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Confident guy liking potentially shy girl?

i need help. i'm 18, just graduated from college, and i got to know this really nice girl in my school. she's 16 though and really smart. i manage to talk to her occassionally via e-mail/txt/msn, but everytime i talk to her through these mediums, it feels...awkward.

like stuff i say puts her off, or intimidates her and she always seems to have to explain herself or apologise for something, which i always intended to be as a joke! i dunno, i consider myself a naturally confident guy, and this girl is quite shy...she hasn't had much experience with guys as i've heard (or rather has fancied a guy in her year for 3 years:eek: ).

what do you reckon i should do? i want to make her comfortable in our conversations, without her having to explain herself when i make some joke or something.
Reply 1
Me and my bf were like this at first, I was really shy, he confident. I was terribly awkward in our conversations and had also fancied another guy for about four years...I think I was a challenge for him at times.

He just kept talking to me loads, spend time with me until I felt comfortable with him...literally taking any opportunity at all. The drew me out of my shell
and we've now been meeting three years and love him to pieces....I'm far from shy now.
Reply 2
Patience.
Being that shy girl
Keep trying. Even when she pushes you away.
Reply 4
i'll try...it's just that, i don't think i have much time, considering i'm leaving off to uni this september and she's staying behind. it's really one of those typical things. you don't expect to meet a girl you're into at school until the very last term you have and then you leave!
Reply 5
This is absolutely normal. It happens. It's a matter of knowing each other really well. Plus, it's best to go with the natural flow of things. What is meant to be is to be.