I really enjoyed this recollection Drew.

Your writing is simple and honest, which I appreciate. You could use a little more editing, but all in all this was a fine piece. I was really touched by the longing to connect.

Hope to see a lot more from you.

I also read your piece, Hello My Name Is, and found myself nodding along the whole way.

In a similar thoughts process, I wrote a piece about Rejection: Lack of Curiosity or Interest if you want to check it out. It's about hererosexual hitting on women, but it deals with that same dynamic of skipping the first steps of establishing a baseline of trust and how you outline the nature of the intersction or relationship you're pursuing.

You really can't skip the basics.