    For Tron.. a couple of not-so-popular ice breakers (a.k.a. examples of what NOT to say):

    “Hey baby, you got wheel-wrench legs. Everytime I look at them my nuts tighten”

    “Sit on my face and I’ll guess your weight”

    “Fuck me if I’m wrong but, I know you.”

    “I have a 12 inch tongue and can breathe through my ears”

    “Excuse me. Does this smell like chloroform to you?”

    Seriously, just be yourself. You don’t need to have a line. Just flash a smile and pay them a compliment. From there, just go with the flow.

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