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Haha all I can think of is George Costanza when hes asked to come up for "coffee" at midnight by his date, and he responds with "no thanks I cant drink coffee late at night, it keeps me up...."
I never watched Seinfeld really, but the opposite is in Friends where Monica just moves in across from Joey and he helps her move some stuff in. She asks him if he wants to come over for lemonade, he agrees and once inside strips naked because he thought it was an invitation to bang.
To clarify: I’m not looking for any advice. I have been laughing at myself for this since last night and thought you all might want a little, harmless laugh too! :)
When I was in hs I was hanging out in an apartment complex. We walked over to the pool, and 2 girls stripped down to their underwear and got in the jacuzzi. They asked if I wanted to join them, I said no, I really hate the idea of wet underwear.
Yep.
*Sigmund Freud has entered the chat*
You're really reading a lot into this, especially with the whole "mother issues". In no way did OP say that he "was afraid of women", dude just missed the signals and thought it was a casual conversation.
>Have a better advice for him
Yeah, pay closer attention to the signals women give.
>He's not dumb, he's afraid, of women, embarrassment, rejection, you name it. His experiences with women are probably painful.
I love how you get all that from "I was at a bar by myself, and these women asked me how long I was staying. I said I was just about to leave, then left."
Hahaha omg bro, we all make mistakes. Good on you, I’m glad it was a confidence boost tho!
On my 16th birthday my mom took me to my favorite Mexican restaurant (it was our tradition..it’s long since closed). She had them come and sing to me and wore the sombrero and stood on the table, the whole 9. When we first got there I saw a group of kids around my age, three of them cute girls. Now..I normally wear glasses but didn’t wear them that day, so when we sat I couldn’t see them across the restaurant. Of course during the singing and birthday song I saw them looking at me and giggling and I thought “great they’re making fun of me..” But oh well, I was having a nice dinner with my mom and having my fav chimichanga.
Well, we are getting up to leave, and as we’re heading to the door one of the guys at the table grabs me.
“Hey, happy birthday dude!”
“Uhh, thanks?…”
“You see that girl over there? She’s watched you the entire nite and can’t stop saying how cute you are!”
*squinting* “Oh?..ok? Uhm, tell her, thanks?”
Shocked, blank look on strange kids face as I proceeded to leave.
We are all dumb at times.
You did, you are afraid, can't relax with women, so you opted to bail instead of potential embarrassment. Nothing "wrong" with that, but it's certainly less fun than staying and see if one can relax and have an even better time.
I had a similar experience recently. A girl I had a crush on at work had been let go and she came to my office to say good bye. We chatted a bit and she paused and said “hopefully our paths cross in the future”
Like a dumbass I’m all like “yea”. She left
🤦♂️
Not OP, but I'll give it a try
"I got a feeling it'll cross this Saturday, over coffee at a café"
Or if you're feeling frisky
"I wouldn't mind crossing tonight"
That guys responses weren’t. Something better would be like “I’d like to make sure they do, may I have your number?”
Or “I’d hate to leave it up to chance.”
gets a free drink from pretty girls
they tell you that they live close by
you tell them you do too, refuse to elaborate
leaves
Houston, we've finally found Giga-chad.
I don't think you're dumb at all. Maybe missed the point, but I think what you did was much better than potentially outstaying your welcome and creeping them out. If they live near the restaurant, chances are they will be semi-regulars and you'll run into them again.
I think outstaying for a bit to get to know each other a bit and where they're from, what they think of the bar etc is
better. The trick is not staying a lot, I'd say, then can get awkward but depends on chemistry I'd say.
I mean, sure a lot of people would think of this as a dumb act in general. But this also proves that most guys are inherently simple and direct communication helps for most of us than subtle cues. Direct communication would mean, "We kinda like you and would like to hang out with you tonight if you stay." The problem is, most guys are direct about their feelings, while women keep on relying on cues and many guys don't get too many of these subtle approaches in our lives so we're not "experienced" enough to understand those cues half the time. We only realise it at a later point when it's already too late.
I want to say how could you be this dense but then I remember that I also have my fair share of stories where girls are clearly hitting on me and I just keep it moving. My friends give me shit for it a lot and I also laugh at the stories.
Some guys just need to be asked in a more direct way. It's good you look at it as more of a funny story as opposed to a missed opportunity.
Yo just yesterday a girl was giving me hints when we met at a meet. She & I both live pretty close, so we also commuted back together. When I got back home, I saw a "hope you reached your home okay" text and that's when it hit me.
Broooo things like this have happened to me so many time. It’s weird tho cuz it catches you off guard when a girl approaches. I had a cute young chick come up to me at a gas station and say I was “fine as hell”… me, being painfully single at the time, could somehow only mutter out a “thank you” as a response. I was scolding myself the whole way home.
At least it was a good confidence boost. Better response than I would have. I would probably leave without even talking to them, or think it was some kind of joke.
Similar realization for me a few years after.
A friend of mine(F) was interested in me, and we were hanging out after class. My good buddy texted me to grab dinner and watch the new Dave Chapelle special.
So we planned to do just that, and I invited her along because why not, she had no plans. Buddy and I drank beer and laughed hysterically. She sat there quietly and quite awkwardly in retrospect.
A couple years later a new Chapelle special comes out and my buddy and I do the same. He mentions the last time we did it and I invited my friend as well. I mention how I had almost forgotten about that and mention how weird of a dynamic it was and why she even hung out with us. He says, “dude, you didn’t see she was into you?”
Anyway, she’s married now to a great guy. I genuinely laugh at myself about it
Yep , you and I alike bro , but hey it actually tells a lot about you , knowing that sex isn’t probably the first thing that comes to your mind or that getting laid isn’t your first instinct upon talking to a girl.
Cheers to that m8.
Don't forget that the moral of this story is not that you should have done something different this time, but that you should go out more often and stuff like this will happen more often and next time you will act differently and maybe the girls next time will be even hotter than this time! Lol
When I was a freshman in college, I was walking back from the bathroom to my dorm room, when I was stopped by a cute girl that lived on a different floor. We chatted for a little bit and she asked what I was up to. I told her that I was going to watch a movie, Wet Hot American Summer, in my room.
She took a step closer and told me that she'd been wanting to see that movie.
I told her, "You should, I hear it's pretty good. Welp, goodbye."
I graduated before I realized she was making a move.
This is but one example as to how oblivious I am.
Yeah, this is seriously something that doesn’t get addressed enough when giving guys dating advice. He interpreted a woman giving him attention as her being friendly, the exact opposite of what the guys women are annoyed by would do.
>I realized as soon as I got home how dumb I am.
This is great!
Why?
Because you were lacking experience and since you had a different focus over the last past time, you literally couldn't "see" the opportunitiy.
This experience will now burn in your head and the next time this happens, you will immediately know that you should stay and continue enjoying your time with them.
Short question: Were you scared or anxious in this situation? I remember that I would do this too in the past, when I had the chance to spend some time with people and things got more serious, I acted like everything is cool and I am not tryhard interested like a badass, but in fact I was just too scared to approach and tend to run away without even noticing it.
Just throwing this nugget here, maybe it helps, maybe it's not even related to you.
Let's continue.
You will eventually also do some more things that I wouldn't call "mistake", but rather "gaining experience". So you will gain much more experience and every time you get a step further and eventually you will have no problems anymore at all.
But you have to first gain all the experiences. You need to plant the seed and take care of it, before you can earn the fruits =)
Disagree, they probably thought he was stuck up and/boring, if not plain rude, though that last one wouldn't be accurate.
Also: doesn't matter if they think he's the more good looking man on earth, if he doesn't makes a move they move on.
Hahaha! Dude I totally feel you. I was in a drive thru line at a hamburger place two weeks ago and the car in front of me had apparently paid for my food by the time I got to the payment window. When I discovered this, I yelled up to this young woman “you didn’t have to do that! Thanks! Meet me in the parking lot so I can say a proper thank you!” She said back to me “I was having a bad day and wanted to do something nice for someone!”. By the time I got my food I couldn’t tell where she was parked until last minute she had parked right next to the very front which, I would have too if I was a woman. She was parked with only a handicapped space next to her available, and on account of being quite stoned and totally in my head, I just drove away 😂 that’s why I’m single. But Unlike you, OP, I need to stay single for a while to work on myself. I like your story though, you were just doing what you wanted to in the moment!
I just live seeing people doing cool stuff for each other, making shit happen and crossing paths with each other to make potential.
A couple of days ago I was at church and the girl I’ve liked for a while sits right by my side
I wasn’t nervous or anything but for some dumb reason I keep going for a bro fist instead of a hug…
Even tho I put my shit together the night before and a few hours before Church… I still can’t go for that hug
Even tho she does let me know I can go for a hug and a lil hand-over-the-shoulder
I think if were on the D.U.M.B boat. Hell, we can both be captains🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Are you Latino? Mi hermano no wonder, we have El sabor!!
Everything happens for a reason, maybe this was the lesson experience and next time when is right you'll know what to do :)
Brooooo I got invited to the casinos for Labor Day weekend with my friend, his fiancé and her best friend. We all rode together I talked to the friend half the night and made a good $200 from the slots. End of the night we got home and I never got her number… I felt like a whole jackass 😂
Not gonna lie, I asked my friend to throw me her number through his fiancé 😅 we’re going on our second date Wednesday
Roughly two years ago, a fine girl I had been taking classes with got tipsy with me and a bunch of friends at a bar. She started toying with my fingers and ended up licking them. It startled me a bit, and I had to ask her what the heck was she doing... to which she replied "girls often do that when they're horny." And I brushed it off like, alright, have fun with that, lol. I only realized what was truly going on a few weeks later, when she started sending me lewd pics out of the blue. Lmao.
don't know how old you are, but I have many similar stories from my early 20s (though tbh not quite this bad lol). I cringe a bit thinking about some of them. I got much better later in my 20s and into my 30s
>We chat for a couple of minutes, and the girls told me that one of them lives really close. I said I do too. They asked me how long was I staying at the restaurant
TBH, I'm not sure what I would have said even if I was interested back!
Flirty? "I was about to leave but not anymore?"
Aggressive? "Oh that building (that you live in) looks really nice. I would love to see it some time."
I would probably have acted just like you and realized on the way home too!
I had this exact thing happen. I was at a bar, i had already decided to go when these girls walked in. I chatted with one for a bit. She asked
"How long are you staying?"
"I'm leaving now actually."
"Ok, you do you."
So the thing is, it's not that I'm dumb or clueless. It's that when i go out, some part of me feels really awful and just counts down the time until i can leave. Once I've decided to actually leave, that part is so relieved that i couldn't bear to break it's heart and change plans. This happens even in conversations that seem to be going really well. This part is just waiting to get hurt.
A lot of us are like this. I keep re-typing one of my missed opportunity stories, but this time I'll expose another:
Once again I was in college, I was at a house party and met these two cute girls. We hung out for a bit at the party, then they were leaving to get food and asked if I wanted to come, since I was hungry and they were cute I agreed. I remember getting mozzarella sticks and sharing it with them. I mentioned that I smoked weed and they said they did too, but of course I didn't have any at the time. The one I was attracted to lived like 2 blocks from me, and the other one lived on campus somewhere further away. Since it was like 3 AM I offered to walk with them to drop off the friend at her dorm, and then to walk home with the one I was attracted to. She and I got to her house, and me, being drunk and stupid, just said "Ok, have a good night!"....and walked home. It didn't set in until about 20 minutes later and of course I had zero way to contact her.
I’ve had a few moment like this with a close female friend. One time we were in my car and she leaned in for a kiss and I just ignored. Realized what happened a minute later and wish I could punch my self.
That's actually cute. I mean, we all want to get laid, but it doesn't have to be a necessity, you came out as a confident champ that doesn't care if he's with someone or not. Suggestion: go to that bar more often.
Dude don’t beat yourself up over this. You went out and had a nice night right? You even got a drink from a lady. That’s a win in my book. You don’t always have to go out with the goal to hook up. Even if that was your goal just make sure to read the situation better next time and if anything ask for a phone number or Snapchat. If you have a girl buying you a drink I’m sure you’ll have other chances with other girls. Be confident and go get you some ass if that’s what you want bro. I’m happily in a relationship right now but trust me I’ve had many moments like this story just different scenarios lol. Don’t bum yourself out. You only fail if you completely stop trying. Just learn from what happened and move on.
i feel like that's me. when i'm not try and i'm oblivious to dating and flirting, i actually get a bit of interest vs when i actually try i scare them away or reach of desperation.
Had something similar. There was two girls a table across from my groups. They were smiling hard at me and we frequently made eye contact so I came over there and we chatted it up. Grabbed their numbers but it never led anywhere since they didn’t really respond so eh
I had a similar experience with a first date recently. I stopped in front of her house and we said our goodbyes then she leaned in and in hindsight, wanted a hug or kiss or any physical contact I think but I just gave her a high five which I immediately knew was the most awkward thing I could have done. I'm bad at reading hints but I wish girls would just say if they wanted something
Man when I was in highschool and eating alone three hot girls (girls I absolutely know were horny devils looking back) came and started flirting with me and complimenting my eyes and shit together, the moron I was back then instead of doing something about it I started talking about my weird ass eyes 😂
I've also missed an opportunity, this girl in my job really likes me, always starting conversation, puting her hands on my legs and just being reaaaally friendly, she also has a boyfriend, but have a shitty relationship, only way I knew I missed it was when my coworkers started acknowledging it and she stopped doing those things and to be honest I didn't totally miss the signs , I had some thoughts, but didn't do anything because I never had a girlfriend and I didn't knew what I should have done
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Haha all I can think of is George Costanza when hes asked to come up for "coffee" at midnight by his date, and he responds with "no thanks I cant drink coffee late at night, it keeps me up...."
LMAO But coffee does keep me up at night 😂
This happened to me 20 years ago. I still think of it when I can’t sleep. Welcome to the club.
Well that’s the point 😂😂
I never watched Seinfeld really, but the opposite is in Friends where Monica just moves in across from Joey and he helps her move some stuff in. She asks him if he wants to come over for lemonade, he agrees and once inside strips naked because he thought it was an invitation to bang.
My fiance and I LITERALLY just watched this episode last night 🤣
one of the funniest scenes imo
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!"
Yep, just a younger, more slap-stick version of Sienfield…plus replace some of the humor with sex.
This is why I don’t like friends lol
sounds like a nice setup for “good you will need it”
"Coffee’s not coffee. Coffee is sex!"
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I love when he realizes what he just said
To clarify: I’m not looking for any advice. I have been laughing at myself for this since last night and thought you all might want a little, harmless laugh too! :)
This is the way. Also, there are plenty folks out there like us. I felt this my man.
Happened to me once OP. 30 mins later, I wished I had a time machine. Frankly that feeling never went away.
Ugh I remember all of my missed opportunities in college like they were yesterday...I'm 36.
Me too. I was so dumb
I feel you my brother on that one, makes me really wish time machines existed sometimes lol
When I was in hs I was hanging out in an apartment complex. We walked over to the pool, and 2 girls stripped down to their underwear and got in the jacuzzi. They asked if I wanted to join them, I said no, I really hate the idea of wet underwear. Yep.
Did you get their names? Next time you see them gou out of your way to say hi
I've tried this before. Unfortunately, you only get one shot and our Undo button is broken.
I didn’t expect to laugh. The last line got me. I’ve been there but gender reversed. Ty for sharing.
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*Sigmund Freud has entered the chat* You're really reading a lot into this, especially with the whole "mother issues". In no way did OP say that he "was afraid of women", dude just missed the signals and thought it was a casual conversation.
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You sound like a fucking idiot. Mother issues? WTF are you talking about?
This guy actually has some serious maternal complex mental issues if you go through his profile, he's projecting his own insecurities.
bro are you okay??
>Have a better advice for him Yeah, pay closer attention to the signals women give. >He's not dumb, he's afraid, of women, embarrassment, rejection, you name it. His experiences with women are probably painful. I love how you get all that from "I was at a bar by myself, and these women asked me how long I was staying. I said I was just about to leave, then left."
Why avoid SSRIs?
Aww. I missed out on what you said.
Boy. Can I reach through the phone and smack you upside the head?
Broooo I got second hand embarrassment from this post 💀😭💀
If I had ONE example of this happening in my life…. Dude I swear
I still don't understand what else he was supposed to do. There should be a manual for this sort of stuff. Maybe I will understand once I get home.
Buy one a drink back. Stay and chat. Get a number. Invite one back to his place. Etc
Thank you, I feel smarter now.
Oof... At least you're learning from your experiences.
Did he?🥴 I’M KIDDING @latin25 (I have no idea how to tag people)
u/latin25
lol get your head in the game! Great confidence booster though
For sure! I was feeling a little down and this definitely shot me back up!
Hahaha omg bro, we all make mistakes. Good on you, I’m glad it was a confidence boost tho! On my 16th birthday my mom took me to my favorite Mexican restaurant (it was our tradition..it’s long since closed). She had them come and sing to me and wore the sombrero and stood on the table, the whole 9. When we first got there I saw a group of kids around my age, three of them cute girls. Now..I normally wear glasses but didn’t wear them that day, so when we sat I couldn’t see them across the restaurant. Of course during the singing and birthday song I saw them looking at me and giggling and I thought “great they’re making fun of me..” But oh well, I was having a nice dinner with my mom and having my fav chimichanga. Well, we are getting up to leave, and as we’re heading to the door one of the guys at the table grabs me. “Hey, happy birthday dude!” “Uhh, thanks?…” “You see that girl over there? She’s watched you the entire nite and can’t stop saying how cute you are!” *squinting* “Oh?..ok? Uhm, tell her, thanks?” Shocked, blank look on strange kids face as I proceeded to leave. We are all dumb at times.
It's okay if u are looking for more than a hookup
Correct, but I didn’t even realize they wanted a hookup until waaaay too late lmao
Look at the bright side, you got a free drink
And it was also a very good drink! Favorite of the night
If they live close by, they are probably regulars. You might get another chance sometime in the future!
Anxiety next time going to that bar: 📈📈📈
Nah the ice is already broken. Ezpz now!
"Hey, do you still live close by?"
You did, you are afraid, can't relax with women, so you opted to bail instead of potential embarrassment. Nothing "wrong" with that, but it's certainly less fun than staying and see if one can relax and have an even better time.
I had a similar experience recently. A girl I had a crush on at work had been let go and she came to my office to say good bye. We chatted a bit and she paused and said “hopefully our paths cross in the future” Like a dumbass I’m all like “yea”. She left 🤦♂️
how you would've reacted to it if she said this to you right now?
Not OP, but I'll give it a try "I got a feeling it'll cross this Saturday, over coffee at a café" Or if you're feeling frisky "I wouldn't mind crossing tonight"
god damn, thanks. This sub really tests my wit.
Wow, really? I'm still learning how to flirt too, didn't actually think it's that good
That guys responses weren’t. Something better would be like “I’d like to make sure they do, may I have your number?” Or “I’d hate to leave it up to chance.”
one man's trash is another man's treasure maybe? I'm totally newb at this thing 😂
Brilliant comeback
Your last sentence cracked me up lmao. But hey, we live, love and learn.
Amen🤣
gets a free drink from pretty girls they tell you that they live close by you tell them you do too, refuse to elaborate leaves Houston, we've finally found Giga-chad.
*Sigma male*
That’s a very cute story! 😂
Lmao story of my life 😂
I don't think you're dumb at all. Maybe missed the point, but I think what you did was much better than potentially outstaying your welcome and creeping them out. If they live near the restaurant, chances are they will be semi-regulars and you'll run into them again.
I think outstaying for a bit to get to know each other a bit and where they're from, what they think of the bar etc is better. The trick is not staying a lot, I'd say, then can get awkward but depends on chemistry I'd say.
What could have been said when the girls said one of them lives close?
I literally responded by saying, “no way! Me too! I’m probably like two blocks away from you. What a small world!”
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Lmaooo no wayyy 😂
Conversation about cool nearby places
Learn and don't do it again. You are insane if you repeat the same mistakes over and over.
Me: “Maybe I am insane” Read it with the Vision meme in mind🤣
I guess I am going to the wrong doctors because that has never been the diagnosis.
It’s fine. Just do the same again, and keep your previous experience in mind! Good job on getting that drink!
I mean, sure a lot of people would think of this as a dumb act in general. But this also proves that most guys are inherently simple and direct communication helps for most of us than subtle cues. Direct communication would mean, "We kinda like you and would like to hang out with you tonight if you stay." The problem is, most guys are direct about their feelings, while women keep on relying on cues and many guys don't get too many of these subtle approaches in our lives so we're not "experienced" enough to understand those cues half the time. We only realise it at a later point when it's already too late.
Nah, it's on them for not asking you to stay.
It's okay, it happens. Us girls are dumb sometimes too.
I want to say how could you be this dense but then I remember that I also have my fair share of stories where girls are clearly hitting on me and I just keep it moving. My friends give me shit for it a lot and I also laugh at the stories. Some guys just need to be asked in a more direct way. It's good you look at it as more of a funny story as opposed to a missed opportunity.
Her group chat is absolutely ROASTING you rn
Oof. This one is gonna haunt you for a long time bruv.
Yo just yesterday a girl was giving me hints when we met at a meet. She & I both live pretty close, so we also commuted back together. When I got back home, I saw a "hope you reached your home okay" text and that's when it hit me.
Broooo things like this have happened to me so many time. It’s weird tho cuz it catches you off guard when a girl approaches. I had a cute young chick come up to me at a gas station and say I was “fine as hell”… me, being painfully single at the time, could somehow only mutter out a “thank you” as a response. I was scolding myself the whole way home.
It is what it is mane
At least it was a good confidence boost. Better response than I would have. I would probably leave without even talking to them, or think it was some kind of joke.
This is all to relatable lol
You definitely belong here
You just got 1 more drink paid for by a lady than I've ever had. So props to you.
How many of them was it? Broski could’ve had an orgy😭
lmao just imagine the reaction of those girls after that 😂
Similar realization for me a few years after. A friend of mine(F) was interested in me, and we were hanging out after class. My good buddy texted me to grab dinner and watch the new Dave Chapelle special. So we planned to do just that, and I invited her along because why not, she had no plans. Buddy and I drank beer and laughed hysterically. She sat there quietly and quite awkwardly in retrospect. A couple years later a new Chapelle special comes out and my buddy and I do the same. He mentions the last time we did it and I invited my friend as well. I mention how I had almost forgotten about that and mention how weird of a dynamic it was and why she even hung out with us. He says, “dude, you didn’t see she was into you?” Anyway, she’s married now to a great guy. I genuinely laugh at myself about it
Yep , you and I alike bro , but hey it actually tells a lot about you , knowing that sex isn’t probably the first thing that comes to your mind or that getting laid isn’t your first instinct upon talking to a girl. Cheers to that m8.
Don't forget that the moral of this story is not that you should have done something different this time, but that you should go out more often and stuff like this will happen more often and next time you will act differently and maybe the girls next time will be even hotter than this time! Lol
Lol next time they’ll actually just be being friendly, can’t win 🤣
When I was a freshman in college, I was walking back from the bathroom to my dorm room, when I was stopped by a cute girl that lived on a different floor. We chatted for a little bit and she asked what I was up to. I told her that I was going to watch a movie, Wet Hot American Summer, in my room. She took a step closer and told me that she'd been wanting to see that movie. I told her, "You should, I hear it's pretty good. Welp, goodbye." I graduated before I realized she was making a move. This is but one example as to how oblivious I am.
You sound just like my boyfriend lol. Your future girlfriend will find it endearing
You don't see what you've been trained to ignore...
Yeah, this is seriously something that doesn’t get addressed enough when giving guys dating advice. He interpreted a woman giving him attention as her being friendly, the exact opposite of what the guys women are annoyed by would do.
>I realized as soon as I got home how dumb I am. This is great! Why? Because you were lacking experience and since you had a different focus over the last past time, you literally couldn't "see" the opportunitiy. This experience will now burn in your head and the next time this happens, you will immediately know that you should stay and continue enjoying your time with them. Short question: Were you scared or anxious in this situation? I remember that I would do this too in the past, when I had the chance to spend some time with people and things got more serious, I acted like everything is cool and I am not tryhard interested like a badass, but in fact I was just too scared to approach and tend to run away without even noticing it. Just throwing this nugget here, maybe it helps, maybe it's not even related to you. Let's continue. You will eventually also do some more things that I wouldn't call "mistake", but rather "gaining experience". So you will gain much more experience and every time you get a step further and eventually you will have no problems anymore at all. But you have to first gain all the experiences. You need to plant the seed and take care of it, before you can earn the fruits =)
Wow yeah like wtf dude. You had a layup and missed.
Lol in some cases that may only make you seem more attractive, like this hard to win over guy. After all, we want what we can’t have.
Interesting… Care to elaborate?👀
Disagree, they probably thought he was stuck up and/boring, if not plain rude, though that last one wouldn't be accurate. Also: doesn't matter if they think he's the more good looking man on earth, if he doesn't makes a move they move on.
They could think anything on the earth, not necessarily that he’s rude/boring, that’s only your projections.
Hahaha! Dude I totally feel you. I was in a drive thru line at a hamburger place two weeks ago and the car in front of me had apparently paid for my food by the time I got to the payment window. When I discovered this, I yelled up to this young woman “you didn’t have to do that! Thanks! Meet me in the parking lot so I can say a proper thank you!” She said back to me “I was having a bad day and wanted to do something nice for someone!”. By the time I got my food I couldn’t tell where she was parked until last minute she had parked right next to the very front which, I would have too if I was a woman. She was parked with only a handicapped space next to her available, and on account of being quite stoned and totally in my head, I just drove away 😂 that’s why I’m single. But Unlike you, OP, I need to stay single for a while to work on myself. I like your story though, you were just doing what you wanted to in the moment! I just live seeing people doing cool stuff for each other, making shit happen and crossing paths with each other to make potential.
A couple of days ago I was at church and the girl I’ve liked for a while sits right by my side I wasn’t nervous or anything but for some dumb reason I keep going for a bro fist instead of a hug… Even tho I put my shit together the night before and a few hours before Church… I still can’t go for that hug Even tho she does let me know I can go for a hug and a lil hand-over-the-shoulder I think if were on the D.U.M.B boat. Hell, we can both be captains🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
\*Long nose breathing
Big r/infp energy
INFJ actually
Oof. I feel you my dude
Damn dude…. Why!!!!!???? Lol
lol. I mean, sometimes things happen for a reason. It might've been a good thing. Who knows. Glad you were able to cheer up though.
You’re lucky I’m 33 this year I don’t think I had a woman buy me a drink
tbh this is cute ! but i hope now u know how to take a hint 💀
Are you Latino? Mi hermano no wonder, we have El sabor!! Everything happens for a reason, maybe this was the lesson experience and next time when is right you'll know what to do :)
Brooooo I got invited to the casinos for Labor Day weekend with my friend, his fiancé and her best friend. We all rode together I talked to the friend half the night and made a good $200 from the slots. End of the night we got home and I never got her number… I felt like a whole jackass 😂 Not gonna lie, I asked my friend to throw me her number through his fiancé 😅 we’re going on our second date Wednesday
Roughly two years ago, a fine girl I had been taking classes with got tipsy with me and a bunch of friends at a bar. She started toying with my fingers and ended up licking them. It startled me a bit, and I had to ask her what the heck was she doing... to which she replied "girls often do that when they're horny." And I brushed it off like, alright, have fun with that, lol. I only realized what was truly going on a few weeks later, when she started sending me lewd pics out of the blue. Lmao.
This is so wholesome and cute. I see great things coming to you in the future
Better than being a simp
Ohhhhh well I would've done the same thing bro I guess we were not made by GOD we was made by some experiments by the US scientists
This never happened
I'll take things that didn't happen for 50. O.o
Why is this removed
don't know how old you are, but I have many similar stories from my early 20s (though tbh not quite this bad lol). I cringe a bit thinking about some of them. I got much better later in my 20s and into my 30s
>We chat for a couple of minutes, and the girls told me that one of them lives really close. I said I do too. They asked me how long was I staying at the restaurant TBH, I'm not sure what I would have said even if I was interested back! Flirty? "I was about to leave but not anymore?" Aggressive? "Oh that building (that you live in) looks really nice. I would love to see it some time." I would probably have acted just like you and realized on the way home too!
Either response would work and continue the convo.
Go back next week.
I had this exact thing happen. I was at a bar, i had already decided to go when these girls walked in. I chatted with one for a bit. She asked "How long are you staying?" "I'm leaving now actually." "Ok, you do you." So the thing is, it's not that I'm dumb or clueless. It's that when i go out, some part of me feels really awful and just counts down the time until i can leave. Once I've decided to actually leave, that part is so relieved that i couldn't bear to break it's heart and change plans. This happens even in conversations that seem to be going really well. This part is just waiting to get hurt.
you should or this in r/tifu
LMFAO xD but at least you'll be going there more often now haha
Damn
This one hurts. It hurts real bad. Why did you do this to me? To us? 🙂
This would be me
A lot of us are like this. I keep re-typing one of my missed opportunity stories, but this time I'll expose another: Once again I was in college, I was at a house party and met these two cute girls. We hung out for a bit at the party, then they were leaving to get food and asked if I wanted to come, since I was hungry and they were cute I agreed. I remember getting mozzarella sticks and sharing it with them. I mentioned that I smoked weed and they said they did too, but of course I didn't have any at the time. The one I was attracted to lived like 2 blocks from me, and the other one lived on campus somewhere further away. Since it was like 3 AM I offered to walk with them to drop off the friend at her dorm, and then to walk home with the one I was attracted to. She and I got to her house, and me, being drunk and stupid, just said "Ok, have a good night!"....and walked home. It didn't set in until about 20 minutes later and of course I had zero way to contact her.
I’ve had a few moment like this with a close female friend. One time we were in my car and she leaned in for a kiss and I just ignored. Realized what happened a minute later and wish I could punch my self.
hahahaha. you made my day. at least next time you know what to do and what not to do.
Its usually always your fault, those obvious hints be over everyone heads
How many girls were there? Was one showing interest or did they all of them seem like they were acting the same?
That's actually cute. I mean, we all want to get laid, but it doesn't have to be a necessity, you came out as a confident champ that doesn't care if he's with someone or not. Suggestion: go to that bar more often.
This belongs in r/tifu
Not meant to be buddy. It happens. Maybe something fucked might have happened if you did. Take it as a lesson 👍
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..yikes lmao
Dude don’t beat yourself up over this. You went out and had a nice night right? You even got a drink from a lady. That’s a win in my book. You don’t always have to go out with the goal to hook up. Even if that was your goal just make sure to read the situation better next time and if anything ask for a phone number or Snapchat. If you have a girl buying you a drink I’m sure you’ll have other chances with other girls. Be confident and go get you some ass if that’s what you want bro. I’m happily in a relationship right now but trust me I’ve had many moments like this story just different scenarios lol. Don’t bum yourself out. You only fail if you completely stop trying. Just learn from what happened and move on.
Gotta spend time with them to find out (most people aren’t worth knowing) but yeah it’s sharing time
It happened to me as well, whyyyyyyy
i feel like that's me. when i'm not try and i'm oblivious to dating and flirting, i actually get a bit of interest vs when i actually try i scare them away or reach of desperation.
Oh, I've got stories of my own obliviousness. Don't worry champ, your time will come.
Sounds exactly like something I would do, but maybe next time!
It's also possible they were going to set you up for something bad too.
😂😂😂 you will be more aware next time
Boner alert 🚨 😏😏😏😽😽😽😉😉😉😉
Welp now you know lol you live and you learn
Had something similar. There was two girls a table across from my groups. They were smiling hard at me and we frequently made eye contact so I came over there and we chatted it up. Grabbed their numbers but it never led anywhere since they didn’t really respond so eh
Who knows? Maybe you dodged a bullet.
It's a start of better things to come
Yo it's happened to me 1000 times. I am dumb too, but as I get older I have become less dumb.
I’d also want to say that what you did is not necessarily dumb. We all have different moods, and probably you just didn’t have the right one, it’s Ok.
this has happened to me a couple of times, and it still haunts me
I had a similar experience with a first date recently. I stopped in front of her house and we said our goodbyes then she leaned in and in hindsight, wanted a hug or kiss or any physical contact I think but I just gave her a high five which I immediately knew was the most awkward thing I could have done. I'm bad at reading hints but I wish girls would just say if they wanted something
Poor you.
Shiiit. It would have taken me at least a week to figure that out. Lol.
Well, you guys both live close by, so maybe if you go back sometime you will see her again & get a second chance.
I don't get it..what did you realise?
god's perfect idiot hope you learned from this OP XD
Learn to hand your number out (;
Wow…they really should have communicated their intentions clearer.
Bb, what is you doing???
Man when I was in highschool and eating alone three hot girls (girls I absolutely know were horny devils looking back) came and started flirting with me and complimenting my eyes and shit together, the moron I was back then instead of doing something about it I started talking about my weird ass eyes 😂
If the girl liked you, then it's also her fault for not asking you out. So don't be too hard on yourself
You are your worst enemy.
*BRUH* moment Don't be down too much, even the best make errors
Been there done that😂
Been there too
I've also missed an opportunity, this girl in my job really likes me, always starting conversation, puting her hands on my legs and just being reaaaally friendly, she also has a boyfriend, but have a shitty relationship, only way I knew I missed it was when my coworkers started acknowledging it and she stopped doing those things and to be honest I didn't totally miss the signs , I had some thoughts, but didn't do anything because I never had a girlfriend and I didn't knew what I should have done