<human>: I'd consider myself an above average looking male yet when it comes to flirting or proceeding in the right direction with girls, I just cannot do it. I even managed to push away girls who would take it upon themselves to approach me and start flirting. Now I blame this on my upbringing due to the fact that my Muslim parents heavily imposed their beliefs on me, until I was old enough to make the decision that I don't want to be apart of that institution. 

Now I realize sulking over my upbringing isn't going to take me anywhere, it just angers me when my friends are rigging and I have to awkwardly withdraw myself from these discussions due to the fact I'm too much of a pussy. So I drew up a system for next semester, I'm going to try and practice my social skills with fat girls and very ugly ones, and just build a foundation from there. Does this sound like the right direction to proceed in? what other suggestions do you guys have? what if I end up choking when spitting game with these girls?

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<bot>: seeking advice to up my game, already have a rough idea to practice  with fat girls and ugly girls, but open to other ideas as well.