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Asking a girl i work with out???

1st ever thread or question posed on this site so apologies for any mistakes i make.

basically, i really fancy this girl that i work with but we only ever chat to each other when we are at work no more. i don't even have her mobile number either. anyway i was never planning to do anything, partly because in terms of looks she is wayyyy out of my league and she had a long term boyfriend. however, over the last few weeks she has broken up with her boyfriend and only today another guy i work with said that she clearly said if she HAD to go out with someone from work it would be me. he is not the type of person to lie so i believe him but i don't know if it was a throw-away comment or she meant it. more importantly, i don't know what to do as if i wait too long she will inevitably get with someone else but if i just ask her out and she says NO, work would be very awkward as i would feel VERY embarassed. any advice on the situation would be greatly appreciated.
Reply 1
OK, first things first - if you only work with one other guy then you would have a good chance if you two were the only guys on the planet (obviously) but she could have said that about loads of other people in different contexts.

She didnt say she wanted to go out with you over any other guys, just the ones at your work.

Im not saying she doesnt like you, just dont jump the gun. For sure meet up with her and try to gauge better how she feels :smile:

Then see whether she is interested :smile:

Best of luck.
Reply 2
thanks for the advice mate will do. just for arguments sake though she was talking about all the guys that have worked there in the last 9 months (since she has worked there), which is about 25, at the moment there are also 13 guys working there, she is the only girl. thanks for advice though mate.
Reply 3
It might be worth asking but I should warn you there is a big difference between a girl saying she likes someone and saying she'd go out with someone if she HAD to :frown:

Good luck though! :smile:
Reply 4
well she did say if she HAD to and so it might not mean shes interested.
you need to start a friendship outside of work to see if she is interested or not, organise something and invite her along, doing this would also be a good way to get her number.
i dont think you should just go asking her out for the reasons you said.
Reply 5
just for any1 who mite by any chance b interested, i bit the bullet and told her i liked her and in response she said "ok, cool" and smiled. the next day she said to a female manager she wouldn't go out with any1 from work, so that's the end of that. Shame really.
If you like your job alot, I wouldnt reccomend going for it. Think how awkward it could get if you had a bad split up, or if you confronted her thinking she likes you but she doesnt. Not only that, but if you get on well, you could get distracted by eachother alot at work. Either of these circumstances could threaten your job.
Reply 7
rite i couldn't be bothered 2 read ure thread but from the name i wouldn;t do it, bad.. Wot if ya split up wit her its gonna be so akward ya think it wont cum 2 dat but it will
dont go out with sum1 from ur workplace
trust me, i know various ppl- they hav2 avoid each other in the lifts/the shop floor etc
not good
Reply 9
Anonymous
just for any1 who mite by any chance b interested, i bit the bullet and told her i liked her and in response she said "ok, cool" and smiled. the next day she said to a female manager she wouldn't go out with any1 from work, so that's the end of that. Shame really.

bit late to say dont go for it now..............
whats the worst that can happen? she say no? well then anyone will respect you for trying and you wont spend the rest of your life thinking "What if?"

Just do it. the fact that you only work with her means that you can probably ignore her etc if she does say no - but then again you dont want to be thinking like that - think positively and it should be fine
Reply 11
she did say no. read the thread
Reply 12
Read people -- READ.
What you should of done..
Approached her calmy, then smacked her full force in the head with your fist. After she has finished sobbing and looking confused smile briefly and explain.. 'love hurts' :smile:
Maybe you should have took her out for a drink or something and got to know her before even thinking of asking her, least you could build the friendship up that way.
go for it man.. if she turns you down just start a malicious rumour about here and destroy her life.
Reply 16
seriously, people should have read this thread a bit more.

he asked, she said "cool", told the manager she'd never date anyone at work, the end. in short, she's not interested.