I made the first move. Heart pounding, I smoothed my hair away from my clammy forehead, honed in on my girl crush and began my approach. It was the Cronkite School Welcome, and I had been left to fend ...

You’re a little too cautious. Others might tell you that a girl is clearly flirting with you, but you’d rather not assume. The last thing you want is to seem like ...

but that can make flirting a little difficult, especially considering I’m not exactly an extrovert,” she said. “My approach is usually finding something to compliment a girl on that’s not sexual or ...

Courting Disaster is Jackalope Ranch’s weekly column of dating horror stories, observations, how-tos, and more by Katie Johnson. Names of ex-boyfriends, past hookups, and bad blind dates have been ...