does a nice, shy, meek guy have a chance in hell?

[Spell]

And I dont think there is a cheaper place to live than wear I am now

yeah, i realise that now, after reading more topics. i also have a hunch that your mum's food is not exactly the junk food i was referring to!

anyway, you can certainly contact your borther. or trying and moving out by yourself. or trying any other of the advices in this tread. hell, i think i will be following some myself to become more efficient and get more out of my time!

plus, i understand that there's probably no library in town and it could be expensive to actually buy books... but going to university is not the only way to get a better culture. if you could get access to a library nearby, you could just read books. you'd be surprised by the number of students that never actually read a full book about the topics they are studying and are spoonfed by their lecturers.
if you find a library, you could be one of the selected few that actually know things, instead of thinking of knowing them!

 

[ssampier]

Youd be suprised at what you can forget. It took me forever to remember to take my bethanecol for my bladder, and when I dont I have a hard time peeing. I still forget sometimes!

Actually making phone calls for appointmenst is the hard thing. I have a bad time speaking to people on the phone. I have a worse time speaking to them in person, but in cases like that Im usually just thrust into the situation and dont have a choice.

I'm not an "advice-giver", but I can understand this. I had trouble talking on the phone, too. I worked on it and now I use the phone professionally (I'm an Internet Tech Support agent). I'm not perfect, but I've earned two raises this last year.

You can, too!

Write what you're going to say beforehand; this helps me sometimes (I use a checkmarked list). It doesn't need to be anything sophisticated. The person's job on the other end is to make appointments. You could say something simple as, "Hi, this is Aaron L, I'd like to make to make an appointment."

 

[BOZ]

hey Aaron, here is step #1 in becoming more masculine.

get your Thanos avatar back. no one is intimidated by a baby.

 

[reveal]

no one is intimidated by a baby.

No one except for young, single males.

 

[BOZ]

zing! of course, cute babies can get you female attention, so maybe keeping it couldn't hurt.

 

[Desdichado]

This thread reminds me of Densha Otoko.

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

 

[nerfherder]

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

Google is your friend.

Cheers,
Liam

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Just trust us and laugh. It's really funny, I promise.

I dunno about the pic...but that was funny!

 

[Desdichado]

Google is your friend.

Curse you, nerf! Suggesting I work!

Cal--send me an email. joshuadyal at gmail.

EDIT: dot com, just in case that wasn't obvious.

 

[nerfherder]

Curse you, nerf! Suggesting I work!

In the spirit of this thread, it's better to show someone how to help themselves, than do the work for them

Cheers,
Liam