>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_shyness
> 
> Maybe something like that.  Extreme fear of rejection was a bit part of 
> it.  I was always the kid the girls wanted to have as a friend so they 
> could complain about their boyfriends (or the other boys they wanted as 
> their boyfriends) to someone.

When *I* was a kid, "girls" were these mythical creatures that I'd never 
actually seen or interacted with before, but I desperately wanted to 
find one and keep her for ever and ever...

Of course, gradually I came to realise that girls are actually just 
normal human beings who are a bit special. Some of them are nice, some 
of them are arseholes. Oddly, attractiveness appears to be negatively 
correlated with personality... but it's only a general correlation, 
there is of course considerable variability.

Now, if I could just learn to not be terrified of all human beings, 
maybe I'd be getting somewhere! :-}

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