DrAwkward wrote:I nearly dropped the ball completely getting the number of this one girl a couple months ago. Met her at the conclusion of a night hanging out with a friend of mine, during which we rendezvoused with his girlfriend and a friend of hers that immediately knocked me on my ass with the hotness. Initially told myself, "aw, man, i can't hit on this girl, i just broke up with one of T's friends a few months ago, now i'm gonna hit on another one of her friends? Bah!" Except i kept noticing her making eye contact while we were at Cactus, so i just caved and started talking to her. At the end of the night said, "hey, you should come along with C and T to karaoke tomorrow night."
Next night at karaoke who should show up in tow with my pals? The hot friend. OK, it's on. Make with the chit-chat but wander off to mingle occasionally so as not to be all smothery and locked in and obvious. All the while thinking "at the end of the night when we all leave i'll get her number. Totally easy. She came out tonight because i suggested it. Cakewalk."
So, when she got up to put on her jacket and leave early, i got totally thrown. "Yeah, i'm tired, i worked all day today and have to be up early in the morning."
Me: "Oh. Um, man, that sucks, well, um, it was nice seeing you again...uh..." *trails off because i'm a doof who can;t think on his feet suddenly*
Her: "So, you wanna call me sometime?"
Me: "GAH! Yes, Jesus, heh, duh *shakes head* obviously..."
I like to think the fact that i had established myself as "charmingly geeky yet self-assure" the night before allowed me to back into the phone number acquisition, but i suppose she could just be into wussy awkward indie rock types too, i mean who knows...
You played this correctly, nothing wussy about it at all. You got a little skittish when she got up to leave, that's natural. It runs through your head that maybe she's had enough of your bullshit or has suddenly lost interest and asking for the number would be rude and uncomfortable as she has clearly shown you she's done with entertaining the notion of hanging out with you alone sometime.
You recovered just fine from the sound of it.
At least you made some fucking effort, man. That's all I ask of you people. Make the fucking effort.
Look, this man put in the bare minimum here and it has paid off. he didn't have to do fucking backflips, he acted like a normal person.
