how do shy women do it

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Ok. I know that men approach women and ask them out. But if a woman is so shy and so nervous around a man.
Even if a man comes up to her and ask her out. Wouldn't she just freeze up and not really say anything.
Or man could mistaken her as being rude.
anyways this is how image shy girls get dates
man: hey you
shy girl: um
man: want to go out
shy girl:um.....I.....
man: you do
shy girl: I....I....I
man: great, hey lets meet here later tonight

(later that night)
man: hey you want to get married
shy girl: well...i........Um
man: you do, ok. we will get married in march

(so shy girl married the man and lives very happy)

i doubt she'd freeze up....she prob is like me..she can talk fine but not approach.

Exactly- 1 date and we're engaged.

Naaaailed it.

Yep, I'm pretty sure that's exactly how it goes. Glad we got that one sorted.

so when very shy women date. Do they even talk? or does the man do all the talking?
Or are shy women so submissive they just taken any guy who comes along?
I don't know. Maybe men like dating women who don't say much.
When Im talking about shy. Im talking about people who freeze up and are so nervous
around the opposite sex. Think of Raj from the big bang theory.
The average shy women probaly can talk, so I guess Im misleading in my title.
I guess should say more social anxiety more than anything.
But alot of them somehow manage to get a date, even though they have near immpossible time
talking to anyone and not very social.
So how do shy,social anxiety women gets dates?


or do men really don't give a s**t about it. They just date anything that moves?

I'm not a "very shy" woman, but I'll give my perspective none-the-less. There are certain types of people who I struggle to say much at all around, and there are other types of people who I feel an almost instant rapport with and can open up to quickly. When you say "they have near immpossible time talking to anyone", that may not be true. Just because you don't see them talking to a man, doesn't mean it doesn't happen. It also might be more likely to happen in a quiet place where there aren't other people around to see it, so you would never witness it. The men that shy women end up with might be those who they can more easily open up to.

here the webpage that talk about this http://www.succeedsocially.com/shywomen
here some stuff from the site:
Feeling really nervous and inhibited around men they might be interested in

And like with guys who are anxious about dating, the fear isn't something they can just easily 'get over'. They may be interested in a man, but feel too chicken to strike up a conversation with him. If he talks to her she may get totally flustered and tongue-tied, or be so anxious that she ends up babbling on when it's her turn to speak.

The nervousness inhibits their ability to take action in the direction they want to go. They want to talk to a particular guy, but they can't. They want to be able to wittily chat back to someone and make a good impression, but in the moment they just want to escape their nerves, and they do so by clamming up until the guy goes away. They might give someone their number, but be too scared to answer his text when he contacts them. Or they may really want to date someone, but wimp out and say no when they're asked out.

Shy women are more likely to be seen as aloof and snobby

I put this one first to get it out of the way, since I think most people know about this concept. However, even if someone knows that shy people can mistakenly seem snobby in theory, it's still easy to get sucked into thinking it in practice. If a guy approaches a girl, and she doesn't talk back to him much, he's likely to conclude she's just cold and rude and uninterested, and not consider the idea that she was paralyzed with nerves and didn't know what to say, or she was so anxious that she kept checking her cellphone to make him go away. Similarly, if a girl is standing around a party and not talking to anyone, people will tend to assume she's unfriendly (unless she has a blatantly shy 'deer in the headlights' look on her face.)

I think this view arises from a general belief that women are just more socially competent in general. It's not that no one realizes women can be shy. Just that sometimes the default assumption is that women are naturally more comfortable in social situations, and so if they seem distant or untalkative it's because they're choosing to be that way

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the one that talking about how shy women are mistaken as being rude. is one the that hit me the most. Because I've probaly have talk to a shy woman before that I thought was rude but possible was just very shy lady.

Moar billiscool threads plz!

I have a hard time understanding how the average guy can mistake shyness for rudeness. :\
Wouldn't, at least most of the time, they be able to pick up on nervous shifting of the eyes, blushing, a quiet voice, etc... signals that the person is nervous? And then, if they see that person often enough at work or college or something, they might seem notice the quietness or that the person doesn't seem to be the loud type.

I know a person doesn't always respond the way they intend to, especially if autism or anxiety is in the way, so they may possibly sound a bit more upset or abrupt or something and that could turn a guy away... But still, I feel like shyness should be an easy thing to pick out overall. Maybe I am just so used to it that I can spot it. Or maybe I just think I can spot it.

And as for the original question...
I've been asked out once in my life. I said I'd like to but was busy with something that weekend. I'm not sure I quite understand his reaction because he ran off pretty quickly...
When guys flirt or talk to me, I tend to just smile and blush... and continue on with what I was doing. Say "thanks" if they compliment me... If someone asked me out and I didn't know them, I'd say no, even if I wanted to know them better.
It's easier online.
To get a date with me in person, the guy would need to:
See me around on a weekly/daily basis.
Talk to me a few times.
Be VERY persistent and offer me something that seems very tangible. Not just to "go out". It would need to be specific (location and such), take place in a comfortable setting, and take all pressure off of me as well.
This hasn't happened because I've never spoken to a person long enough for that to happen.

Haha you should be a sitcom screenwriter.