I did my first approach today, and I never felt so proud of myself. For the first time in the 23 years of my life, I went up and talked to a random girl outside my little social circle. I mean I have friends that are girls but they are my coworkers and they are all in relationships, I never kissed a girl, or really had a girlfriend before so.

I'm a anime nerd, who stays at home all day and plays Overwatch. I take extremely good care of how I dress and look, but I don't work out or anything. I did for a month temporarily but I gave up because I was depressed I was never gonna approach anyway. But I did and here's what happened.

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I went to the mall with my sister, and after walking around for a bit, I got tired so I went to the food court to chill for a bit. I found a row of chairs to sit on and I saw this cute HB10 sitting a few chairs away from me. I'm not sure if i'm using that term right cuz she was a perfect 10 in my book but she didn't really have a hot body? All I knew was I found her really attractive.

My heart was pounding fast af, and I was scared to say anything. I was afraid, without really knowing why I was afraid. So after sitting there for awhile of not saying anything, we made eye contact once or twice which made me feel really nervous.

My sister calls me and tells me to buy her these molasses chips? I genuinely didn't know what these were so I got up and I saw her looking at me when I turned her way. I powerwalked past her because of my anxiety and hated myself for it.

Anyways I buy this chicolate for my sister and I go back to the row of chairs. I sat there for a good while thinking of how much I should say something, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. So after we made eye contact this one time, I asked.

Me:Hey! do you know what Molasses chips are?

Her face instantly lights up at this point, she does like a face where she smiles and has a wide grin on her face.

Her: No I haven't haha! What are they?

My heart stopped pounding as fast and instead I felt this weird euphoria, I was nervous for a bit when I was talking, but I felt extremely happy. I couldn't believe I was actually talking to a girl I thought was cute. I honestly was overwhelmed and I felt so proud of myself.

I tell her about my sister wanting me to buy them for her, and I tell her what I think they are, and right after we were done talking about chocolate she happily asks if I'm from around here, I tell her I work around the area and she tells me where she works and where she's from, without me having to ask her. I ask her what her name was but I think I forgot to tell her mine.

Actually she did most of the question asking, and told me about where she goes to school and stuff, and I just casually added in my responses about myself afterwards. We talk about Christmas shopping and she told me how she loves her job and asks me what I do for my work.

My sister calls me and I knew I had to go.

Me;Hey! Actually I think I have to go now. But before I go, we should exchange numbers and talk some more. Haha.

Her:Oh sure! I'm like always here so!

Me;Haha me too! I'm here like all the time. We should like hangout sometime:

Her; I'm definitely free

Me: But yeah I saw we kept making eye contact and I actually thought you were pretty cute, so I had to say something.

Her: (laughs) oh thank you!

We exchange numbers, and I gave her my name.

Me: Alright _____ it was nice talking with you

Her: It was nice meeting you blastoisedesu!

So now I have her number and I told my sister on the way back and she told me I should wait a full day before I send her the first text. I'm thinking about texting her about how the chocolate tastes and go from there? What should I do?

I always thought I'd die alone without ever approaching or talking to a random girl I thought was cute. I never believed in myself untill now. I know it sounds cheesy to say this but, once you do something you always told yourself you couldn't, it lifts you up. You kinda feel empowered and honestly you feel happier for yourself. I felt actually made a impact on my life in a very positive way, and no matter how this goes. I end up a happier person regardless.

I read pickup for 6 years without ever putting it to use. I was always eager to go out and beat my AA but damn it feels good once you beat it. I was so happy the whole day, I couldn't stop smiling on the way home.

When we were talking, I never once thought about the outcome. But I was so caught up in my euphoria, I accidently told her I'm from the area when I'm actually 15 mins away.

TL;DR Did my first approach ever, Broke my anxiety. I feel more happier than I ever been.