When I was younger, I was diagnosed with a disease that required me to go through at least four blood draws where they'd take blood out of my arm every fifteen minutes for over two and a half hours. For an eight year old, sitting in a chair for that long was almost as bad as them sticking you that often. I had watched…

Couldn't have said it better myself :) And thanks for the luck. I'm used to it, and it certainly doesn't happen all the time, so I'll keep trucking. I'm not going to let a couple of sleezeballs stop me from going into a store. That's just silly.

I interpreted his comment differently than what he meant (we've had a thread about it hahah), but yeah, I do think a lot of times guys automatically think "male" when they think of "geek," and that simply is not the case. Personally, I don't consider myself a geek because I don't really like labels, but I do have…

And I totally believe long-time friends can transition into a couple, but usually this is because they were truly friends for that long time. The romantic feelings come later, and then whoever is feeling them owns up to it and tells the other person as soon as they're sure of their feelings. And if someone does say…

Please don't misunderstand. I'm not trying to "white knight" for you or anything of the sort. I interpreted your original message in a way you did not intend, and I'm sorry for that. I have just known some people who come up with a very similar defense to what I thought was given above (hiding behind a label and…

It really is the worst. Don't get me wrong, there's ways to do it, and it works for some people, but it's got to be natural and fun, not pulling teeth every time a syllable comes out of your mouth. There was one time at a Target that this guy in the produce section was getting so bad with this girl that I (who…

I once was a little girl, but after experiencing that hell and somehow surviving it, I know look more like this:

Back when I was dating my ex-boyfriend, we used to have get-togethers with his friends and pick really bad games to play while drinking, and man, Sonic 06 is one game I'll never forget, lemme tell you.

She can't do that until you've latched onto her for at least two years, pretending that you only want to be friends with her, then after getting rejected, texting her constantly about how you hate her new boyfriend and how you'd treat her like a goddess if she gave you the chance. That's proper dating material right…

Agreed. I never dislike a guy for trying, but I do lose respect for him when he can't take the hint.

I've been approached by guy friends who ended up liking me for sometimes years then getting really pissed that they put in "all this effort" for nothing. Um, obviously I put a lot of effort in for nothing too because friendships take a certain amount of care to grow and I just wasted that on them. I would have…

I made the mistake of openly staring at a guy wearing a fedora before because I'd never actually seen one "in the wild," and of course that sparked conversation. Terrible, awkward conversation.

I know, right? Sometimes when I go into a GameStop, it's either a guy talks to me like I'm an exotic creature unknown to the world (especially when picking up a lesser known JRPG - good grief) or someone who wants guys' attention for playing video games (which they then give me, which defeats the entire purpose of…

I've known tons of girls who believe in the friend zone! In any posts about it on this site, I've always done my best to include both genders since, while I have experienced most "friend zone" believing guys from being liked and then reviled due to not liking them back, I've had to tell a decent amount of girls that a…

The thing is, the "friendzone" indicates that the liked party forced the pining party into a certain "zone" that they can never get out of; when in reality, the pining party never properly addressed that they romantically liked this person until way past the liked party considering them a friend. I know personally I…

I'm really glad to hear that actually! I think there's always exception to the rule on these things. I think often times, though, people do fetishize people in these situations (I was the one in the comments on that article who talked about not approaching every girl in a GameStop because she happens to have a similar…

I've actually initiated a good amount of my dates :) I think it's hard for women, though, because since men feel the need to be the pursuer as you said, they often get flustered and insulted when a girl tries to "act like the guy" in a situation like this. I personally think it's bullshit, but I have definitely had…

It sounds so easy and yet no one seems to do it. What a concept.

Thank you for this! Exactly as I feel. I made this comment on the Gamestop post, but I can't tell you how many times I've shopped in there (not worked) and some guy's started hyperventilating that the sight of me, especially if I did pick up that obscure JRPG you spoke of hahah. Most awkward conversations, man.…

That's one of the biggest issues I find with men who identify themselves as "geeks": they make excuses for themselves because of the label. "Because we're geeks, we're like this, this, and that, and there's nothing we can do to change that, so get used to it." That's like saying, "Because I'm a girl, I have to fulfill…