[NinerDoug]

Originally Posted by loochy

I was a very conservative child. I didn't like to take chances, so I wouldn't ride a roller coaster for fear of barfing. I never really faced any situation as a child where I had to take those kind of chances.

But hey, I never barfed, right?

I was a very conservative teenager. I didn't like to take chances, so I wouldn't ask that hot girl out for fear of rejection. I never really faced any situation as a teenager where I had to take those kind of chances.

But hey, I never got rejected, right?

As you can see from the above narratives, there is another word that comes to mind that could be used interchangeably with "conservative."

I like how you edited out the second part, about taking the chances when it's necessary.

The roller coaster analogy is ridiculous.

Here's how the hot girl analogy works: He's not asking them out right now, because they are asking him out. You have to wait for a Saturday Night coming up with no plans to see what he does.

And as I mentioned, he has shown that he can and will ask the girl out in that situation, and can and does get laid.