<a href="https://www.dw.com/en/lovelinks-i-m-simply-afraid-of-rejection/av-18602447?maca=en-Life-links-en-15859-xml-mrss"><img src="https://static.dw.com/image/18571289_302.jpg" width="460" height="259" alt="" title="" border="0" /></a>Speak to a woman he fancies? Stefan would never dare to. That's why he's always been single. At 29, Stefan decided to overcome his shyness, so he won't always have to come home to an empty apartment.

Speak to a woman he fancies? Stefan would never dare to. That's why he's always been single. At 29, Stefan decided to overcome his shyness, so he won't always have to come home to an empty apartment.

<a href="https://www.dw.com/en/lovelinks-i-m-simply-afraid-of-rejection/av-18602447?maca=en-Life-links-en-15859-xml-mrss" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Speak to a woman he fancies? Stefan would never dare to. That's why he's always been single. At 29, Stefan decided to overcome his shyness, so he won't always have to come home to an empty apartment.

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