<human>: Kind of embarrassing, so I created a throwaway. Basically, I'm 17 years old and I have never had a girlfriend, never had a first kiss, etc. I know that this is completely my fault... because I have never approached a girl. I don't know why, but I've always been deathly afraid of rejection. If someone get's mad at me over a little thing I did, it'll stick with me for the rest of the week. I dunno, but I've always been that type of person.

Because of this, I have never had the courage to approach a girl needless to say show interest in one. I don't think I'm *that* unattractive, but I just know that if I did ask a girl out, and if I did get rejected, I'd feel absolutely crushed.

I know that women are just people too, but you guys just seem so scary! I've had a couple of girls show interest in me throughout my school years (I've NEVER been the one to make the first move), but I'm just so paranoid about girls doing it as a prank to ridicule me (I know it's extremely ridiculous) or whatever, that everytime it has happened (it's been a while), I just froze and it never went beyond them showing interest/asking me out. I'd always just act like I didn't know what was going on and I've even rejected them a couple of times. Like I said, it's been a while, but I could imagine myself doing the same thing today because I still haven't changed.

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<bot>: Have never had a girlfriend because I've never approached due to my fear of rejection. Don't know/afraid to conquer it. I'm a fucking coward.