PDA adulting: dating with PDA
Episode 11: Masculinity, vulnerability, and rejection sensitivity
I saw a girl at yoga last night who I thought was really cute. We exchanged some smiles during the class, and I wanted to follow up. I struck up a nice conversation with her in the lobby as we were getting our shoes on. I was feeling some nice energy between us. I felt interest from her. And as she was on her way out, she made eye contact and paused for a beat as she passed me.
I felt like there was an opening to get her number. I wanted her number.
But as she was walking out, I couldn’t think of what to say. I was drawing a blank.
Dang she was pretty tho. And that’s what makes it so challenging to ask for a number. Because I really care, and when I care it creates charge. And charge moves me out of my intentional brain and into my primitive brain. And my cave man brain, who doesn’t even know how to use language, isn’t going to get a date.
Join me below the fold for some personal reflections on dating as an adult PDA man …
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