So I'm not exactly sure when the word "creeper" was coined into becoming a key term that girls started using to describe "boys (that they don't know) who suddenly ask them on a date or ask them personal questions out of the blue during the first initial conversation" or something like that. I imagine when this word was first used it described stalker-type individuals who were shady to begin with or (to be blunt) boys who were literally "creepy" because they aren't exactly attractive. Thanks to Hollywood and other stories we can't even trust the handsome man with the sparkling smile at the Christmas party without labeling him as a "creeper" too. So what does this mean and what does it have to do with the post title? I'll tell ya what it means (of course, this is all in my opinion based on observation and personal experience and does not apply to every girl).
1. Even normal nice guys who want a date can't just go and talk to a girl they are interested in because they fear they will be labeled or seen as a creeper.
2. It has almost annihilated the concept of "love at first sight."
3. Girls are always on the defense of "creepers" during a first conversation and it makes the whole question and response process very awkward (and quite needlessly too).
4. Asking out a brand new girl that doesn't know you is nigh improbable regardless of the situation.
5. Stake/School Dances require guts and nerves of steel in order to dance with several new girls.
6. Girls can't tell if a nice guy is really just nice or pretending to be nice all "creeper-like."
7. For those who were not born with the most attractive qualities dating is an impossible nightmare.
Therefore I would wish that we could either erase "creeper" from our vocabulary or just use it appropriately for those that really send out threatening vibes when we talk to them instead of finding it a suitable label for "that one new kid in my class that suddenly asked me out." Amazing how the use of one word can change the dating game into a overly complicated mess.
My name is Kevin Neff, and I approve of this post. RIP Love at first sight... I guess? I suppose we still have Hollywood for that.
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