I’ve survived the first week of college without any apparent collateral damage. The campus itself seems to be great, the people around me seem to be normal and the professors seem experienced and very nice people. So, in general, I’m pretty satisfied. Now, it’s on me!
It’s ages since I’d been in college and that’s why I thought I’d have problems to get on with people and fitting in. Well, getting on with people is still my weakest point. Being a shy and suspicious guy, I take a little while to start talking to people and becoming acquaintance with them. Specially with girls. And speaking of girls, there seem to be a huge number of them in my course! In one of the classes I even counted how many men were in there. I could count them in just one hand! And, well, two of them were obviously gay and the other one was suspicious. If I had to bet, I’d say gay too! So, around 30 women, 3 gay men and 2 men (including myself), I’d say only 10-15% of the women are dateable (does this word exist?). And even being surrounded by so many women, I bet with you that I’ll finish the term without making out with any of them. Wanna bet 50 bucks?
Anyway, the first week of college was ok. Can it get better? Sure can! Let’s hope that it gets better as early as the second week. I’ll keep you guys updated!
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Congratulations on your return to college, Nando. I hope it’s a great experience for you.
I just want to comment on your bet that you won’t make out with any of the women in your class, despite the ratio of women to men. As my boyfriend would say, “Not with that attitude, you won’t!” You need to stop being so hard on yourself. You seem like a great guy; I imagine your confidence is the only thing holding you back. Two years ago my friend went back to university. He was 32 at the time, and he discovered that everyone looked up to him as a wise and interesting person. He made out with several girls over the year, and made good friends with a couple guys too. And trust me, as his good friend of over a dozen years, let me assure you that he isn’t any cooler than you are.
Hi Agate,
It’s been a long time since I last heard from you! Thanks for the comment, and sorry for taking so long to reply. Somehow I’m not receiving emails when people post comments on the site.
Anyway, I’m glad to see you’re still around. What happened to your blog? Are you blogging somewhere else now? Do you have facebook or sth similar? It would be cool to have you on my friends list.
Cheers,
Nando
Dude, really, Agate is totally right. No reason not be confident!
Older guys are per se interesting, and with that ton of life experience you bring to the table, there’s absolutely no reason to hide or be shy. Just relax, think nothing of it and get started getting to know people and everything else will fall into place.
Concerning your choice of studies: From all the Brazilians (and Portugese) I met over the years, your English was by far the best. Doesn’t happen everyday that I meet people who can speak colloquial and idiomatically correct English, so I am really glad that you decided to make this your profession. And that engineering knowledge will for sure come in handy some day.
Thanks for the support Jay.It’s much appreciated!