Confidence in Action (NogginBoink's modest practical implementation of amnesiac's advice)
Okay, so amnesiac has suggested confidence. Guys, you're not getting the girls until you get confidence. And the only way to get confidence is with practice. Approach lots and lots of women. Not with intent to date or marry, but to gain confidence approaching women.
At that point, when you wish to ask a girl out, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.
Wrong Way: Hi, um, listen, <name>... um... I was thinking that, well, maybe, er, that is, if you weren't busy, that maybe we could, you know, if you're not busy, do something together sometime.
Okay, even if this girl were desperate to go out with you, marry you, and have your children, you still lose! "Something" and "sometime" are indefinite and lead to you alone in your bedroom Friday night with Rosie and her five friends.
Instead...
Right Way: Can I take you to a movie Friday night? (Bonus: replace "movie" with the actual title of the movie you wish to take her to.)
This leaves no ambiguity. If she were desperate to go out with you, marry you, and have your children, all she has to do is say "yes" and the two of you have a date.
Why then do so many guys use the wrong approach?
Because the second approach also has the potential for a flaming, public rejection if she says "no." The first option allows her to say, "yeah, sure, whatever" and not mean it.
Guys, you gotta risk the flaming rejection to get the gal.
Remember also that many girls are just as shy about being asked out as you are about asking them out. Any wish washyness on your part does not inspire confidence on her part. If you want the date, guys, ASK FOR IT!