Yesterday I was at a restaurant with my friends. This Asian guy came in and sat near us. I noticed him speaking Korean on the phone. I consume a lot of Korean content, so this got me really excited. On a whim, I decided to go up to him and chat. I introduced myself, and he invited me to sit with him if I wanted to, even though he was a bit awkward, lol. He ordered some stuff for me. I found out he’s here in Switzerland for work, and we had a good talk. I ended up hanging out with him around the city. We exchanged contact info and are seeing each other again today after he gets off work. It was my first time doing something like this, and I honestly didn’t know meeting people could be so spontaneous and organic.
I’m a dude though, the circumstances aren’t the same, lol.
But I have, actually, many times. Especially in uni and highschool, I’d be the one to approach the quiet kid cause I just wasn’t comfortable with them feeling excluded. I made a really good friend in uni that way, a quiet, very clever and responsible ginger dude (in a country of brown people, he was basically a mythological being, lol) I ended up spending many of my afternoons with, just yapping and toking our late teens away. 🙏
My brother was always super shy, so I grew up around it, and know how to a handle it. I’ve always recognized the shy person, and made sure to speak with them, ask their opinion, etc. They have plenty to say, it just makes them uncomfortable, so they generally appreciate it when someone else makes the approach, and doesn’t make any issue out of their shyness.
This gave me an idea, I wonder if the username BrokeBackGinger is taken 🤔