Post by Jake on Aug 19, 2004 14:14:25 GMT -5
Birth - I am born, my parents are both introverts.
Age 4 - Went to grandmother's house, a little girl was there, I got scared and hid behind the sofa, this could be why I fear speaking to women so much.
Age 5-10 - All my teachers told me I didn't talk enough, I didn't really care at that age. I had two major crushes on two different girls, I did nothing about it.
Age 11 - Go to high school, asked out by lots of girls in first week, I never said yes to either one of them (even though I wanted to). I started walking home from school with a girl in my class, I never had the courage to ask her out, she eventually got bored of me. I vowed to say yes to the next girl who asked me out.
Age 12-14 - I become overweight and unfit, I develop an obsession with internet chat rooms, I started to prefer them to actually going out. This led to me losing most of my friends who I used to go out with.
Age 15 - I am asked out by a friend's ex-girlfriend, I remember an old promise to myself and say yes. It ends in disaster, she goes back to friend. I lose all my friends who I used to have in high-school.
Age 16 - I get my end-of-school exam results, I failed miserably. This puts my self-esteem to an all time low, as a result I comfort eat and drink lots of Coca Cola, this stains my teeth, and makes me overweight.
I then go to college to do the exams again, but the only way this can be done is by studying with mature students. I don't have a conversation with a person my own age until one year later.
Age 17 - I get my exam results, I passed, I then go on to study with people my own age. By that stage I no longer know how to even hold a conversation for 5 seconds. I become the college recluse, the only person I can talk to (a little) is a student with chronic acne and a weight problem.
Age 18 - I look at my life so far and realise that I have no friends, no hobbies, and no love interest. I then post a timeline of my life on the Shy United forums in some hope that it might actually help, and maybe because I was a little bit bored.
Age 4 - Went to grandmother's house, a little girl was there, I got scared and hid behind the sofa, this could be why I fear speaking to women so much.
Age 5-10 - All my teachers told me I didn't talk enough, I didn't really care at that age. I had two major crushes on two different girls, I did nothing about it.
Age 11 - Go to high school, asked out by lots of girls in first week, I never said yes to either one of them (even though I wanted to). I started walking home from school with a girl in my class, I never had the courage to ask her out, she eventually got bored of me. I vowed to say yes to the next girl who asked me out.
Age 12-14 - I become overweight and unfit, I develop an obsession with internet chat rooms, I started to prefer them to actually going out. This led to me losing most of my friends who I used to go out with.
Age 15 - I am asked out by a friend's ex-girlfriend, I remember an old promise to myself and say yes. It ends in disaster, she goes back to friend. I lose all my friends who I used to have in high-school.
Age 16 - I get my end-of-school exam results, I failed miserably. This puts my self-esteem to an all time low, as a result I comfort eat and drink lots of Coca Cola, this stains my teeth, and makes me overweight.
I then go to college to do the exams again, but the only way this can be done is by studying with mature students. I don't have a conversation with a person my own age until one year later.
Age 17 - I get my exam results, I passed, I then go on to study with people my own age. By that stage I no longer know how to even hold a conversation for 5 seconds. I become the college recluse, the only person I can talk to (a little) is a student with chronic acne and a weight problem.
Age 18 - I look at my life so far and realise that I have no friends, no hobbies, and no love interest. I then post a timeline of my life on the Shy United forums in some hope that it might actually help, and maybe because I was a little bit bored.
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