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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10:40 In response to your question regarding why he is insecure about initiating plans, I think he does not like to have to worry about whether people are having a good time, figuring out what to do when buddies come over and wondering if buddies will want to come over at all when he asks. 
I'm glad to know I am not the only one with a boy like this - that makes me feel a little better.[/quote]

How many of us adults can relate to that?! Why don't I host more dinner parties; because I hate worrying about whether everyone will like the food, whether my house looks OK and worrying about whether or not they really had a good time!

It's a perfectly normal emotion, but he should be taught to deal with it. You don't want this crippling him socially. Sometimes you have to take a risk, and guess what -- it won't always be perfect. The dinner I make may be awful, the house may not look that great and my normally-witty-and-great-conversationalist-DH may be in a bad mood that night and say something off-putting. But what I've found is, people still appreciate the EFFORT you go to in order to be their friend.[/quote]

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