Hi all! Not sure if this is the right place to discuss this, but I could do with some advise. I'm a 30 yo male. I have very little(no?) experience in casual dating. All my relationships were serious and started from friendship. I'm single for almost a year now (longest in my adult life), and struggling to get into the dating game. I consider myself to be decent, not great looking. Definitely not a standout. But I think I am interesting, funny, have plenty of hobbies, do well in career and life, and am very caring. The problem is, I'm very shy/introverted to begin with, or until a conversation starts naturally. I'm not looking for a hookup, but dating to see if there's a good match. I match rarely with some girls I really like, but I'm too nervous to start the conversation. If I say something generic, I know it's going to end the chat real quick. I'm not a person who uses cheesy pick up lines, so I don't want to pretend to be that. I like real or ...

so im an anxious person, as well as insecure, and i recently asked my friend to go give this guy my number. he said the guy seemed flattered and was super nice about it, however, this guy hasn’t texted me or anything and it’s been a day. i’m starting to regret not just going up because this guy has no prior information about me other than what my friend told him. i just wanna know if anyone thinks it would have made a difference if i had just gone up to him or if in general it’s a big no-no to have your friend give a guy your number. let me know!!!!! Submitted November 25, 2021 at 06:07PM so im an anxious person, as well as insecure, and i recently asked my friend to go give this guy my number. he said the guy seemed flattered and was super nice about it, however, this guy hasn’t texted me or anything and it’s been a day. i’m starting to regret not just going up because this guy has no prior information about me other than what my friend told him. i just wanna know if anyone thi...

Scene: I am ordering drinks from cute bartender, around my age (mid or late 20s). When he hands me a bunch of glasses I accidentally wrap my hands around his. I am feeling butterflies but assume this is nothing to him. Later I come up again and ask him what a really nice-looking drink he just served to a couple was. "It's called a cocktail." I laugh at his sarcasm. He asks me if I'm having fun. He and I chat a little about the piano player in the bar, and about how the player doesn't know any modern music. I ask him what music he'd play if he could, and he tells me [band name]. I submit the band name and he makes a thank-you gesture. Finally I go up and ask for my check. "No," he says, jokingly. I pay and tell him that he's super nice and how often does he work there? He tells me which nights he works there and tells me I should come back. He's flirting with me right? Is this a normal bartender ploy to be nice to customers and/or get tips...

Hi guys, today I (38F) matched with a 36M, the bio was limited but suggested they enjoyed gaming and hiking. We had a back and forth conversation for an hour where he answered questions from me on what he enjoys etc. But never once did he ask a question about me (didn't seem interested in getting to know me) so I messaged to wish him all the best but felt it wasn't going anywhere as he didn't seem interested in finding out about me as much as I did finding out about him. He replied saying he did but his ex had messed with his head and meant he didn't consider others, then proceeded to advise they had split up recently and he was in the middle of a very dramatic argument with her. How would you respond to this? Submitted November 25, 2021 at 08:38AM Hi guys, today I (38F) matched with a 36M, the bio was limited but suggested they enjoyed gaming and hiking.We had a back and forth conversation for an hour where he answered questions from me on what he enjoys etc....

A coworker from a past company recently joined the company I’m currently at. We didn’t keep in touch and weren’t close previously, and initially I caught up with them over lunch mostly for the sake of increasing my network. I’m not sure if it was just the sense of familiarity that sparked the infatuation, but we had a fun conversation and I left feeling giddy. I suggested we do a catch-up regularly over lunch, but I don’t want to go into building this connection with a romantic motive clouded by said crush/infatuation. Especially not with the potential ramifications of office drama if things get awkward, even if our functions don’t work together now. I’ve seen too many coworkers crash and burn from mixing personal. Mostly venting, I’ll probably not reach out for a bit to let the crush feelings hopefully cool off as life goes on. I guess my question is mostly, did giving it time help a work crush cool off? Submitted November 25, 2021 at 04:49AM A coworker from a past company ...

Praying for you, man😟 November 26, 2021 at 12:06AM

What the— personality already pushes it with star signs but their sexual activity? really? November 26, 2021 at 12:06AM