and happy as the grass was green..."

I used to feel awkward around the prettier girls and overfeed the squirrels.

I am sure the squirells felt awkward around you as well........

If they did they still have some self-esteem issues, since they still eat up my peanuts.

Lot of available puns in there, but I'm being quite literal.

Keep feedin' em!

Don't know about easy but you're still young!!!

I am so glad, that at the ripe old age of 22,
you are over the awkwardness around pretty girls.
Now we can all be friends

How goes it with the prettier squirrels?

How does one know if a squirrel has self-esteem issues??.....

I don't actually remember, but I think I was more carefree.

There's an awkward walk along the line of carefree and careless.

If a squirrel has self esteem issues you can tell because they always run up a tree either clockwise or counter-clockwise (they attach to physical patterns that are easiest for them).

The prettier squirrels still know where to come when they are hungry. Thus is one of my most humble gifts.

Growing up my Pops used to sit out on our porch. He had one squirrel that would jump up on his leg to get a walnut. It was pretty funny.....

True, but then again I'm not even sure, I have no memory of before I was 14. After 14 I know I was quite a bit careful, at about 16 I let that all go and became more careless/carefree. At 18 I became even more of both, by 20 I had seen the inside of a court more than I had lived in my own place...now at 25, I have no regrets and enjoyed every moment of what I did. More carefree now, not so much careless.

Never about their beauty,,,only if THEY WERE ALL ABOUT THEIR MONEY,,then yes,,didn't care to be at their disposal to HEAR their
amazing stories,,,lol
I GUESS,,,I've always PREFERED the down-to-earth,,,real women over the MOST,,,ANYTHING they FELT THEY WERE QUEEN TO,,lol
People have about ten ways of living out THEM,,and the ones who carry them selves as HUMBLE and Strong to who they are,,then,,I like THEM..even to the slant of MORE meak,,but prideful,,has ITS same limitations as to each ones ego's and manners...

I feed the birds, does that count?

Hehe. I'm just joking and shy for the most part, iam.

Fear - you're most brilliant when you stop trying to show, and let people see.

For the record, I can say **** like that all day and seem wise, but I actually mean it in this case.

So. New question. Which easier to "get over"?

Awkwardness or loneliness?

It really does.
They say not to feed them... but I feel love for the animals in my neighborhood. It's harder to neglect something overtly than to love covertly, I think.

Cheers, friend.

For me? Loneliness I guess, considering I'm not really ever lonely...but feel awkward and out of place a lot.

Hehe. I'm just joking and shy for the most part, iam.

Hey man,,to THIS DAY,,I can be as clever and voice-ful here or on a phone,,as the best of them..
But in PERSON,,I tend to be quiet and much more researved,,UNTIL,,I get about ten minutes into talking with them,,lol
I KNOW ,,ten minutes seems very short,,but SOMETIMES THAT SEEMS LIKE AN HOUR,,,lol
And personally,,I feel I'd rather have someone be SHY,,as to be ALL ABOUT KNOWING IT ALL AND LAUD,,in talking with them,,or the kind that THROWS ,,,WHAT YOU SHOULD BE SAYING ,,or DOING THEN,,,lol

And I have also learned that NO-ONE THINKS ABOUT them POOR NIGHT CRAWLERS when walking in the after rained out days,,,
so I ALWAYS fed the worms,,,

WELL,, when ya gotta go,,ya gotta go,,,lol

those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end....

we'd sing and dance forever and a day...