Late Blooming Alpha Males In Trouble

One slice of America's gender role confusion I know well

“I don’t think a trust fall has to be this intense.”

I came of age in the latter half of the 1980s. Like most nerds, I was also an anxious, socially awkward kid. But I was NOT shy. If you got me talking, I might go on and on and on…and on. God help you. I still excel in the lost art of talking at people, so I never really qualified as shy by any definiti…