Matty's Fear of Rejection

If you ask Matty who his girlfriend is, he would say without any hesitation --"Eugenia!"  But after going to a few of his school outings, I realised that Matty doesn't even talk to this girl in class that he claims to be his girlfriend. No, not even one word! We asked Matty one day after picking him up from school why he doesn't talk to her:


MATTY:                   "I'm shy!"





ME:                           "But if you don't talk to her how can you be friends?"





DADA:                     "You should ask her if you can play together."





ME:                           "And maybe later you can hold hands together."





MATTY:                   "What if she says no?"





ME:                           "Thats okay, you can try another time."


So did he talk to her? According to Dada, Matty kind of tried while they were putting on their outdoor shoes at the end of school,  although all he said was her name. But at least thats a start.

Sometimes I wonder where he got this fear of rejection from. I don't remember Dada ever having that problem.