Would it be fair to say...

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charli2858	5/31/2015 8:20:58 AM I don't think it is a question of fair... but based on my experience i think the posts are 50/50 men/women. Personally, men are fearful and get upset more often than women when they don't get a response... bet you will find a guy that says that about women...
stamina1975	5/31/2015 9:43:28 AM I'm thinking more in the context of being out in the real World though. The online thing has an unbalanced perspective. Online Women can generally sit back and put their feet up, some guy will make a move shy or not simply because they may believe it's expected.
charli2858	5/31/2015 9:47:16 AM Not my experience as you describe it but that is what makes the world go round!
stamina1975	5/31/2015 11:23:09 AM Well she did say she was shy and afraid of rejection, I thought that was very honest of her.
stamina1975	5/31/2015 11:43:52 AM Wouldn't gun shy almost be the same thing, rejection only being one of the many insecurities responsible. I know from my experience that being burned hasn't made me shy of anything much, but very adamant in not jumping into the fire of involvement with Women who do show interest but also show signs of not knowing what they really want yet.
ambrosia727	5/31/2015 11:46:40 AM It all depends in approach.
ambrosia727	5/31/2015 11:51:43 AM I wouldn't go up to someone and say hey do you want to go out with me or here's my number, but I would approach someone and strike up a nice polite conversation and see how it goes.
stamina1975	5/31/2015 12:11:01 PM @ambrosia OK, say the conversation is going well. It just stays polite conversation without anything to say that they're not unavailable. To achieve your goal, would you go ahead and ask them out?
yetskimama	5/31/2015 12:57:50 PM I just never approached , always let the men do it..... What do I know , life has change so much
stamina1975	5/31/2015 5:31:02 PM @mz_g Either way I know not all Women are shy, but it seems that only a few will admit to suffer the same fates as men with rejection and being shy. I tend to think Women are shy, I've only met a few that are confident off the bat. I guess giving the ladies butterflies is more common than I realize too. Just saying. With that in mind, I know half of the guys that I've talked with on this kind of subject matter say that they feel they're expected to read a Woman's mind to know if they're liked in the same fashion for their efforts. So some of them move on prematurely only to unintentionally cause short-term heartbreaks. Anyway... I know guys that have to play the role of confidence while their shyness is below the surface, I've been there myself and will probably be there again at some point. Hubris and I prefer to be distant friends.
stamina1975	5/31/2015 10:17:02 PM Shy with a portion of preemptive self rejection I'm guessing. I don't know why the girl would say she was shy and afraid of rejection, other than she meant it. In addition to the experiences I've had, along with witness accounts from peers where Women tell all after the ice is broken. I would claim to think that not all Women are battle hardened, barren of feeling and emotion, in the World of dating. But... I could be wrong there too I guess.