{"id":25343,"date":"2024-02-27T20:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T01:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=25343"},"modified":"2024-02-29T18:55:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T23:55:03","slug":"im-trying-to-get-closer-to-get-to-know-a-guy-better-but-i-am-so-bad-at-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/02\/27\/im-trying-to-get-closer-to-get-to-know-a-guy-better-but-i-am-so-bad-at-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m trying to get closer to\/get to know a guy better, but I am SO BAD at conversation&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can practice with friends (of any gender) if you can open up to them about your concerns. You might be able to come up with a physical trigger to stop the laughter like pressing on your jaw. In any case you are very courageous to put yourself out there and I have faith you can do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-3-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-3-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW022724-3-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you set aside your fears &amp; anxieties, talking to guys is just like talking to women. You find some common ground through trial and error, and overlook the awkwardness that&#8217;s inevitable when you&#8217;re getting to know someone. Oh, and tell your inner voices saying critical or discouraging things that you appreciate their help but don&#8217;t need them right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW02282024-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW02282024-2.jpg\" alt=\"As a guy, you just giving us the time of day is more than enough lol we are so scared of being seen as weird or creepy\" class=\"wp-image-25356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW02282024-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW02282024-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AW02282024-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As a guy, you just giving us the time of day is more than enough lol we are so scared of being seen as weird or creepy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It sounds very challenging!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can practice with friends (of any gender) if you can open up to them about your concerns. You might be able to come up with a physical trigger to stop the laughter like pressing on your jaw. In any case you are very courageous to put yourself out there and I have faith you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/02\/27\/im-trying-to-get-closer-to-get-to-know-a-guy-better-but-i-am-so-bad-at-conversation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to get closer to\/get to know a guy better, but I am SO BAD at conversation&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25343"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25380,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25343\/revisions\/25380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}