BURPITY BURRRRRR

Big shocker... I don't like it.

*Chuckle*

I'm assuming you all guess, based on my personality,

That I'm not one to partake in *SEDUCTIVELY* 'swooning' someone over with charming words of flattery...

I don't think I have ever flirted in my entire life, come to think of it.

Okay well, I did this one time by accident, but I-I'll get to that later on.

I'm more of a...

'Make someone feel good and just, overall let them know I care about them' kind of person. (=‐ω‐=)

I have no courage to do anything else.

All I can imagine, is me just trying to approach someone, being like,

"Hey there."

.....*what da*

"I have a girlfriend..."

"OH MY GOD! SAME!"

"We have so much in common!" *Not really*

.... :| *D E E P I N H A L E* ._.

Agh, O F F

And even if I somehow got past the initial 'flirty introduction',

My low small talk skills won't get me very far with anything anyway.

Okay, so, the first time I ever tried to be a

'confident flirty person' or whatever.

was with this one friend I had.

I liked them at the time and we hung out a lot.

And one time, we were just sitting on their bed, just chillin' and talkin'. Just buds being buds.

And my mind just starts going,

"Okay you've never done anything close to flirty in your entire life. Who even are you? Get your crap together.

Just do something, let's go, jeez, c'mon-"

I basically bullied myself into submission, which, I didn't even know was possible, but, congrats to me, I guess. :D

I peer pressured myself without any peers.

So, we were just talking and I just,

wrapped my arm around them.

Like, with no warning.

They were just mid sentence and I was like,

ANGH

And I IMMEDIATELY regretted it.

Like, okay-no this is not what I want anymore, why did I convince myself to do this. I'm-god dangit!

Cutting the story short, we just remained friends and honestly, I'm glad we did.

I realized that I prefer this person much more as a friend and I'm glad we didn't start a relationship.

If anything, we just become closer as pals.

They are literally one of my best friends now.

They also watch my videos, sooo,

hey.

You're probably expecting me to say this is awkward, but you're wrong!

BUT YOU'RE WRONG! >:D

WE'RE BEST FRIENDS! *swag intensifies*

Sorry, you can't laugh at my self-deprecation this time! HA!

Just a side tangent,

I don't understand why people just stop talking to someone just because they don't share mutual feelings with them.

like ok so...

You like someone enough to possibly consider starting a closer relationship,

which means,

you already enjoy their company, personality and overall, them as a person.

And just because they don't share the same romantic feelings back,

you all of a sudden, don't want to associate with them anymore?

That makes absolutely NO sense.

Minus the relationship, you two sound like you could've had a freagin' BOMB friendship.

Since you theoretically should be able to get along perfectly,

I mean, if you consider them as an adequate possible partner, I dunno, it just doesn't make sense to me,

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh unless you're a douche bag and only like that person for their looks and nothing else.

Another part to flirting is,

The texting, the messaging, the sliding and the dms-ing.

And I don't really do that either, but I have something to say about it.

So, I guess I understand why you would want to wait a few minutes to text someone back,

because you don't wanna seem clingy or something.

But, why do people wait, like, more than ten minutes?

That's such a waste of time!

And it kinda comes off that you don't really care that you're talking to them.

Which is the opposite of what you're feeling.

Why can't we show when we appreciate someone anymore?

Also, I know people who what to text someone they like as little as possible,

because I don't know...

Again, it makes it seem like they don't want to be texting them or something.

They'll almost make it a competition to try and leave the conversation first.

Like, "Congrats! You win on finding a way to make them be the last text in your conversation!

You know what your prize is?

Not getting to talk to the person you wanna talk to!"

Putting it that way doesn't make it seem all that appealing, does it?

So, now I'm sure you're wanting me to tell you stories that make me kind of die a bit inside, but provide you with entertainment.

And you're right!

*Sarcastically Enthusiastic* Let's start with awkward first date, shall we?

During my junior year of high school after our homecoming dance,

my group of friends and I wanted to go bowling, because,

I didn't have a date.

Obviously.

At the bowling place, next to our lane, were a group of people around the same age as us.

And, out of the blue! One of my friends just goes;

"HEY! WILL YOU GUYS TAKE A PICTURE WITH US SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE DATES??!"

*Silence*

"RACHEL!!"

So, we took pictures with these random people,

and the one that was my dat-

'date'

was like, "Heh, you should send that to me."

And me being freagin' innocent and clueless, just goes;

"Okay!

Wait! I don't have your number

wait.

did I just.

how did I do that?"

So blah blah blah I had this person's number now.

And I was like;

"Oh yeah, I totally meant to be all smooth like that." to my friends.

But, in reality.

Ehh, technically, uh.

NAH.

I have no idea what I'm doing. :D

They end up asking me to the movies and I was like,

"ok"

But my parents didn't want me to go alone, so they made me invite Kate and her boyfriend at the time to go as a double date.

So we all go to the movies, and since I literally don't know anything about this person, we didn't know what to talk about.

The whole time.

It was all just, 'flop' conversations like,

"So, how was your day?"

Good, how about you?"

"Good."

"What's your favorite colour?"

uuuubttt

AAAUGHHHHHH

It was really...

UUUUUUGH

I can't, uhbbt.

augggh.

It was scarring.

Like, I'm serious, I will never accept any movie invitations unless it's with close friends or family.

All that comes to my mind when I think about movie theaters are just, flashbacks...

Like, I don't wanna relive that!

I already lived through it once.

That's quite enough.

No more please.

So, that story wasn't too bad,

just awkward tension.

COME ON LET'S BUMP IT UP A BIT!

Awkward first kiss! *Oh dear god.*

WRONG.

(hint i'm bad at saying no to people)

Also, this is my second date ever.

Just putting that fact out there.

During my freshman year in college, this person invited me to go on a date, and yeaah, I didn't know them either.

...like at all.

I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON NOW, OKAY?!?

We meet up and decide to eat at a restaurant, and heyo, I'll save some time just by saying,

It was going VERY simlar to my first date.

EXPOSITION TIME!

My college has this mountain near it called,

'A mountain'.

and people liked to hike it.

Well, I-umm, it's really not even a hike, more like, walking up at a mild angle.

So we wound up walking up 'A Mountain' and sitting on a rock platform at the top.

And we continued attempting at a normal conversation

*not really succeeding.*

At one point, they put their arm around me

Come to think of it, all these stories are kind of coming full circle and I never realized

and I'm kinda freaking out.

And I kinda start just panicking to myself.

*Okay, I see where this is going, but I don't know if I want to end up kissing them.

Like, I literally know nothing about this person-AGAIN.

And I haven't kissed anyone yet, what is even happening right now? Oh golly jeez.*

And all of a sudden, they grab my face and turn it towards them.

And I'm going, "I SEE WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN, BUT CRAP I DON'T KNOW IF I WANNA KISS THEM YET!-

Oh, well I ran out of time."

So anyone who just happens to take a date up to the top of 'A Mountain' and sits on the platform thing,

You'll be sitting on the same stop I accidentally got kissed by someone.

And if you're there,

take a picture and tweet it at me.

I'd say preferably if you guys kissing, but that's kind of weird, and I mean, unless you want to.

This last story isn't really about flirting or dates, but I think it's kinda funny.

I was hanging out with an ex-friend, and we were walking along our colleges main strip,

it's a street called 'Mill' and it's got a bunch of stores and restaurants along it.

And just because I like how all these stories are kinda connecting, the restaurant fist kiss that I went to was on this strip too.

We sat down at a bench outside a shop and these two passersby go,

"Awwww, relationship goals."

as they walk into the shop.

We kinda looked at each other and laughed and just kept talking.

Then, a few minutes later, the same people left the store and walked by us again and were like,

"So how long have you guys been together?"

And we were like;

"Et-umm"

Like, we froze.

And after a bit, I just go,

"He's gay."

Their faces were like, *INHALE* "WE MADE A MISTAAAAAAAKE."

So, moral of the video, don't overthink relationship stuff or dates or kissing or whatever you're overthinking.

If you like someone, tell them. If you want to date someone, ask them.

If you wanna kiss someone, give them more thinking time before you yank their head at your face.

Just be cool about it all.

If you can't be a couple, then show the world how BOMB you guys are as friends!

ALSO! SUPER SPECIAL SECRET ANNOUNCEMENT!

I'm gonna try and whip up a video explaining this a bit more, but basically,

THERE'S BEEN A REVAMP TO THE SHOP!

A bunch of new merch stuff but more importantly,

PLUSHES! YEP-YAHP

There are Jaiden plushies, just AWAITING YOUR PURCHASE NOW.

More details in the official announcement video.

But if you're still here, that means you have early access to the new Jaiden merch.

>:D

I highly suggest checking that stuff out

especially since everything's on sale for a limited time right now.

WUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT

Anyway,

new shop, go peep it out.

and yeah.

UUUUUHHHHHHH

JAIDEN OUT. *hah.*