Risk taking

Just kind of noticed I don't take big gambles when it comes to asking people out, or anything. I kind of find I have to have some reassurance it will work out, I guess because of disappointment in my high school years. Examples: In 10th grade I had this very attractive, nice girl in my class. She and I talked both in real life and on FB and we were good friends. The moment I asked her out, she began to treat me different, she became more annoyed in front of other people when I was trying to talk to her. She pretty much became a tsundere towards me. I was very disappointed that she reacted that way but eventually I was like, "Screw her, she doesn't know who I am so what was I expecting?" And in my senior year I almost did not go to prom. I didn't feel like going without a date and was considering staying home and doing what I normally do : Play video games and mess with my computers for hours. It was only when a friend of mine, a german exchange student who didn't have a date, and her host parents asked me if I would take her to prom. I said yes. We didn't have many shared interests, but she was nice and good-looking and the group we went with were decent people, even if some of them got drunk. (I was one of the drivers, and pretty much said: If you want to drink, ride with the other guy. I don't care what you do there, but you aren't drinking in my car.) Anyways, I generally find I don't take risk. I prefer people who are interested in me to tell me. Thus far, nobody has really done so but thats fine. I've just decided not to arbitrarily subject myself to rejection when I don't know whether i have a high chance of success.

I am Willing to take a Risk. Unlike alotta folks I do Not Mind Making a fool outta myself although if it is with a person I think it might be serious I take my time and try to not screw up what could lead to something more that a casual thing.

I'm not a risk taker I never take risks If theres a guy I like I'll just sit there knowing he wont aske me out and I know I'm not asking anyone out because I dont wanna get rejected...Yeah I have like no self confidence =_= When I like someone my automatic thought when I think about asking him out is "you're gonna get rejected."

well i wouldn't really call it risk, its chances, if by any chance you get to ask her out, its totally up to you to take it or not, and the chances of her saying yes or no is up to her, so chances only come by once every so often unless your super lucky or something, as well as getting rejected is OK because your not going to expect everyone to say yes you you so its a normal thing to get rejected life goes on just means that maybe she/he does not think of you that way or something. as well as when you get rejected, think anime lol. technical stuff

i find i dont have to really take any risks, i get approached often enough. i have enough self confidence to approach people i like but thats rare

I would say that it would depend on the situation. I for one do not take risks very often. For one, I can be quite dense when it comes to women and may end that way plus I have been focusing on getting my degree/support myself before anything else. This does not mean that I have not had others interested in me. Maybe what I am really trying to say is that if you really think you are ready to have a relationship then taking some sort of risk is needed. If not then finding that other person will be quite difficult to find.