>>124217312>>124217247>>124216786I'll chip in a swell.
In some point in my life, I got a huge confidence boost. It's not much confidence, it's just that I genuinely decided to stop giving a shit entirely to women, romantically speaking. It wasn't forced either, so it was absurdly liberating.
I suddenly found out how easy it was to talk to them when I didn't have any crazy expectations, or had to rehearse my sentences and their outcome before speaking. Hell, I even started to become a bit funny, for some reason, got the hang of making people laugh... kind of without giving it much thought.
Needless to say this made some women notice me and make their moves, even though I was still the same guy as before - chubby, with no real interests besides reading (used to read a lot), anime and videogames (and I didn't even hide the 2 latter interests, though I wasn't stupid enough to try and discuss it with uninterested people - never force your weird or uncommon hobbies on others).
I didn't get a girlfriend out of this because I really wasn't going back on the whole "don't give a shit to women romantically anymore", but I learned my lesson: confidence is the most important thing of them all.
Do whatever it takes to repair yours. To many, getting in shape helps immensely, so start there. If you have the balls, I'd recommend doing acting lessons. People there are very, VERY friendly in general and easy to talk to.