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Asking someone for a drink

I feel a bit of a loser posting this, but the anonymous function helps nicely :smile:

I just want a bit of advice and encouragement - if I ask a girl out (I've known her, and talked to her on/off for a few months, but recently developed a massive crush on her [first thing I think of when I wake up or go to sleep kinda thing].

Anyway, I've never acted on my crushes before, but this feels right - I think she might/probably will say yes if I ask her out for a drink, but to make sure it isn't awkward or rehearsed, I have a couple of questions :wink:

Is it best to say to her that I really like her ("I really like you, and I wanted to ask you blah") or just ask her straight out, skipping that part.

Chances are I'll see her next in person (haven't got her phone or MSN), waiting for the bus, so would it be best to ask her out then, or to ask her for her phone number (how?).

I know it sounds odd, but I'll panic over the small details, and forget the big picture if I don't have things sorted in my head before I ask her.

Ta :smile:
Reply 1
Anonymous
I feel a bit of a loser posting this, but the anonymous function helps nicely :smile:

I just want a bit of advice and encouragement - if I ask a girl out (I've known her, and talked to her on/off for a few months, but recently developed a massive crush on her [first thing I think of when I wake up or go to sleep kinda thing].

Anyway, I've never acted on my crushes before, but this feels right - I think she might/probably will say yes if I ask her out for a drink, but to make sure it isn't awkward or rehearsed, I have a couple of questions :wink:

Is it best to say to her that I really like her ("I really like you, and I wanted to ask you blah") or just ask her straight out, skipping that part.

Chances are I'll see her next in person (haven't got her phone or MSN), waiting for the bus, so would it be best to ask her out then, or to ask her for her phone number (how?).

I know it sounds odd, but I'll panic over the small details, and forget the big picture if I don't have things sorted in my head before I ask her.

Ta :smile:


Not really got anything to add, but I posted a thread called "Just asking" some time ago. Be interested in seeing the responses you get here, most will probably tell you to just go for it, and you might be interested in some of the resposnes to my thread.

Marcus
Anonymous
Is it best to say to her that I really like her ("I really like you, and I wanted to ask you blah") or just ask her straight out, skipping that part.


i dno, i'd propose first then ask her if she wants to get a drink sometime



no no no "i like you", just booze
ok just go hey do you want to go out for a drink tonight. If she says yes just say great, can I get your mobile incase I need to contact you or anything.

She'll be like sure, and next thing you know bang ur married.
Reply 4
marcusfox
Not really got anything to add, but I posted a thread called "Just asking" some time ago. Be interested in seeing the responses you get here, most will probably tell you to just go for it, and you might be interested in some of the resposnes to my thread.

Marcus

I'm definately going to 'go for it' - I go to university in October, and I've got about 4 weeks left of seeing her so I've got to ask her the next time I see her, else nothing will ever happen :smile:.

I already know her, talk to her quite a lot, but we're not on a friends level, just 'work friends' so i don't want to screw things up, i'd rather not just shoot randomly :wink:
converse, procrastinate, say something funny, use the ol "if ur not doing anything later"...and done.

deary me, what're you gonna be like when ur ON the date?
Reply 6
Don't, that post should be arriving in a few days :wink:

Actually, rereading what I said, it does seem a bit silly - I know she'll be finished by 6pm on Sunday, so if I ask her Saturday if she wants to go for a drink after work Sunday it should work :smile:
ur gna wanna draw a well annotated diagram for this too
Reply 8
I've just had another worrying thought. She lives in a different town to me, which I don't know (so a £40 cab from my town to her house, only £20 from hers to mine) - where do we go? Do I get her to decide?

More panic, not good, at this rate I'll explode before saturday :/
bus? train? walk? go nearish to her, take her home, then walk home if there aint no nightbuses/trains running
Reply 10
Sometimes I wonder if things are deliberately out to stop me...

Got to the bus station - spent the walk there discussing how she didn't really like going out, she was more of a stay in person - so whilst I was racking my brains to reconsider what to say, this woman came up to us and got us to do a survey which took 10 minutes - by the time I was finished with mine, her bus had come and she had to go.

Its just irritating - I've had small 'flings' before with people I've met on nights out, but i've never really connected with them - I just feel constantly fuzzy and it hurts (I haven't had a crush in a long time, its a nice feeling until it starts to consume you).

I'm going to talk to her best (work) friend on Tuesday, see what she says. I'm just starting to get the feeling its not meant to be.
Anonymous
Sometimes I wonder if things are deliberately out to stop me...

Got to the bus station - spent the walk there discussing how she didn't really like going out, she was more of a stay in person - so whilst I was racking my brains to reconsider what to say, this woman came up to us and got us to do a survey which took 10 minutes - by the time I was finished with mine, her bus had come and she had to go.

Its just irritating - I've had small 'flings' before with people I've met on nights out, but i've never really connected with them - I just feel constantly fuzzy and it hurts (I haven't had a crush in a long time, its a nice feeling until it starts to consume you).

I'm going to talk to her best (work) friend on Tuesday, see what she says. I'm just starting to get the feeling its not meant to be.
Mate I know exactly how you feel, please for your sake, don't do what I do, just ask her. Trust me, the pain of asking can't be as bad as the pain i felt a month ago when i realised it was too late and i wasted 2 yrs of oportunities :wink:
you do have a life ahead of you, don't you? I'm not trying to sound harsh or abrupt and nasty, but you said 4 weeks before uni..will this not be another fling? You could end up with more heartache if you hit it off and then both leave town.
Reply 13
I appreciate that - I've already decided that I'm going to see what happens this week - if nothing, then it is probably too late to do anything - on the other hand, theres no reason it couldn't be a long distance relationship. I only live 5 hours away when I'm at Uni - which sounds like a lot, but getting home for the weekends not exactly a hassle.

Like I say, I'm just scared that I won't click with anyone in this way again in a long time - we aren't the same at all, but we have some similar interests and just seem to click when we're together. We're most definately not more than work friends though. We're both in the right place - she definately wants a relationship and a boyfriend.

I know, I know, its very, very unlikely, but I have to have hope :smile: I fall in 'love' (the infatuation definition of it anyway) far too easily, and I hate it :P
Reply 14
Anonymous
I appreciate that - I've already decided that I'm going to see what happens this week - if nothing, then it is probably too late to do anything - on the other hand, theres no reason it couldn't be a long distance relationship. I only live 5 hours away when I'm at Uni - which sounds like a lot, but getting home for the weekends not exactly a hassle.

Like I say, I'm just scared that I won't click with anyone in this way again in a long time - we aren't the same at all, but we have some similar interests and just seem to click when we're together. We're most definately not more than work friends though. We're both in the right place - she definately wants a relationship and a boyfriend.

I know, I know, its very, very unlikely, but I have to have hope :smile: I fall in 'love' (the infatuation definition of it anyway) far too easily, and I hate it :P


lol, as someone who is at uni 5 hours away from home, trust me it does become a hassle coming home because you spend more time travelling then you do at home and trains at weekends are so rubbishy.

just ask her if she wants to go for a drink- it's scary but worth it

lou xxx