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Asking for number/email...?

Hi all,
These holidays, I have been volunteering in a charity shop a few times a week. One of the days, there was also a guy working there the same time as me. He caught my eye straight away. One of the ladies who worked there informed me that he was the son of one of her colleagues, and filled in for her whenever she couldn't make it. She also told me that he, like me, was in Year 11 and was anxiously awaiting his GCSE results...

Anyway, I plucked up the courage to go over and talk him, using results as a starting point and introduced myself. We soon got talking and then chatted frequently, sighing whenever another customer had to be served as it interrupted our conversation. :p:

We seemed to get along really well but I had to leave in a hurry. I'll be seeing him this coming Tues and just wanted some tips on how to ask for his number/email...

Should I be witty? Subtle? Direct? Don't know really as I've generally been quite shy in the past but I've recently been gaining confidence- I was surprised I had the courage to go and talk to him in the first place!

Thanks,
Nikki :smile:

Reply 1

ColdVein

13

If I was in his position I would prefer just a direct question towards the end of a conversation but thats just me. Good luck

Reply 2

Knotty

if you're both worried about results, ask for his number so that you can tell each other how you did, but talk to him before that :smile:

Reply 3

Chewwy

17

Knotty

if you're both worried about results, ask for his number so that you can tell each other how you did, but talk to him before that :smile:

no, that's just weird! i'd only expect really close friends of mine to care enough to actually ring up to find out how i did.

just ask him for it, you don't have to give a reason. unless he's completely repulsed by you (which it doesn't sound like), he'll be glad to give you it, i'm sure.

Reply 4

fblade

14

chewwy

no, that's just weird! i'd only expect really close friends of mine to care enough to actually ring up to find out how i did.

just ask him for it, you don't have to give a reason. unless he's completely repulsed by you (which it doesn't sound like), he'll be glad to give you it, i'm sure.

Its not weird... It actually works :wink:

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Reply 5

small&mighty

If you have myspace why not look for him on there and add him, sending him a message saying something along the lines of 'aha found you!' like in a joking way. And it should just flow from there really. If not, just casually ask him if he has msn/email and give him yours so he can add you and get in touch with you.

Be direct, goodluck!

"By the way, do you have MSN?"

It's worked for me pretty much every time. Then again, it's never led to anything but that's another story. :p:

Reply 8

Meliae

Just ask him outright. He probably won't even think anything of it. Lots of people have tons of msn addresses and mobile numbers for people they don't even want to contact. God knows what the point of that is but anyway, asking him won't let on you fancy him (if you do), just that you might feel like contacting him or talking to him outside of work at some point. It'll be fine :smile:

For the mobile number, maybe ask him if and when you see him with his phone out. Get yours out too and casually suggest you swap numbers as though the idea only just occured to you.

Reply 9

ghe.tom

Meliae

Just ask him outright. He probably won't even think anything of it. Lots of people have tons of msn addresses and mobile numbers for people they don't even want to contact. God knows what the point of that is but anyway, asking him won't let on you fancy him (if you do), just that you might feel like contacting him or talking to him outside of work at some point. It'll be fine :smile:

For the mobile number, maybe ask him if and when you see him with his phone out. Get yours out too and casually suggest you swap numbers as though the idea only just occured to you.

Jump straight in, ask him what he likes doing in his spare time, if you find anything you both like doing, ask himj straight off if he'd like to do it with you. If he says yes, then he'll give you his number for sure.

Reply 10

Enchanté

14

Just ask him :p:

if he has msn, if he does and you get his msn adress talk to him for a while on there and when you see him in the shop, then just casually ask for for his number, when you've been talking for a while. :p:

Reply 11

jumpinglunch

13

Msn is the easiest thing to ask for as opposed to a number.

Reply 12

spark911

tesh^^

Msn is the easiest thing to ask for as opposed to a number.

Yeah, I agree. But what if he doesn't use MSN, is never on at the same time or doesn't check his e-mails often. Phone is king.

You may get just as quick a response writing and posting a letter through the post with e-mail.

Asking for number/email...?

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