[rosser]

"creepy" is just a code word for "unattractive" or "awkward"

No, it's not — at least not necessarily, which seems to be your implication.

One can be awkward and not be a creeper. One can be unattractive and not be a creeper. One can be a creeper and be neither awkward nor unattractive. And, yes, one can be all three.

The difference between them tends, in my (male, second-hand) experience, to be one of persistence. Awkward doesn't always stick around long past the point where it's no longer welcome. Creepers, awkward or not — and unintentionally or not — do.

EDIT: phrasing.

[Millennium]

Actually, I'd argue that over the age of 25 or so, one can't be awkward and not be a creeper. If you're still oversexualizing every interaction with women like some 14-year-old, as evidenced by awkwardness, there is something deeply wrong.

So the theory goes, ay any rate.

[chrisro]

>The difference between them tends, in my (male, second-hand) experience, to be one of persistence.

Woman: "If you're not listening to me now when I say no, how can I possibly trust you will listen later?"