• hansl@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Ask once, be clean about it, look like a dork for a few minutes, if she says no, let it go and never mention it again.

    The annoying creep is likely to do ask her out twice a week.

    Theres no way to ask without looking weird, but the follow up is what distinguishes regular guys from creeps.

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        6 months ago

        Great advice 10/10.

        If you go in trying to bed them you’re likely going to crash and burn.

        Just try to make them a friend it’s a win win win because if you hit it off then you get a friend, if the attraction is reciprocated you may get relationship, if they aren’t interested in you but see you as a good person they may try to set you up with a friend of theirs that is single.

        Can’t lose with this method.

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          6 months ago

          I think they meant you learn more about their personality to know if you want to be with them in the first place. Why wouldn’t you want to learn more about someone you want to be with?

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          6 months ago

          No, you flex your social skills by trying to get to know the person you’re, at this point, only physically attracted to. These are all things a normal person who doesn’t need dating advice knows. But here we are, spelling it out for those I the back of the class.

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      6 months ago

      What you describe is absolutely the way to do it without looking weird. Don’t be aggressive about it, accept a no or an awkward silence or similar as being a no, respond in a pleasant tone and not an aggressive one, and you should be pretty good to go without being seen as a creep, as long as you don’t repeat it later. Of course, don’t make a point of going around hitting on women in gyms or who are at work, but it can be done tactfully.