Is it normal that i'm pretty but no one wants to be with me?

All my life people always said I'm pretty and I've had strangers tell me I'm beautiful etc. But I've only had one boyfriend and I don't know if he even wanted to be with me. I'm so shy and awkward too.. but I have friends and good fashion sense, so I'm not a geek or anything. I quite like someone right now but I'm too scared to show I'm interested because he's going to reject me and he just ignores me. Is there any point in being pretty when you're shy as hell? :/

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  • mumbum

    I am the same.. Exactly! As I have got older I have become more outgoing and I can't believe how much it has changed things for me. People are SO scared of rejection, especially guys.. Please try really really hard to be a bit more light and chatty with people. Google shyness and strategies for talking to people. I wished I had been more outgoing when I was younger.. I really did miss out on dating some fine men because of my shyness..:( guys need a friendly girl to work up the courage... Train yourself and it will quickly become easier and easier.

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  • naughty69

    hi..you want to be my friend?

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  • whos-lovin'you

    wow you sound so much like me. i was so ugly in high school but then as soon as i left school i started to become pretty and care more about what i looked like and before i knew it, i was getting compliments everywhere and stares from guys all the time. the thing is im so shy and i hate the looks. i dont want to be thought of as one of those slutty girls who craves that sort of attention. its perfectly normal and you have every right to be beautiful. forget people that say its a waste. what would they know anyway? theyre just a bunch of useless horny guys or slutty girls who wish they were pretty

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  • crissyabear

    If you are shy and don't initiate conversations with people they probably think you are stuck up. I get this all the time. I'm very friendly just not outgoing and I'm not going to talk to someone just to hear myself talk so people who don't know me think I'm a snob.

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  • Lazarus

    had the same experience before my current boyfriend.
    My father says it's because I'm so pretty that guys were to shy to talk to me.
    *well your my father -.- aren't you obliged to tell me positive things.

    so, we'll never know until someone tells us other wise to our face.

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    • Lol aww that's cute!

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  • Smilez325

    This is EXACTLY me!!! I am sooo shy! But I've had people tell me I'm pretty, I have a good fashion sense, smart, etc. I really don't want to be shy, but I am.

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  • dom180

    It is because you are shy, guys don't think of you as approachable. It really sucks to be you, because you are probably a nice person.

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  • LOUi_CUDi

    you just need to be brave and find the courage to talk to him and tell him how you feel. If you are as pretty as you say then he he wont realy care about the shyness lol. Trust me .........

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  • arcai921

    i know girls that say this and then just shut down guys when they approach. you like that?

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  • SweetandTenderHooligan

    You may be fun to look at at but no one wants conversation with a mannequin.

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  • thewoeman

    I have a friend like that. Most guys assume she already has a boyfriend. Maybe you could try making it more obvious you're looking.

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  • AmINormal101

    You remind me of a girl who has a crush on me.. She's exactly just like you.. She's beautiful but problem is she really is shy.. Whenever we talk, she always gets off topic and tend to talk to herself even though I'm there... Really weird though but normal

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  • almostunreadable

    You are not geek? Well there's your problem.

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  • AngAnders112

    "The beautiful people, the beautiful people
    It's all relative to the size of your steeple
    You can't see the forest for the trees
    You can't smell your own shit on your knees"

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    • dom180

      Wait, YOU quote Marilyn Manson lyrics? You, who seems to be a hardline Christian, quoting Christianity's favourite whipping boy? Unless you are not serious, and I am an idiot? I am now really confused, I don't get you at all now. This is making my brain hurt. That is what I get for trying to understand people... :(

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      • AngAnders112

        oh. well i was raised in a strict religious household. a lot of that stuff has been imbedded into my permanent memory files. but most of the time, when i'm quoting that stuff i'm just being facetious. i don't really believe much of it.

        i don't have a lot of manson's stuff, but beautiful people is quite an amazing song.

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        • dom180

          Cool, now I get ya. And I agree that Beautiful People is an awesome song.

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  • firefly88

    There really is no point in being pretty if you are shy

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