It takes tremendous pressure off your shoulders when you know you can approach someone and talk for a few minutes to see if you have a good match and if you don't it’s perfectly acceptable to move on and talk to someone else. Some people don't look at it like this and think if they approach someone and don't have an engaging 40 minute conversation they have failed to be accepted and liked. This is a recipe for fear of rejection, fear of failure and self-consciousness.   Do what confident socially active people do, talk to a whole range of people and accept that some interactions are short,
  
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