Everyone wants companionship, friends, that one relationship you just can't live without.
I want it, you want it, he wants it, she wants it.
I hope you've realized that you're not going to find that with online dating; I mean, yeah, everyone knows someone these days who has met someone amazing on the internet! But you have to realize that they probably waded, maybe even swam, through a huge amount of morons, crazies, and people who are just strange, to find their happily ever after. But congrats to them, they persevered.
Think about it, though. Half the people you see on the street have accounts on social websites, and probably another half of those same people have accounts on some version of a dating site. Everyone wants that person to talk to, everyone experiences those sad pangs of loneliness. So around a quarter of the people you see wherever is looking for that special someone.
So why is it SO HARD for people to find their special someone?
Perhaps it's because everyone is waiting for someone to talk to them. If that's the case, that cute girl across the cafe isn't going to come over and ask you what you're reading, that attractive guy isn't going to stop you in the park and ask you your doggies' name. And that's because that person is waiting for YOU to talk to them, and if you don't then you obviously are not interested. Right?
Think about that for a minute.
While you're thinking about that, you can admire Andrew Leonard the Dinosaur.
Anyway, back to the point.
Start talking to people! Sure, they may brush you off, but that's obviously their loss, because you're awesome! Right? And don't you dare answer 'no' to that - no one is gonna be interested in you if you don't even like yourself. But that's a whole different topic.
So, what you need to do is set a goal for yourself. Sitting at a coffee shop, wandering through the grocery store, filling up your car at the gas station. Talk to some random stranger, compliment them on something, ask them about their day. Go for a boldness that you wouldn't otherwise know.
So what if you stutter? Who cares if you trip? You've got this.
Go meet somebody new!
Love, Lemur.
