Jesus, where do you find these people? (or do they just seemingly find you?)

I would love to have this guy's problems: part-time model and has gorgeous women checking him out in the aisle near the free-range eggs.

Too funny :-)

He needs a PUA bootcamp.

Perhaps being newly single he is not quite ready to make moves. I agree he needs to talk to women but that is a bit different than making moves. Go into to it as talking not flirting. Talking in the Whole Foods line, at the post office, join a group or two and talk to women. Include all kinds of women in your conversation. Women over 50, plain women, skinny women, heavy women, keep your conversation friendly and innocuous.

When you get over the hurdle of talking to women, then is the time to make moves. When you stop looking at every woman as something to be afraid of you will be able to talk to them AND respond to their interest. Then make moves on the ones you want to get to know better.

I agree with Ian to some extent; being 40-something with thinning hair and a paunch, I'm not exactly awash in sympathy for this guy. When women check me out, they're thinking, "How could this guy's wife let him out of the house dressed like that?"

OK, I'm kidding, just a little. I get the impression that the LW is pretty self-concious. Maybe spending so much time in front of a camera has something to do with that. But the next time a cutie starts scoping him out, a simple smile and a "Hi" to let her know she's been caught looking might be enough to break the ice.

A professional model who seems perplexed and uncomfortable when women stare at him???

Hit on three people per day? Wow! I don't think I ever hit on three people in a year.

"Gone with the Schwinn!" I love it. That was Kermit's pun in the Muppet Movie!

He was pedaling down the street, got distracted, and pedaled into the path of an oncoming steamroller. His bicycle was flattened, but he had leapt to safety onto the cabin of the steamroller.

He said something like, "That's very dangerous, building a road in the middle of the street. If frogs couldn't hop, I would have been gone with the Schwinn!"

You're right Patrick - a classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3WV2Z_9qW8

This isn't as uncommon as you think! A very dear friend of mine, an absolutely gorgeous man, grew up painfully shy and afraid to talk to anyone, let alone women. He modeled runway for a year before he lost his virginity at age 21.

But you can change. Many years and many, many female friends later, he simply glows with a particular combination of kindness, interest and confidence. He can talk to literally anyone and approaches women beautifully. He lives life on his own terms and is very content. It just took getting over the fear and practice, practice, practice. Not easy, but so worth it! :-)

Jesus, where do you find these people?

Based on the letter, my best guess would be Austin.

Bike, check.

Whole Foods, check.

"Part-time" "model," check.

Endearing awkwardness, check.

Anyone else having the "you could be a part -time model" song running through their heads.

I'm more caught by," newly single and scared to talk to women. "
To me that is a bit of a contradiction: he had been either marrried or in a relationship, and was scared to talk to women?

Leaves me with a couple guesses:
A. He's gay? And thinking about switching.
B. It was a very bad/ugly breakup, that he isn't ready yet.
C. Is painfully shy, and somehow got in a relationship?

I'm going with A or B.

Joe, it could have been C, if a personality-disordered woman pursued him. (Ladies, this is why it usually doesn't work out for you to ask a man out on a first date... most of the woman who do that are narcissists or borderlines, and even if a guy says he likes it, in the back of their mind the "crazy" annunciator is lighting up.) If that's the case, it could explain both the newly single (congrats, LW) and the guy-shyness.

But it could also be self-image. I've come to realize that a lot of people form their exterior view of themselves -- how they think that other people perceive them -- in their pre-teen or early teen years. A young lady of my acquaintance is absolutely gorgeous: honey-blonde hair, perfect figure, impressive rack (ahem), wonderful personality and smart as a whip. But as I've gotten to know her, I've come to realize that her exterior self-image is that of an overweight 12-year-old with a speech impediment.

Oops, I meant "gun-shyness"... that certainly put a spin on it that I didn't intend!

I've never heard of a gay guy "switching," and I don't think it's possible.