I think I’m a little late, but that’s fantastic news! Hope it goes well. Oh, and it’s perfectly normal to be nervous on your first date, but just remember to have fun. 
I’m still (shocker) single. I really hate it, especially since most people I know have all dated before, and they make fun of me for it. Bassically, it sucks.
However, there is a girl I like. Her name’s Nichole and I sat next to her in one of my classes. The problem is that I don’t have the guts to ask her out. Once I was going to ask her out but I… didn’t. 
But I don’t see what’s wrong with being single. In fact, I’m highly considering being single for as long as I live. There are benefits to it y’know.
I used to go to a tutoring center, and I developed a crush on this boy there. We talked a lot since we were paired up often and shared the same hobbies, interests, and music/movie/art/food tastes. I wanted to get to know him more, but I never had the courage to ask him out (that, and everyone kept implying that the man should ask the woman out, never the other way around. That’s a horrible belief, don’t believe it.) Summer came and he eventually he stopped
coming, leaving me rather devastated because I had just what could have been a great relationship slip by me. Something similiar to this happened to me again, but it was at school and it was a classmate I had known for five years. He left for Korea and never contacted me again.
mo-Don’t end up like me. Every attempt at establishing a relationship has a chance of success, and even if it results in rejection, you at least know how that person feels about you and can move on to another. Don’t let the fear of unrequited love grip you, a person you wanted to make a move on suddenly leaving for the rest of your life is about 10x worse than that. Trust me.
FounderofAzn, yeah, that’s happened to me before. It sucks. I also seem to always get myself into the “just freinds” zone. I’m just not very romantic. 
We should start the “we like someone, but we’re too scared to make the first move” club. If you fit into this category, please do join. We have cookies.
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This is a bad state of mind! Overcome the insecurity! (or make an attempt to, it’s a first step)
I would love to start a new thread for this but I feel that is unnecessary and it would be contributory for me to post this here anyway.
P.S.: This rant is rated MH for Mostly Humor. So, those who can’t take a joke… get away. Like, right now. 
This is going to be dating advice from your lord and master - Flare!
Alright, you women out there, read carefully. These are the guys you should look out for. First, there’s the type of guy who is driving around listening to freaking dance music like Zombie Nation and stupid dumb songs from the mid '90s that nobody gives a crap about. You know? They turn it up really loud to get your attention while driving by as if you’re going to throw yourself on top of the car and start pounding at the windshield and say, “Oh I love you because you’re playing Zombie Nation!” Yeah, okay, what the heck ever. What you do is aim for the tires and freaking blow those crap out and he will crash into a freaking telephone pole. Screw that crap.
Also, watch out for those guys who come over on the weekend and all they do is sit on their fat butts and watch football, and then, every 5 minutes, they say, “Hey babe can you get me a beer from the fridge?” Screw that crap! Tell that fat jerk to get up and get it himself. If he gives you a response like, “Well I work all week,” well, you know what? I’m sure most of you women out there work all week and have to take care of a freaking child. Tell that fat jerk to get up and get his own stupid beers! Tell him that it’s the least he can do since you’ve been carrying around a child around in your freaking stomach for 9 months. These lazy stupid jerks just freaking piss me off. And watch out for guys that call you by pet names more than they call you by your own name, and if they refer to you as ‘my girl,’ you drop that dummy like a rock.
This is not to get down on all you guys. Don’t worry, there are also women you dudes should be looking out for, too. Alright, like any women that dresses around too scantily, you don’t want to be affiliated with them. If you can see more parts of their chests than a plumber’s butt, don’t get involve. It’s just going to cause problems when you decide to become possessive and domineering over their life.
Also, watch out for women that wear expensive jewelry. You know, the kind of stupid girl that has 15 different rings on each finger. Oh, and people with name plates, too. You know, these stupid girls who have their names on this little chain, as if they’d really forget them. Then, the women who have their own name tattooed on their own body is just really Dory-stupid. Like are they really that stupid that they wake up in the morning and say, “Oh my god! What’s my name?!” and they have to look at their butts in the mirror to find out who they are. “Oh, that’s right, I’m Dory!” Give me a freaking break!
You don’t want to deal with women who don’t know who they are. Oh, and here is a good test. When you’re window shopping, if they pull you by your arm to a jewelry window, smash their hand into the window and run because you don’t want to deal with some money-hungry girl. My only piece of advice to have a sound relationship is to leave each other alone. Don’t be overly concerned. Don’t try to domineer them. Let them be independent. Let them do what they want. You think you people can understand that?
But yeah, there are some reasons to be suspicious, like if your girlfriend walks into the room with a man’s underwear on her head, then you know you may want to ask a few questions, but other than that, try to trust the other individual. If it doesn’t work out, you know what? Screw them, let them drop dead from some weird disease and die. You’re better than that and you don’t have to validate yourself through another person’s life. Every individual is an island and can be an island. You do not need a significant other to live life. So stop seeking something that isn’t there and move on.
Suckers.
~ Flare
^^ Best post in the history of the site.
Er… thanks. I hope those ‘double-arrows’ aren’t pointing to FounderofAzn instead of me. I wasted a lot of time to write that darn post! My fingers hurt! <_<"
Yes, in case you couldn’t tell, I was kidding with the rude tone again, but I won’t reveal that further with a silly emoticon - it’s sissy (and it ruins the humor of the attitude).
~ Flare
Haha, very funny, but actually a lot of good points there Dragon of Omnipotency. 
Well, looks like I’m a single-ite once again. Don’t ask, but it was ‘for the best’.
No, I’m single currently right now. I might start dating in my Junior or Softmore year of High School though.
I just stumbled by this topic, and I went, , What the hey? I trust most of the people here.
I’m currently Single. Have been since I was born. I’m 16 years old, and it’s “customary” where I live to have at least dated once by the age of 15. It’s quite obvious that I haven’t.
I have gone though crushes before, still am. My first one was when I was a stubborn child (about 10) When I really didn’t know what love was about. I liked her for being cute. Turns out I learn a year later that she’s actually quite a jerk.
My second one, Ooooo, that one… well, it’s an ongoing one. I met this young woman when I was 13 (coming up on 14) in an after-school art club class. Now, back than, we where both Emo, so we really didn’t talk. But, when I found out she had the same interests as myself, I silently shouted with glee. Summer goes by, I meet her again in the winter and Both her and I have mostly gotten over our depressive ways. We become friends - at least I think. There was a lot of mixed feelings going around at that time, but all I knew what that my heart was higher than the clouds in the sky.
Another year goes by and I think she actually likes me… Well, At least I thought so. I knew that I really liked her back. But, I told her that I liked her, and… well… Ya. She said no. She’s like “We can still be friends though ~”
We are still friends. And I still have a crush on her. 
But ya, when she said no my heart sank like a brick. I’m just too loving and too willing to give my heart to any one person - Money never would come in the way, I’d find a way to get her stuff. Heck, I’d do anything for her~ The problem is (obviously) that I become WAY to emotionally attached, and I just couldn’t handle a real break-up. Which is why I’m lead to believe that I may never become anything more than single. I can be a great friend, but nothing more ~ And that’s probably what I’ll always be, just that great friend on the side lines. But, Since I’m such a hermit-crab, I suppose I could learn to live with it. 
^^ LOL sorry for the wall of TXT
Today something happened that caused me utter confusion…I swear man…
Just broke up with my gf today actually
Well, I’m gonna post in here because I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit lately.
I’m single. Always have been. Never even been on a date, actually. Kinda stinks, cause I do really, really want a girlfriend. Also, kinda lame since I’m about to leave college. I seem to just have a bunch of problems. I’m very, very shy, so I have trouble initiating stuff with people, though I do think I’m getting a little better. I also think I typically aim outta my league, so that might be a problem too. I’m pretty much always on the look out for girls though, which actually also might be a problem since I’m pretty desperate now. I hope it eventually happens, cause like I said, I really do want a girlfriend, or at least to go on a date once. I think I need a good wingman, or maybe someone to fix me up. Ah, well. What are you gonna do?
Oh, there’s also the possibility that I’m just plain ugly.
DirtyBirdy:: May I ask what happened?
Im dating. Ive been dating the same girl for about 3 years now. 
love her to death!
There are many times where I wish I could date someone, but I see it like this. When the right man comes along, something’s going to click inside of me; I’m going to have a peace about him, because I’ve been praying not just for someone so I can get married to him, but him because once I’m married, I’m not turning back. Divorce is absolutely out of the question for me. All it does is cause problem after problem, and people who have had their parents divorce can testify that it doesn’t help anyone.
I have stayed happily single for all of my teenage years so far, and have had no regrets. However, now more than ever, I want him to get here. I want to meet him, and meet him soon. I don’t know why, I’ve never felt this way before. I’m just afraid that when it’s time and I’ve met him, I’ll deny my feelings for him because I’m so scared of slipping up and getting the wrong guy just because I followed how I felt.
See, if things could go my way, I would love to be married just after my 18th birthday. I know, it sounds really weird, but I’ve already talked about it with my parents, and they feel that I’d be mature enough to do it. The only thing is I’d need a guy who’s mature as well. Like, I don’t even care about dating: you learn about the other through marriage.
I’m having weird feelings about two certain guys right now, though. Like, good weird. I just don’t know how to handle it… ugh, the situation is complicated.
little chef
Well, red, I have to disagree with you on one aspect of your post. My own parents are divorced and it was definitely for the best- if they’d forced themselves to stay together, they’d be very unhappy. We all prefer the situation as it is now.
But I do agree in that it’s good to think about marriage as a one-stop, permenant thing, especially as if more people took marriage and its consequences more seriously, there wouldn’t be so many unhappy relationships about! The problem comes, as you said, with finding the right guy…And especially a nice, mature guy! There don’t seem to be many of them about.
As for those two guys you mentioned, well, if one of them is the right one, you’ll know it. It just might not be obvious for the time being. Well, that’s my opinion anyway. I’ve dated guys in the past thinking that I could be in quite a long-term relationship with them, and it hasn’t worked like that at all. So, who knows?
I’ve been there little_chef! All my friends have been dating someone new pretty much every month and I felt left out. Most people think I’m strange because I’m very open about my pixar obsession Although that was when I totally noticed that this was stupid, I probably shouldn’t be dating someone at this age anyway. I’m waiting for someone that will accept me for who I am. Why does it seem so hard for people to do that these days?
lizardgirl: Well, it doesn’t help that all I’ve heard is divorce horror stories… my grandparents divorced just before I was born, and to this day it still affects my father, who is a full-grown man, and even the rest of us. I mean, we have a hard time planning get-togethers 'cuz this family member doesn’t want to see that one, and if my aunt and uncle stay with this one while they’re upstate, that one’s gonna get jealous… all that kinda crap. And I’ve seen a lot of kids suffer mentally because of it as well. I guess there are exceptions to this; if it were an abusive situation, then yes, divorce would probably be a suitable decision to make, especially if children are at risk if the marriage were to continue.
Yes, mature guys are definitely hard to find. That’s why I keep my future husband in my prayers on a continual basis.
I used to like one of the guys I mentioned a lot more, but recently I find my feelings for him aren’t as strong as they used to be. I’m thinking this is a good thing, because I have prayed that if he wasn’t the one that God would take those feelings away. I just don’t want to get confused, you know? Now the other guy, in a sense I “just met him”, but not really… and I’ve only seen him as a friend for all this time, so to think of him in a different sense is a little strange. Also, I’m afraid that I’d make him feel awkward about me if he knew that I kinda had a thing for him, since we’re only friends right now.
Like I said, weird situation.
woody: I’m going to know it’s him when I start gushing about my Pixar fandom, and his eyes will bug out and he says, “OMG me too!!! I feel the same way!” 
I mean, this guy has got to have a serious appreciation for good film and art. And music. Because those three things are my life. It’s a smart idea to wait for someone who will accept you for who you are, because you should never have to change who you are to please someone else. It is a hard thing to do, yes, but it all comes with experience and maturing. It’ll happen - keep your head up!
little chef
Thanks