Well, thing is, I would only strike up conversations with guys in situations where it would be the social convention, like for example the person sitting next to me in training class. In situations like these, even striking up a conversation with a girl is easier. But what I am talking about is situations where it would be atypical for me to start a conversation with the person unless I had a legitimate reason to. An example of this would be a person on my team at the work cafeteria. In these situations I would not strike up a conversation with a guy unless I had a legitimate reason to. But if it's a girl that I think is cute, I want to talk to her despite not having a legitimate reason. But when I try to make up some reason, I usually end up coming off as weird or dumb. For example I would ask a completely obvious question.

Make sense?