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I genuinely thought getting flirted with was going to be a common thing throughout my life, nope, dead ended straight in highschool except for a few odd ones very sparingly between

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Sheesh, you got a stick up your anise or something?

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I was in this very situation where a girl gave me hints but took a step back every time i approached her. I decided not to be too aggressive and ask her out, because i was raised (2012) in a time where it felt like even asking a girl out would be seen as sexual harassment.

In retrospect i must say i feel terrible about it because i feel as if i should have just told her how i feel.

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Is there something I miss here?

Yes, the stigmatization of high school boys.

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You can't expect someone else to be unambiguous. It's not a one-way street and no o e wants to be rejected. Talk to people you like, be respectful, ask them out if it feels right, and accept the answer enthusiastically either way. Grow friendships first, and keep them.

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Good catch, I'll correct it

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I think that's the point: it's selling the notion that 2014 lonely dude missed his opportunity to be "normal people."

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What if he's just making up a reason because he doesn't like you at all? If you're weird and pushy he'll tell everyone! It already took weeks of imagining that interaction and mustering the courage to do it.

No, this plan is a bust. It's obvious you're interested; you just asked him out. So if he is too, then he'll just tell you. Obviously.

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written like a true teenager with no life experience whatsoever!

why is everyone in this thread acting like girls (or boys) are this mythical perfect beings who always know perfectly what they know and it's just a question of figguring out the puzzle and finding the best reaction...

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No, you could act on in appropriately. Ask on a date, go in for a kiss etc whatever the situation calls for. You can't force yourself on them or keep trying if you get turned down. But expressing your own interest is the only way either of you will know what's going on.

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I don't think her brother is about his size.

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You're still an asshole even if the person you're responding to is wrong

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Also, what's a yearbook?
Is that a US thing only?

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Reread the comic she did ask him out directly

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Psst that was probably it.

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Nah, I ask people what they are doing for something (the weekend, Christmas, whatever) all the time and I'm not trying to ask them on a date for that event.

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Really onul retentive.

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Is Ronnie still making comics?

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Maybe it’s US only? I dunno.

In the US, in high school, and increasingly in lower grades, you can pay for a book that you get at the end of the year that has a headshot of every student and teacher, group photos of all the student organization, summaries of the sports teams’ seasons, nostalgic musings, and various other miscellany. In high school, one of the student organizations is the yearbook staff.

Traditionally, you will all spend some time signing the inside covers of your classmates’ books with inside jokes, inspiring messages, etc. In the long ago, people who kinda liked you might even put their phone number in it.

It used to be a thing in colleges and universities as well, and maybe so it’s at some, but it’s no longer a traditional part of the experience, probably due to being associated so closely with high school.

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See my friend peer pressured me to write, to date, one of the cringiest and worst things I have ever said/written to someone in their yearbook. It's been nearly 20 years and I still can't bear to deal with it. I'm so embarrassed by it I don't even retell the story to my friends (or even my therapist). It keeps me up at night.

So no, please no one ever read your yearbook ever. Burn them all.

And to the person whose yearbook I ruined with my weird fucking comment, I am truly sorry. You didn't deserve that. I didn't deserve that. I hope you are living your best life.