So I'm in my early 30s, I've had ONE "high school sweetheart" relationship that ended in heartbreak two years ago, and I'm in kind of a rut where even approaching a relationship again seems terrifying. I think I shouldn't have tried to use dating apps because after over half a year of that and not being able to make any connections I feel like I just don't care anymore, it's made me tired and bitter in a bad way, like it started feeling like there's just nobody out there I would even WANT to date.

But recently I met a girl who works at a little independent store and I've dropped by a few times, not more often than once a week, and it's probably fucking obvious that I don't really have any business being in there and I'm just there to talk to her, but I feel like she's actually responding positively to seeing me and it's a really weird and nice feeling. But I've never asked a girl out before. I have no idea how to do it. My ex literally just threw herself on me after I had known her for like a year. What the hell do I do? Fuck, I don't even know how old she is, I don't even know if she's single, all this shit paralyzes me. Why am I such an anxious wreck? Help.

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God I love Kyle Hyde. Is there a man more emblematic of the human condition?