Quote: Aaron @ August 3 2008, 10:15 PM BSTSo your face wasn't the only part of you which he licked? Way hey!
Quote: Simon Stratton @ August 3 2008, 10:15 PM BSTI like this. I was also thinking of saying 'There's a problem with my painting, can I speak to you in private?' And asking her then, by saying 'I actually wanted to ask you...'. Would that work?
I quite like that actually.
As long as there's no chance she could say 'A problem? I'll just get the manager for you'.
Quote: Simon Stratton @ August 3 2008, 10:15 PM BSTI like this. I was also thinking of saying 'There's a problem with my painting, can I speak to you in private?' And asking her then, by saying 'I actually wanted to ask you...'. Would that work?
Colleagues would ask what that was about afterwards. Don't bring her in an awkward situation at work.
Quote: Griff @ August 3 2008, 10:12 PM BSTI'm sure I've told this before, but my favourite relationship disaster story is one I read on the Web about this guy who finally got a date with the girl he fancied, only to discover at the last minute it was on the same day as his regular Dungeons And Dragons night. So of course he went to the Dungeons And Dragons night and stood the girl up (he didn't even tell her, so she actually went to the date and got humiliated waiting around.)
So then he decided he needed to apologise to her (no shit). But he couldn't face phoning, or going round to see her or anything, so ... HE DREW HER A FLOWCHART explaining the decision process that he made, and showing where it went wrong, and posted it through her letterbox at 2 am.
I can't imagine there has ever been a more socially maladjusted person than that in the history of mankind.
I had a date once that was coming round mine first, so I quickly washed up the pile of dirty plates (it was in my student days) and went to answer the door. After an hour of chatting, she said she couldn't go out after all and we'd do it another time. When she left I glanced in the mirror and realised there was a perfectly round wet patch on my groin that I had got from leaning against the sink while washing up. I never built up the confidence to call her an say, 'i know it looked like I'd pissed myself, but...'
Quote: Finck @ August 3 2008, 10:18 PM BSTColleagues would ask what that was about afterwards. Don't bring her in an awkward situation at work.
argh. But the problem with the other idea is that I don't work anywhere near the gallery. I could only pop in half an hour before they close.
Quote: Griff @ August 3 2008, 10:20 PM BSTUnless the manager is even more hot, in which case, result.
Quote: Simon Stratton @ August 3 2008, 10:20 PM BSTargh. But the problem with the other idea is that I don't work anywhere near the gallery. I could only pop in half an hour before they close.
Look out for night events at the gallery then. A vernissage or something. The more people there are, the higher the chances you get to talk to her in private.
Quote: zooo @ August 3 2008, 10:15 PM BSTNooooo, you plank.
How did she go from girlfriend to fiance.
Ohhh. 
Er. Well, nothing particularly exciting or romantic on accord of being a poor student at the time. 
*account
Woohoo! I can die happy.
Quote: Finck @ August 3 2008, 10:16 PM BSTYes, I got that. The coffee thing is just a trick to find out when she has her afternoon break (and to spend it with her obviously).
Oh. Ooooook. 
Quote: zooo @ August 3 2008, 10:16 PM BSTHa! I didn't mean to call you a plank.
It looks like I've been smashed in the face with one though. 
Shuttup Elliot. I mean Robyn, I mean...
Quote: Simon Stratton @ August 3 2008, 10:26 PM BST*account
See, this is what happens when you rephrase a whole post and don't re-read it again before posting. >_<
(Thanks.)
Quote: zooo @ August 3 2008, 10:28 PM BSTShuttup Elliot. I mean Robyn, I mean...
Seriously though, now my only decent idea's been blown out of the water, I really could do with some help.
Quote: zooo @ August 3 2008, 10:28 PM BSTShuttup Elliot. I mean Robyn, I mean...
OK, well don't ask her out in front of anyone else, that's just embarrassing.
Just talk to her normally, give her a graceful way out if she doesn't want to and just ask her out.
Personally I'd prefer to be invited out in a matey way and then there's no pressure or dateyness. But I'm weird.
Quote: zooo @ August 3 2008, 10:36 PM BSTOK, well don't ask her out in front of anyone else, that's just embarrassing.
Just talk to her normally, give her a graceful way out if she doesn't want to and just ask her out.Personally I'd prefer to be invited out in a matey way and then there's no pressure or dateyness. But I'm weird.
So thats where I;ve been going wrong going on the roof tops with a megaphone isn't entirely discreet.
Quote: zooo @ August 3 2008, 10:36 PM BSTOK, well don't ask her out in front of anyone else, that's just embarrassing.
Just talk to her normally, give her a graceful way out if she doesn't want to and just ask her out.Personally I'd prefer to be invited out in a matey way and then there's no pressure or dateyness. But I'm weird.
How can I get her alone though. Sigh.
The worst thing is they're having a launch party there next weekend, but I'm going to be in London for a family gathering.
Quote: Gavin @ August 3 2008, 10:38 PM BSTSo thats where I;ve been going wrong going on the roof tops with a megaphone isn't entirely discreet.
At least you're playing the odds. If Aaron happens to be passing, you'll get lucky.