It happens almost everyday.
I get on the train, either listening to my ipod, or reading my Bible. I get on the train and I make eye contact; electrifying, mind-blowing, you-know-you-both-want-to-say-something-to-each-other eye contact, but one of us end up breaking off the transaction. We return to our regularly scheduled programs.
She's not the same every time. Today she was this pretty brown skin young lady, who happened to have a beautiful smile. Yesterday she was this pretty Spanish young woman with long flowing black hair. Last week she was this pretty blonde with bright blue eyes who was reading a book.
Different, but the same thing happens. I get on the train, we make eye contact, I smile, she smiles, but then that's it.
I'm not a shy person, nor am I a guy who lacks confidence in myself, but I never been one to approach a stranger in the way-guys-in-movies-or-in-real-life-are-able-to-just-walk-up-to-a-woman-with-the-purpose-of-asking-them-out-or-for-their-number. I've done it before, but only twice in my life. The rest of the time has been me getting to know them first, them asking me for my number, or over the email or written note. (Those tend to be my favorite).
But today I was upset and really wished I would have spoken up and said hi like I normally do. Today though I let her get off at her stop and watched her go by.
I can't explain it, but I know I needed to blog about it.
Does anyone else ever get dating ptsd when it comes to the approach?
Dating PTSD (11/05/2008)- The Approach
Joseph is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker in the Washington, DC area. Joseph is the author of the forthcoming book “Love Me Right or Not at All”, A Quick Guide to Loving Yourself and Others the Healthy Way. This book seeks to assist everyone who reads it to love with balance and give love to the right people. Joseph is striving to become an expert in the practice of relationship empowerment. He strives to build healthy, powerful, and well-balanced relationships in the lives of everyone who seeks after the knowledge, values, and skills Joseph has honed over the last ten years. Joseph is an aspiring Marriage and Family Therapist, but to also travel around the nation and hopefully the world, to spread the message that relationships can be simple, yet amazing if you put in the work. Relationships are vital to the human experience and often shape our mindsets, our personalities, and our environments. Knowing this, Joseph works to encourage not only those who believe in his skills, but also works passionately to build his knowledge and skills in the area of relationships to present the best of who he is both personally and professionally.
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