“Pressure to make the first move when it comes to women. I don’t mind making the first move, however when I feel the obligation to make the first move at all times, it ended up ruining me somewhat.

After 28 years of constant rejections, it kinda does something to you emotinally. You know intellectually what’s going on and that it’s fine and all that. But the emotional toll of it…fuck…

I’ve got a girlfriend now and it’s all good now. But when we were starting with flirting a bit and such, it took me a loooong time to loosen up. Even if I knew based on context and body language exactly what she wanted, my emotions kept me back. Even if I knew she was interested, I was slow as fuck in the start of it.

Having this constant pressure of making the first move really fucks you over. Women keep saying we shouldn’t feel that way, but it’s probably going to take a generation or two more before the burden is finally lifted.”