>> I still dislike walking anywhere by myself without somebody to protect 
>> me. I just find it very difficult to walk along and look nonchalant 
>> and stuff when I'm worrying about what everybody must be thinging of 
>> me - the way I walk, the way I dress, the way my face looks, etc.
> 
> This part sounds a bit like me, though I was not afraid to walk alone 
> for fear of getting my ass beat, but because I was super-self-conscious 
> about the way I walked and about my appearance in general. I thought I 
> walked funny, but I could never quite put my finger on *why* my gait was 
> odd. I always felt like people were watching me, judging me and thinking 
> I was stupid because I never felt normal when I walked. "Look at that 
> retard, he can't even walk normally!" As it turns out, my stride was a 
> little different than everybody else's, due to my long legs and short 
> torso. One good thing my ex gf did for me was to encourage me to put 
> emphasis into the movement of my knees, which has helped me smooth out 
> my steps and keep my head from bobbing too much. I'm still 
> self-conscious, but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be.

I'm thinking maybe I should take speach therapy to see if I can learn to 
stop talking like somebody with a brain disorder. I'm not sure if it'll 
work though...

>> And oh my God - I almost can't believe that I have an actual friend 
>> who is also a *girl*. ;-)
>>
>> So why am I not getting any? Hmm...
> 
> Hmm, indeed. :)

:-P

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