I'm not unable to talk to the opposite sex, but I never really talk to any girls my age unless i've known them for a long time. I have a problem with starting the conversation because I feel that the only time they wanna talk to me is when they approach me themselves.
I'm the same way. Whenever I initiate a conversation with a woman I always feel like I'm bothering her. So I'm usually lonely, but afraid to remedy the situation. :

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Rationally, I know that if I was bothering someone she would most likely let me know, so I would just stop and go away. But I always feel like I'm a nuisance, and it's a bit more difficult to stop feeling this way. At least I make the occasional effort, though.
My bigger problem is not meeting women. The closest I come to "meeting" any is reading posts by female users on this site. Pretty lame, but I'm slowly starting to work on this problem also.
And it's not that I care what they think,
coyote; it's that I care what
I think and how I feel. My self esteem is in the sewer, so regardless of what I do I'll feel bad about it. Sometimes I figure I'll feel bad either way, so I talk to someone; yet every time I expect to screw something up, so I always do. Tricky things, human brains.
