Originally posted by: Hot.like.fireokay sean i'm gonna give my "great aunt gertrude" advice (long story short, 2 friends of mine used to write an advice column in our school newspaper, but i used to write the horoscopes haha and damn they were scandalous).
first of all be yourself. if you're like me and you have layers, pick the layer that you feel represents you most of the time, which is normally the outside one. more importantly, you must believe that you like yourself, because when a person is confident in themselves, it's like they have this aura around them that draws other ppl to them. people wonder why this individual is so confident, why they are so happy with themselves, life and living in general. i know i've probably said it before, but tell yourself you're hot. cuz beauty is skin deep and sean you're a great person, after getting to know you on the forum, AND seeing your pictures, i'd probably take the chance to date you (if you weren't 16, i'm pretty sure that qualifies as rape since i'm 21 haha). but what i'm basically saying is that if you just be yourself, girls are gonna be attracted to that (if it's girls you are trying to get to like you). for guys, i'm not really sure how male bonding works, you'd have to ask someone else.
but from someone who has had a MAJOR crush on a not-so-very attractive guy (back in gr 8) i learned from that experience that looks aren't everything. mind you he was an amazing charmer, and almost every girl in the school had a crush on him. but he knew how to make a girl feel special. that's another important thing, we girls like to know that we are special to you. because sometimes we feel that you as guys could do better (i know it's a ridiculous feeling, but even i have felt that way about a guy). and we sometimes need that extra reinforcement that you really are into us.
hope this all helps! and if it's anything to you, i think you're cute! for a youngin'