Disarm D'arcy wrote:My brain realized that I have a week left of actual classes this semester.
After next Friday, I won't have a single class in common with this girl. I've "known" her since our second year of college. And in spite of spending all this time thinking that she was cute and smart, and her apparently liking my stupid jokes, I haven't made a single move. It's probable that we will never see each other again after that.
But, there's also this cute Italian foreign exchange student. We haven't talked much, but there's something about his eyes. And again, it's probable that we will never cross path again after the end of this week.
And there's also this Mexican foreign exchange girl that has been giving me the sex eyes since September... But however nice and pretty she is, I don't feel attracted to her and I've been carefully avoiding each and any of her allusions or invitations... I've tried telling her that I wasn't into meaningless casual sex, but I'm afraid that might be disrespectful to some extent. But she's nice, and I'd still like us to be university accointances to each other.
I don't know what to do. My brain can't process the situation and resolve it in a rational way. I'm about clueless when it comes to human relations anyway. Right now, it's getting in the way of things that could turn out to be cool and enjoyable. And I resent myself for that.
ah, d'arcy, you poor twisted soul. never resent yourself.
maybe your brain is just struggling to resolve conflicting software/hardware issues, if you know what i mean?
and sometimes we confuse 'not wanting to listen' with 'not being able to hear'?
are you sure you are not applying the same 'must come out of this with something' urge here that you used to get when standing at the checkout with your parents as a kid and staring at all the sweets, after a shopping trip that didn't involve anything being bought for you?
the urge never goes away. it's part of the human condition. i don't know you (or anyone) well enough to say if it applies or not, you can only judge yourself. i'm just throwing that into the model to see if it might fit somewhere. leaving any long-term situation can be an emotional thing, especially one in which you have invested a lot of yourself (thoughts, feelings). the prospect can pressurise your thinking. especially if you are a young man in spring surrounded by beautiful women.
am playing devil's advocate here, as no one here has tried to do so yet. but if you have come all this way, in the company of these obviously-interested women, and nothing has progressed, maybe that's not to be written off too quickly as shyness, or timing-never-right, or whatever? maybe there's something in that.
maybe the woman that is perfect for you right now is the one you will meet this summer, on the beach, skiing, working in a bar, whatever you do. but if you choose to involve yourself with random people now, just because they are there and you are feeling nostalgic, fearful of change, souvenir-hungry, whatever, you could be cheating yourself (and them, if they fall for you and you are just playing) by then not being in the right place and at the right time when someone you really should be with appears in your life.
that might be something to consider carefully on a long moonlit walk around the park tonight.
i have a few years head-start on you so can too easily look at this with a cool head, which definitely wasn't the case when i was in my twenties, etc. but i felt a 'have been there' moment when i read your message, so thought it worth a reply since you asked for ideas.
let your instincts be your guide, d'arcy. et bonnes vacances.
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