I want to be like Claire (Kirsten Dunst's character) from Elizabethtown. She is quirky, cute, and isn't afraid to say exactly what she feels. I certainly have to work on saying exactly what I feel. Sometimes I am so tempted to "let the chips fall where they may" and just say what I think to those of the opposite gender ("I LIKE YOU!"), even if it is extremely risky.
I want to take risks and just let a guy know how I feel. I've been getting a bit better at that recently. But for every forward step I take, I seem to take seven cowardly steps back. I just don't want to be embarrassed if I reveal my feelings and they are met by derision. So I run away from those whom I like.
Secretly, I'm afraid that no one could be interested in me, so if I don't reveal my feelings, at least I won't be embarrassed by rejection. It's self-protection. And it's cowardly.
As a result, here I sit at home on break, wondering how I can take risks and act in the confidence that perchance someone somewhere is interested in me.
Oh, to be like Claire.... Any advice, golb friends?
I want to take risks and just let a guy know how I feel. I've been getting a bit better at that recently. But for every forward step I take, I seem to take seven cowardly steps back. I just don't want to be embarrassed if I reveal my feelings and they are met by derision. So I run away from those whom I like.
Secretly, I'm afraid that no one could be interested in me, so if I don't reveal my feelings, at least I won't be embarrassed by rejection. It's self-protection. And it's cowardly.
As a result, here I sit at home on break, wondering how I can take risks and act in the confidence that perchance someone somewhere is interested in me.
Oh, to be like Claire.... Any advice, golb friends?
posted by Elanor at 2:57 PM
2 Comments:
I feel the exact same way ALL the time. Unfortunately, just when I decided it was about time to just "let it all out" I got to the point in my life where there is no one that I'm even interested in... so my advice is, if there is someone, go for it. The worst they can say is "no" right?
Oh E, I can relate. I was always a big scaredy cat when it came to that kind of stuff. However, I love when people just say amazing things to people. I try to give sincere compliments to people I hardly know when there's something I really like about them, but would probably never tell them because I don't know them well. Some people like that...some are weirded out. I would love it if semi-strangers said neat things to me. It's like in the movies, because people don't just always say neat things to other people.
Obviously, it is a harder thing to tell someone that you like them rather than to simply compliment them. But, I say do it. Life is short, and you'll never know otherwise. If it works out...AWESOME. If it doesn't well it will tell you a couple of things. If he's a good friend, he'll be flattered and (although it might be weird for a little while), it won't ultimately affect your friendship. If he's freaked out, then clearly he's not one of those people who enjoy the spontenaity of life and probably wouldn't be your type of man. Because you are a lover of the romantic, the imaginative, and life in general.
GOOD LUCK!
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