I asked a girl out....

[Edwardo Piet]

Don’t sweat it, MK.  There are lots of ladies out there.

I honestly feel for you guys though.  If I always had to do the asking, I’d be alone forever.  My fragile ego cannot handle rejection.

When I was a teen and in my early 20s I also used to have a very fragile ego, and getting rejected hurt. But hormones at that age are a cluster pluck! I am glad I am older because you do learn over time eventually someone will say yes. The key is not to focus on the rejection, move on.

It's been said many many times before to me, but the way you phrased this post almost feels like it actually might help me. I think it's something to do with how you also mentioned how you struggled when you were younger but you have since learned, which gives me more hopeful expectations regarding the fact that I've so far only struggled myself.

Hell, there may even be a lady out there who is way out of my league both physically and mentally, but who thinks she isn't and still would say yes if I asked her

And if her self-esteem is low when it shouldn't be. That is sad but I have low self-esteem too, and I'm sure there's many women who aren't good enough for me that I'd happily lower myself to (like, I had a gf in real life, who I refer to as my "ex-roommate" who was abusive towards me and awful. But for a very long time I felt like I wasn't too good for her and like I deserved her.)... so it's swings and roundabouts, it all evens out.

And for those unfamilar with the British slang idiom, "swings and roundabouts" here is the definition:

BRITISH
a situation in which different actions or options result in no eventual gain or loss.

I fucking LOVE that idiom.