YAGT: I need help bringing this girl in.

ElFenix

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do you like sausage, or are you strictly a tuna kind of girl?
 

spidey07

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"I'd like to take you out on a date. How's Thursday work for you?"

Your friend is going about it all wrong. Make you intent clear, early. It's basically a "I want to nail you" attitude, but more subtle.
 

UberNeuman

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You could be up front and ask her if she's a lesbian - save her and yourself some time.....
 

spidey07

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Originally posted by: ArJuN
Haha. Wow, if it doesn't work out, I promise you guys I'll use those questions.

Anyone think this is a good idea:
There are times where I'm stuck in town well past dinner. I'm thinking about calling her up and seeing if she wanted to grab some dessert. I figure it's something small enough where she won't feel like it's another attempt from a guy, but at the same time, gives us an opportunity to hang out. And I just realized I have her number for some reason...sounds good.

NO.

You don't call a woman to "hang out" or "drop everything you are doing".

You set up the date, you do the date. Make your intentions unmistakably clear. If she doesn't bite, her loss.
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: ArJuN
Haha. Wow, if it doesn't work out, I promise you guys I'll use those questions.

Anyone think this is a good idea:
There are times where I'm stuck in town well past dinner. I'm thinking about calling her up and seeing if she wanted to grab some dessert. I figure it's something small enough where she won't feel like it's another attempt from a guy, but at the same time, gives us an opportunity to hang out. And I just realized I have her number for some reason...sounds good.

NO.

You don't call a woman to "hang out" or "drop everything you are doing".

You set up the date, you do the date. Make your intentions unmistakably clear. If she doesn't bite, her loss.

yeah really. otherwise, you're just setting yourself up for a long and painful process that will end 6 weeks from now with you sitting dejectedly in your car after she turned down your request to watch her and her girlfriend getting it on.
 

sixone

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Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: ArJuN
Haha. Wow, if it doesn't work out, I promise you guys I'll use those questions.

Anyone think this is a good idea:
There are times where I'm stuck in town well past dinner. I'm thinking about calling her up and seeing if she wanted to grab some dessert. I figure it's something small enough where she won't feel like it's another attempt from a guy, but at the same time, gives us an opportunity to hang out. And I just realized I have her number for some reason...sounds good.

NO.

You don't call a woman to "hang out" or "drop everything you are doing".

You set up the date, you do the date. Make your intentions unmistakably clear. If she doesn't bite, her loss.

QFT
 

spidey07

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Originally posted by: ArJuN
So I guess avoid the whole hang out thing, and just go straight for the date. Can I atleast phrase it as taking her out to dinner, instead of on a date? Or is that a no-no too...

By saying "date" you are making your intentions clear.

Have you ever listened to women when they are getting ready for a date? They know what to expect. Make it VERY clear.

Let's put it this way - if she is interested in you she'll jump through hoops to make it happen, as long as she knows you are going on a date. It's an event.

If she's not interested in you then she'll wiffle-waffle/dance.

I still remember one of my first real loves, after some time of dating - 2 months she professed.... She kept wondering of why she wasn't a "weekend girl" on our first few dates.

I can be flamed for this big time and you can have at it. Make you intentions VERY clear - I want to get to know you better on a level that involves sexual organs.
 

GuitarDaddy

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The fear of rejection is a powerful thing, just like the fear of pain. It's like when you get a nasty thorn or a nail stuck in your foot as a kid, you can hobble around thinking about how it's going to hurt when you pull it out, put some ointment on it, wiggle it around a bit, etc... But your only delaying the pain and making it worse.

The best approach is to grab that sucker and yank it out without thinking about it, then deal with the pain which is not usually as bad as you expected. The same goes for asking someone out. You can waffle around, plot and plan, try and ease into it, but the end result will be the same. Either she will accept or she won't, and the more effort and thought you put into it the harder the rejection will be.

Or there is always the ATOT standard approach. Plot and plan for weeks, never get the guts to actually ask, then spend several months wondering what it would have been like, then post a YAGT about how all women are biathes:)
 
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Originally posted by: ArJuN
I don't know her too well yet. We speak occasionally on AIM, but I know her more through a friend.

Anyone have any tips or ideas on how to figure someone out like this?

Oh for the love of Guinness, you're the second guy tonight who choosing to talk on AIM over talking on the phone.

Please, please, go ask her for her number and talk to her over the phone.