Socially Anxious Reader Gifts

'But what if the author doesn't want to meet us?'

That party went well.

"I think I'm having pre-traumatic stress disorder."

"I'm still pre-literate."

Fear of news.

'Welcome to the first meeting of the Shy Men Club.'

Nervous at a party.

"Let's welcome our new member, Bob!" "You, too!" "'You, too'? Idiot!"

"There she is! Don’t be nervous. Just be yourself, walk over there and sniff her."

"It's just a little device I use to help relieve the anxiety from meeting new people."

'Some things are better left unsaid but I never know what they are until after I've said them.'

"This was the closest I could get to being invisible."

Another form of performance anxiety.

The Tell-Tale Heart 2: Lost Phone On Vibrate

'She will not call on me, she will not call on me, she. . .'

"Feel free to imagine you might have any of the conditions you read about in the magazines."

Lenny, the Fifth Wheel of the Apocalypse

Arrival in the New World was a stressful time for the pilgrims on the Wallflower.

"Let's go somewhere fun and not really experience it."

Shows Targeted to men/Shows targeted to women

"Oh, the pain I can take—it's the awkward silence between conversations that's torture."

"Is it the same for you? Every time I meet someone new I start to feel unwanted."

The reassurer: the magazine for chronic worriers

Now playing... everything you said at the party.

'I'm sure we haven't met. I use a telephoto lens.'

'Hello... fear of greeting people at holiday seasons hotline.'

Another way to keep an empty seat beside you on the train.

'Sorry, I never know what to do with my hands in social situations.'

D*mn it.

In the embarrassment cemetery

"They must be out...'Neighbours' is on the television!"

"Pack your bags and cancel your plans. The neighbors invited us to dinner and I told them we'd be out of town."

'Remember, our hosts are from a swing state, so no political babble or they may snap!'

Out of my comfort zone

I keep reading all these stories about virtual reality nookie. It just sounds horrible. It takes all the best parts of it: Seeing someone for the first time