I, MuffinMaker, commit to working on my goals and taking myself seriously.
Good evening. I'm MuffinMaker, 22 from Germany. I don't know what to write, really.
Basic facts:
-Studying computer science with a passion at a technical university
-Come from a stable background (no deep traumas or anything)
-live in a moderately big european city (300k +) near the city center in a shared flat with friends
-Visit gym about 4-5 times per week but still have decent flaws on my body. People recognize, that I lift, yet they wouldn't call me Herkules.
About my sex life:
I've never had a girlfriend after the age of 13. I've only had one pretty sad low-key abusive relationship with a girl from my school when I was 18. My bodycount amounts to 3. I once slept with an australian while traveling and once got lucky on bumble. I'm deeply dissatisfied with my sex life. Mainly because I think i don't get enough opportunity. I've never had trouble making out with a girl at a party, given that there's enough girls, which isn't the case at a technical university. Simply put: Since I moved to uni, 2 years ago, I haven't been served girls on a silver platter (especially since COVID closed down everything) and all my friends are CS Students => male or gym buddies => also male. I've tried dating on other ways (online/residents from my dorm/girls I met while partying) but it always ended up with me seeming to emotionally dependent of the girl, which i was, and her cutting me off. This unironically happened ~10 times in the last four years.
About my social life:
I'm fairly good looking (at least 7/10) and good at talking, even with strangers. I am an extremely extroverted guy. I've already done a journey around the world on my own and am generally not scared by people for basic human interaction. I don't have a problem with getting loud in public either idk. The only thing that actually scares me is revealing a part of my actual, non-superficial personality (e.g. sexual desire) to someone and getting a convincingly bad reaction. so yeah, not that free after all.
Why I'm here:
COVID was hell for me. I didn't make any new connections anymore. In germany they closed everything for two years and you were lynched if you were caught trying to build a workaround ( organize private study groups for example, or party in private). The state basically took away my social life for 2 years. But now I'm back and I wanna make this the best summer of all time. I was sitting in the library with this thought and in front of me there was this cute girl. I read through the GLL AAA program (which looks amazing and crazy at the same time) and I thought to myself "just go approach her! Tell her she's cute!!". But I just couldnt. Thats the moment I realized I was gonna have to do AAA. I don't wanna do it, I just want to HAVE DONE it. I left the library, defeated. I then took out my phone, went to the park and did the first day of AAA. I gotta admit - it was harder than it seemed at first. I had spoken to strangers in public for countless times before already but each one of these times I had somewhat of a REASON to talk to them. I know, asking for the time is a reason but it felt so eery. I then had so much social momentum that I sat down next to a cute latina on my campus. I talked to her and eventually asked for her number. It was a decent conversation but I never became "aggresive", meaning I never made clear that I'm looking for something sexual by giving her compliments or something like that. I got her number and will ask her for coffee tomorrow. I'm somewhat proud but on the other hand I'm disappointed that I only talked to one girl. Whatever, I'll improve. I really hope this is not getting to unproductive of a post....
Bottom Line (TLDR):
Just got into approaching. Ive done it before but never by saying something like "hey youre cute" or anything that would actually make me vulnerable. I always said some shit like "hey, what are you studying/doing here". I'm a pretty insecure guy (working on it). I want to do AAA, or at least the first 3 weeks of it (Week 4 looks messes too much with my mind as of right now). I'm scared shitless of AAA. It looks like a nightmare. Yet I'd love to be able to make myself vulnerable on command and reap the benefits.
I know that the thing that's really missing to my character is knowing how to deal with bad reactions, of girls especially, preferably by using experience. I'm super scared of "disappointing" people and I get that the point of AAA is to experience exactly that and see that you're still alive after.
I feel like AAA is one of the most painful things I could go through but I just can't turn my back on this.
I'm gonna attempt it but go reaaally slow probably.
Whatever, see you on the other side
Sincery, MuffinMaker