Anonymousknow this may sound a little pathetic asking advice like this on an internet forum but here it goes
I just seem to find that guys only see me as a **** buddy or as some casual fling rather than as serious gf material. I have had some casual sex in the past. However i dont go out picking up guys in clubs, i have never been fingured on the dance floor or shagged in the toilets or anything that gross. Ive had one ONS which i regret and ive had a few **** buddies which ive ended it with now but we're still friends. Now before i get lots of replies screeaming "SLAG!!!!!!!!! OMG". I am still in the single digets club if that really matters, i dont go out wanting to sleep with strangers and i dont wear "tarty" clothes. Now i do get that some people would never ever consider a girl if shes had a ons, regardless of her other attributes, but even if guys dont know this they still dont seem to take me seriously.
heres the low down...
I generally lead a busy & active life. I regularly go caving, climbing, kayacking, and if i can (which isnt very often as im very busy!) i do a spot of archery.
I enjoy keeping fit
Im loud, outgoing and quiet chatty
Im a politics student and (shock horror) im conservative, though slightly libetarian (awaits for comments on how im a toff...Im not upper/middle class, my family are from a council estate, i just worked hard to get here).
I'm 5ft 7, blonde, green eyes and size 8/10 but quiet toned; so not overly skinny, just healthy.
hourglass figure, if that really matters that much
people have said that im easy to talk to, but usually thats not till i get to know them very well.
i try not to take life too seriously, though that isnt always easy, but i guess we're all guilty of doing that from time to time
not really a clubby person, i go maybe a few times a month tops
I do enjoy house parties, pub crawls and gigs if i get the chance to go
love camping and the outdoors
im from essex, i only mentioned that incase anyone was immature enough to believe those stereotypes, though i can kind of understand why people may not get a good impression of me, im blonde, from essex (though i have not lived there all my life so i do not have the accent...thank goodness!) and im chatty so maybe i come across as abit of a joke, i dont know
im an athiest, though slighly agnostic
I may have strong opinions but i dont go round preaching my political or non-religious views to people.
I couldnt care less about celebrity gossip, they are just people afterall
I listen to mainly rock, metal, classic rock, indie with a spot of brit pop and so called "emo music". I listen to most things really as long as its not hip hop or r'n'b (especially the new r'n'b which compared to the old stuff, is truely dreadful)
I hope im nt comming across as arrogant but people have called me hot, attractive, etc before by guys and they seem keen at first but then they sort of "dissapear" and it cant be because ive slept with them because i do not always sleep with them during the early stages. I take things as they come and do what i feel comfortable with, what feels right for me at the time. I guess it could be the conservative thing as ive noticed uni does tend to have alot more left wing students so maybe that puts them off, then again would i want a guy whos completely opposite to me and have little in common with?
But thats the thing though, plenty of guys have complimented me, stare, etc, but rarely initiate anything or try and talk to me in pubs or anything.
not sure how relevant it would be to mention this but i have had depression for the last few years which was pretty bad last yr, though now i think im over the worst of it & try to keep busy, etc. I can be quiet insecure at times and will assume people dont take me seriously, think im stupid, blonde, dappy, etc. I sometimes try too hard to impress people if i feel that i have made a bad impression and that they hate me because of it, though im pretty good around new people. Have had body confidence issues in the past as ive had my ex call me "squidgy" and the ex after that called me fat at a time when felt my most insecure so i lost over a stone and became something silly like 8stone 2 or something, stopped having periods, etc and he still called me fat so tbh im still abit funny around guys i really like cause i just assume they dont like me, only see me as a **** buddy,a quick shag, etc and as a result i tend to do a dissapearing act before i become too involved
my question is, how to i get guys to take me seriously and see me as gf material and not a quick fling before they get bored, find someone better, etc
i know i can be abit ditzy and yes i have blonde hair (mid-dark blonde which i hope doesnt look too silly as my eyebrowns are not too dark), my guy mate once pointed out that my "default look" (which is what stereotype you look most like when you wear something plain, i.e. jeans and a black tee) is a cross between barbie and essex chav. Though i do not dress like a chav,essex girl in the slightest, blonde suits me better than any other hair colour and i cannot help my ditzy moments, i cannot pretend to be come socialist when im not as in the long run this is pointless.
Also how can you tell when a guy really likes you, takes you seriously, rather than seeing you as some dappy, thick girl he can get laid with?