social skills

[mentalmaxxing]

What should I do if my social skills are so poor that I literally can't hold a conversation with the opposite gender? Just yesterday, a female classmate asked me about my birthday - she seemed interested and wanted to strike up a conversation, but I mumbled the answer so quietly and haltingly that she had to ask me to repeat it and she must have thought I was a freak, and i think she lost interest. Honestly, I’ve never taken the initiative or approached anyone first in my entire life. Right now, I feel like a total weirdo. Literally i live like ER yearning for some woman to love me and take initiative. What can I do about this? Pls help and no jokes