I think my anger was more directed to the fact that we live in a society that doesn’t push for these skills to be developed early on, which would make such a gesture as easy to others as it now seems to be to me. Vulnerability and fear only come because such behavior isn’t natural and accepted. I don’t want admirable…

First kiss? Fucking ask. Fuck body language, fuck reading signs, just communicate. “May I kiss you?” at the end of the night - this sounds dorky and socially awkward to a lot of people when it’s suggested to them, but they’ve convinced themselves they need to be confident and suave.