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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (32685)	3/17/1999 2:35:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>>>>>There's something about shyness that makes it very hard to distinguish from apathy/sullenness<<<<< Yes, that's a big part of it, but, furthermore, it is very tiresome to always have to carry the conversational/social weight in a relationship. Men who tell themselves that they are "shy" are frequently just selfish and self-centered. Uninterested in anyone else. Unwilling to Make An Effort. Crashing bores. Not you, of course, you are quite charming, not in the house sense.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (32685)	3/17/1999 2:51:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

The main problem extremely shy guys have with women is, I think, that if a man isn't self confident, the woman has to fear that he knows something she doesn't about himself. As in Groucho's (or somebody's) remark, "You don't have an inferiority complex, you're just inferior." And of course her genes are whispering, "Mate with a guy who can bring home plenty of bear grease and maintain his status and his childrens' in the cave pecking order!" It's possible to be a man of few words and still convey power, of course. Extroversion in itself isn't the appeal. Some inner authority seems to be. LRR, my little comment wasn't implying that it was a bad thing!