Im just wondering, how do you actually kick away the "awkward feeling" to be here?
Time, mostly.
Every once and a while I still sit back and look at my screen and have a brief moment of "Really? What would your mother think?"
..then it goes away nearly as quick as it started.
But back in the day? I was TERRIFIED to post here. No idea why.
My first account here has a join date of 2003 and less than 100 posts.
I just lurked because I felt guilty and weird every time I thought about posting.
After a while of posting, you realize that there's some really good people here, and then when/if you ever get to meet some of them, you see that they're just like you, normal folks, who have found themselves chucked by life into the same leaky boat.
Don't get me wrong, there's some crazies here too, and you'll see some stuff every once and a while that make you question your membership as a part of the human race, much less the forum.
..but look past those people. There's fewer of them here than their loudness suggests.
You'll do fine.
Just be careful..
You're young, you're pretty, and you're a female.
You're going to swamped with "friends" here soon.
Just..be careful.
That sounded ominous, didn't it?
Ignore that. Well don't. But do.
Shucks.
Glad to have you aboard!