Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!pooh From: pooh@ut-sally.UUCP (Pooh @ the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: shy and nervous//opening lines Message-ID: <2204@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 10:29:05 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2204 Posted: Thu Jun 27 10:29:05 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 00:56:31 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 33 Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute, folks. I never said anything to the effect that someone couldn't be "shy". The operative word in my posting was "hiding." I have been (and often am) shy myself, and there's nothing wrong with that. But I would much rather have someone come out and be open about it "gee, I don't know anyone at this party, but you look like someone nice to talk to." If someone will be open about what he's feeling, I am happy to deal with it and share what I'm feeling. But if someone wants to play the "dating game" rather than be honest, what kind of a relationship are we going to have down the line? If they're so terribly scared of me that they won't even admit they're shy, then I am not going to go to the trouble to identify their feelings for them. I can't carry the whole conversation/relationship myself. I've already gotten some "hi" notes from some awfully nice people, so it can be done! Pooh pooh@purdue-ecn-cb.ARPA pooh@ut-sally.ARPA pur-ee!pooh ut-sally!pooh Remember the famous words of Abraham Lincoln: "Why is Andrew Johnson always following me around?"