So I am at Zurich airport waiting for my flight. I have been awake all night and I am really tired. I see this cute chick sitting at the gate. I become nervous and sit a bit far from her with my baggage. I want to approach her but I am not feeling it at all. I am super nervous. Approach anxiety is something I thought I got over but turns out it happens if the venues are different from a social venue.

So I decide that I am going to do it anyway. I go up to her with my baggage and say Me:nervous oh.. Hey I actually.. Just wanted to come up and say hi to you. I don't know, but I just had to. Nice to meet you... I thought... Then I pause. I remember that if I say she look gorgeous, then I will put her on a pedestal and that I am chasing her. So I don't say it. Instead I ask her name. I ask if the seat is taken. She says no and I sit down. We talk a little. But then there is an announcement for boarding. So we both get up and start walking towards the gate. She mistakenly goes up to the business class section. To which she laughs. And I also laugh nervously. In the middle of the conversation, I say that I was going home for a break. I am all over the place with my nervousness. Then 2 guys from the country I am from approach me and start talking to me while I am talking to the girl.

They are complaining about the politics and how shitty the system is. I don't want any part of this. I am unable to leave the conversation with guys. I told them "hey guys, I really appreciate it but I was in a conversation with this cute girl. If you know what I mean ;) " They understand and leave me. I start talking to the girl again but she says that there is still something wrong. She is unable to present a valid document for visa at the gate. I console her and say that she would be fine. I say all the best and I leave the set and I turn my attention back to the guys. She gets back but then she leaves and enters the gate and proceeds to board the flight. I am like "Shit I missed a chance there"

I was thinking to myself how I maybe should ask her to sit beside me. But that would seem too desperate. So I don't. After a long 8 hour flight, I finally reach my destination. As I walk outside, I see her again. I want to re approach but I became a chode there. I see another guy from my country talking with her. I am like, oh no, I fucked up my chance. So I don't approach her at all. I exit the airport all tired and feeling shit about the girl, with whom there was definitely something and who I really liked. I see my parents who receive me and I quietly sit inside the car feeling lost and tired.

Good things I did: approached the chick even though I didn't feel like it. It was nervous but expected the approach despite that.

Things I can improve upon:better have some sleep to keep yourself in a positive mood. Don't be afraid of embarrassment because you don't know what is going to happen next. Don't assume stuff and make conclusions in your head rationalizing you not approaching again. It is always better to be rejected than never approaching at all.