Living near me would be a good start. Silly is great!

Maybe the guys are shy too? =P I'm shy, and personally I love it if a girl comes up to me first. Try that out? =D

Hello

I'm sure that there are many, many guys out there who would find a sweet, shy girl like yourself attractive In fact, I think many of them find it quite an attraction. Now, it's not something that you yourself are doing wrong, it's merely the situations that you are in with them. So, what can you do to help yourself??

Well, first of all, you stated that you don't have many guy friends - the fact that you stated that shows me that you already known the obvious start. You need to socialise with guys more. This is pretty simple - just talk to the guys that your friends know, and create a wider circle of friends, so that you can experiment with different types of people. Socialising with people in this way will also give you something of a confidence boost, and you will find it easier, with practise, to talk to them.

Find it hard to talk to people? Not a problem - I learned from personal experience that in order to boost your confidence, you must first pretend, and force yourself to be confident. You see someone you want to talk to? Try to pluck up the courage, and throw yourself in, and say hi. Just something small at first as you're walking past perhaps - "heya!! You alright?"something like that. In time, make it more and more. You will, after a while, think about what you're doing, and think "Hey, I'm not forcing myself anymore". You'll find that you no longer need to push yourself, because with practise, you will have made talking more natural, and you'll find that, despite your shyness, you are having quite fluent conversations with guys and gals alike.

When you've mastered this, start to befriend guys, as I've said. Add more people into your circle of friends, and choose the ones that are most appealing to you. Get to know them better, let them know you, show them that you trust them and, in time, they will show you the same. Now, the thing about guys is that they need to be mollycoddled a lot. They're actually lost little puppies with no idea where to go, and they need to know first. They need to know that you like them. It doesn't take a lot - show a puppy a biscuit and it'll love you forever right? Well, say a few nice things about a guy, confide perhaps in him with a little secret, invite him out a few times (perhaps once or twice just the two of you), and sooner or later you'll be wondering how you got to the cuddles and holding hands.

In time, all of this will come naturally Don't worry, you're not going to be alone forever or anything, and you will soon realise that it's not something you're doing wrong at all. It's just how nature works out. You'll be fine once you get the hang of it

Much love dude.

From Anya x

I had the same problem!im a junior and i have never had a boyfriend in my high school years, so my cousin hooked my up with his friend that just started college, and hes the coolest guy i ever met(: so keep ur eyes open girl, some guys are probably scopping you out and you dont even know it:D hahaha lol.dont worry about it, chica, "tu tiempo va a venir". which means "your time will come" in spanish. my gandma says it to me all the time. and it makes me feel better.

It's more common than you think to not have a boyfriend at seventeen. I'm sure you aren't doing anything wrong. Boys are just complicated. It's also okay to feel scared of the situation, but I assure you that when you're ready to be with someone it won't seem so scary because you won't think of anything but being with that person. Just start talking to some guys ask them to go places after school with you. Or maybe your friends' boyfriends have some guy friends you could get to know? Just keep your mind open and talk to people, even if you aren't interested in them for boyfriend material, maybe they will know someone who you could be interested in. Don't limit your options. You'll meet somebody soon enough.

Good luck.