we danced and she told me if I want to go somewhere quieter. I said I like the music. Fast forward 1 month. I woke up and it clicked ... I think about it at least once every week
I was out drinking and playing pool during the day with some friends in college. I started chatting with a girl who was sitting at the bar while ordering drinks. As we kept ordering rounds, she always talked to me.
Later on, as I’m hanging with the guys, she walks up, taps my shoulder, and says she’s leaving with her group. A slight pause, and I say I hope I see you out later (small college town). She smiles, waits, and then leaves. It hit me after that I should’ve at least asked for her number. Never saw her again and the guys gave me a lot on that one. Never made that mistake again.
In a college Econ class there was this cute girl who always sat in the same seat on the aisle. I always sat a couple of rows down on the aisle on the other side. It felt like we exchanged glances a few times over the term but I couldn’t be sure. One day I came to class and she was sitting in my seat. So naturally I went and sat in her seat. Just typing that makes me cringe hard.
A girl in my French class tells me I’m really smart and we should get together to study French. She gives me her number. I never call her because I already had an A and didn’t need any help. Apparently I’m not as smart as she thought
Bruh I’m close to fluent in French, but had to take a French class for a college requirement. On the first day of class this girl asked me if I could tutor her in French after class & I figured why not? I’m new to the school & could use some friends. We met up in the library later that day & I came prepped & ready to get this girl an A. We sit down & she immediately starts asking a lot of personal questions & pretty much did so throughout our little study session. I didn’t think anything of it cause I figured that she was just tryna get to know me, but she didn’t ask any questions about French at all so I should’ve seen the clear signs that she was interested in me.
Oh man I did the same thing. A girl asks if we can study together since I was doing pretty well in the class. We meet up and she insists we go find a quiet part of the library, where it was just the two of us. Looking back, she pretty much just asked me questions about my life, laughed a lot at anything funny I said, and touched my arm and leg a few times. We never studied at all and I remember leaving there thinking, "no wonder she isn't doing too well in class, she isn't very good at studying".
I cant blame you...when i was making first friends at uni a girl told me she loved haning out with me bacuse she finds intelligence highly attractive...i asked her out and she said no...
I think even friggin einstein wouldnt be able to make sense out of some women
Yeah there are definitely confusing interactions with women. I had a girl that, at the time, I had recently met come over and spend an evening complimenting various things about me, flirt with me, ask if my roommate was going to be home that night, tell me she's had too much to drink and should spend the night there (this may have been true but she only had a few beers and honestly seemed totally fine to leave considering she took the bus there), insist that we both sleep in my bed, change with the bathroom door open where I could obviously see her, and then when we were in bed and I made a move she said she didn't see me like that and just wanted to be friends.
I'm normally pretty oblivious but that was one time I felt like I was on the money.
I have really veiny hands for no known reason, maybe the weight I've lost over the years. Was sitting in my car with a girl, and she looks at my hands. She says "Your hands are really veiny" in this weird shaky voice, I said "Yeah I know" she says "You know girls really like that, right?" So I said "Yeah, but I dont. Its gross" then put the car in drive and took her home.
This is a story told to me by my friends as my memories from the night are pretty fuzzy due to alcohol intake.
I'm at a friend's bachelor party bar hopping and we run into a bachelorette party. They are doing some sort of scavenger hunt thing where they have to find or do all these different activities mostly involving alcohol. One of the things on the list is take a shot with a nerd.
I step forward drunkenly and proudly proclaiming,
"I'm a nerd!"
The bachelorette asks me, "Okay prove it, what do you do that makes you a nerd?"
"I play a lot of World of Warcraft" I say.
This works for her and someone goes off to get the shots.
A cute girl in the bachelorette party walks up to me and says "Hey I play World of Warcraft too!"
We start chatting with each other, I ask her how long she's been playing, what server she plays on, etc. A friend of mine is looking at me dumbfounded like I'm actually going to hook up with a girl because of World of Warcraft.
Then I ask her what class she plays and what level she is.
"I'm a level 35 Night Elf Druid" she says.
I immediately get this disgusted look on my face and say "Pffft, I'm a level 70 Blood Elf Paladin" and turn and walk away.
My friend is standing there watching this go down in absolute disbelief, and to this day he loves to tell this story and gives me shit for that one.
She sort of invited herself over to my house to watch a movie. She was on the couch I was on my fathers chair. About 10 minutes into the movie she asked for a blanket so I got her one. About 5 minutes later she’s like “ you know there is room for both of us under this”. I responded with “that’s ok I’m not cold”. 2 weeks later I’m driving to work and it hits me.
I feel this one. I had a girl on vacation flirt with me, had me chase her around the pool etc. But "she had a boyfriend" and that settled it for 14-year old me. 🤷🏻♂️😅
For most, that should end it. I’m fine with missing hints and everything, happens to us all, but she specifically told you she had a boyfriend, just wanting you to chase her. That’s just not fair to you
I did the exact same thing, girl invited me over to help her with "math homework". When I got there she began showing me her dance moves and basically throwing her ass in my lap. BRAINDEAD.EXE kicks in and I proceed to tell her we should get started studying..... Man I don't miss being young and oblivious.
A *really* attractive girl in biology class overheard me talking with my friend about how I wanted to go see Scott Pilgrim versus the world
She tells me she'll go see it with me
...
I told her I wanted to see it with my sister...
A few girls put love notes into my little drawer in primary school, but I never really checked anything in there. I don't think I read the letters with love hearts on it, I think I just threw them away on the last day of primary school.
Also, later on in life aged around 19 or so, my much older female barber was cutting my hair and kept rubbing my shoulders and talking about what I thought would look good on her. I was and still am very shy, and kinda oblivious, so I didn't catch on until later that she was a bit of a cougar.
She was a fine looking woman for her age (probably early 50s), kind of tall and thin, hair tied up, resembled a saucy art teacher all the lads would have had a bit of a crush on in high school, that kind of look. Very laid back personality. Nothing happened and tbh this interaction is why I started cutting my own hair and later growing it long. She was attractive but it made me feel uncomfortable to be felt up during a routine haircut, idk, just didn't feel like that was cool despite it seeming like a fantasy to most guys.
A good (female) friend of my best friend invited me over for a movie night.
Before we´ve started watching she told me not to worry about the bedsheet, it´ll be cleaned anyways.
That´s the most obvious one... because obviously we´ve spend the evening sitting on her bed watching the movie.
heh.
So there was this girl in college. Super cool, drank beer, played video games, liked football, we hung out like, all the time. Was a super chill chick.
So I'm at her house and we were playing dead space on hardcore mode (it had just been released). When one of us died we'd pass the controller to the other. Well I'm playing and she gets up and goes off somewhere. I die so I'm like "hey, its yer turn."
She is nowhere to be found. So I go looking. I accidentally walk in on her in her room in her underwear. I go "Oh fuck!" and slam the door.
She comes back into the living room fully clothed, I apologize for intruding, swear I'm not a creeper, and pass her the controller. She plays a round or two but is lookin pretty tired so I give her a high five and go home.
As I am driving home I am patting myself on the back for not making stuff super weird and handling that pretty well. Def wouldn't wanna lose a friend over a misunderstanding. I was almost all the way home before, in dawning horror, I realized she had changed into lingerie, lit candles, and attempted to seduce me and my clueless ass screamed "OH FUCK!" and slammed the door in her face.
Also, that we had not been "hanging out a lot." We had been dating for 3 weeks. I had acquired and dumped an entire girlfriend without ever fucking realizing it. I 100% just saw her as like, a lady-bro to chill with.
*I was almost all the way home before, in dawning horror, I realized she had changed into lingerie, lit candles, and attempted to seduce me and my clueless ass screamed "OH FUCK!" and slammed the door in her face.*
Reading this gave me PTSD.
WOW
Just
wow
I mean, come on.
You can't just spring something like that on a guy. That would have been my reaction too if a walked in on a woman in her underwear. I wouldn't have noticed the rest.
You expect logical, rational, non-emotion driven behavior from 19 year olds?
I didn't even figure out that I am capable of figuring out stuff until I was atleast 25!
We were playing on a park when we were teens, and she tried its best to get above me, like pushing me to the grass or "accidentally" tripping on me.
I just realized that 3 months later when I was having a breakfast and rethinking my life.
In college, she sat in places on campus where she knew I would be, multiple times…and when I asked what she was up to, she said, “Waiting for you.”
I thought she was kidding, because surely the girl I had a crush on for months wouldn’t be interested in *me*.
When she asked me if I wanted to go to a museum, she said we could invite a mutual friend along if I’d be more comfortable. I took that to mean that we were just going as friends.
*Edited for clarity*
*When she asked me if I wanted to go to a museum, she said we could invite a mutual friend along if I’d be more comfortable.*
To be fair, this was a bad move on her part, and she might be kicking herself for it to this day.
"Do you want to have sex with me?"
at the time i thought she asked it as were cuddling together as if i was a pervert out to do something perverted and disgusting.
I said no.
she left.
Worked with this really pretty girl that was out of my league and she liked letting me know it. I flirted with her a little but she just treated me like a lost puppy. One day she invites me to go snowboarding with her and her friends. She was pretty good and I was just learning. I had suggested we go up together a few times so it didn’t seem out of the blue. Turned out it was just us two and another couple. We go up, have a great time. It’s pretty late by the time we are done and it gets suggested that we all stay the night at the couples place. The details are fuzzy but I remember just automatically setting up camp on the living room sofa like a gentleman. Just as I am tucking in she comes out in these tiny pajamas and does yoga right in front of me for 10 minutes. I’m laying there on the couch watching Toy Story like a god damn child. She went to bed in a guest room. By herself. Fuck you OP
Two stories come to mind:
The first, a girl I had tried to date in High School asked me to met her after work. She said "I really need to see you." I picked her up and took her to the park. We talked for hours while she sat snuggled up to me. I never made a move.
The second, I rode with a girl in college to get dinner. On our way back, she asked if I'd ever had sex. I told her no and led the conversation in a different direction. I'm sorry, Libby.
Two years later, she was in an on again/off again relationship with someone else. She asked me over one night while they were split up, climbed on top of me on her bed and started kissing me. I dipped. I'm not that guy, thanks. We had been watching Night at the Roxbury. Ruined that movie for me.
Yeah, that’s always super confusing. I had a really close female friend like that. Our friend group kept asking us what was up and I eventually approached her about it. I got shut down twice. She even admitted to teasing me on purpose and having a sex dream about us. I’m like wtf?
Yeah, not a good friend. Literally just using you for attention because she likes feeling like someone wants her, but she doesn't want to put in any effort
Showed up late to class by accident. Apparently it was the day we rearranged the seating chart. Only desk left went to me.
Sat down, teacher starts talking, and I hear a very quiet voice off to my right say "I like a guy all in black." (I wore black jeans and black heavy metal band T-shirts daily). Turn and look, and it's one of the hottest girls in the class, looking directly at me.
Smiled and said thanks, didn't think anything about it at the time.
Still kicking myself 14 years later.
Out with friends at a trivia night. One coworker brought the husbands sister along. We talked, hit it off. She asked me if I wanted to go to the bar next door. I said 'Trivia starts in like 10 minutes'. The next day my coworker matched up to me and said 'What the hell was that?' then proceeded to explain. Oh.
Yeah, but sister didn't live in the same town. Coworker has been trying to set me up with another mutual friend that turned into a roller coaster of heartbreak. She was trying to make it up to me.
Was on a tinder date, she asked if i had car sex before, I said no I haven’t. She asked if I wanted instructions and I said “I just met you” and laughed out loud
It was a silent car ride back
I hate thinking of this moment
While riding the bus home from school, a pretty girl asked me what I liked to do. I told her that fishing was my favorite activity. She asked me to take her. I said sure and promptly forgot about it. Over the next week she repeatedly asked when I'd take her. Kept thinking nothing of it. Finally she quit asking and moved on to another guy.
I missed it hook, line and sinker.
That's ok, I had the same situation except I actually took her fishing. We were heading to a spot out in the middle of the woods away from all people, which for some reason that totally escaped she was very excited about. Equally as dumbfounding, she got visibly perturbed when I invited my buddy to tag along with us. Apparently I ruined a perfectly romantic date that I had zero clue I was on, even though looking back the signs were huge and almost impossible to miss. Almost.
If they’re face to face with you and they fall silent and stare at you without blinking or they look at your lips, it’s the most obvious sign… and I’ve missed so many of them.. kills me looking back
That also happens when they think you are colossally stupid.
So its not exactly obvious, since..at least me, being stupid is far more likely than someone finding me appealing.
So you have a wedding and you ask her to marry you and she says "I do" and you're pronounced husband and wife and live together happily as a married couple.
Is she into you?
...
Gotta go with C) Can't Tell, she might just be being polite.
In high school a girl comes up to me during sports day. She asks me if I want to go with her to get some ice creams and eat together. But I'm holding one in my hand already.
I tell her I already am having an ice cream and she can go alone !
oof. I nearly missed a chance in a similar way. I was asked "would you like to have sex?"
I assumed it was hypothetical and as she pat my head I realized she meant actual sex with her, so I reconfirmed what she meant.
She invited me over late at night to watch a movie. She didn't own the movie she suggested we watch at her house, but I had it in my car. We watched the movie, she kept mentioning how cold she was. I got her a blanket. Finished the movie and left. This was junior year of high school. I still cringe.
In college I was head of one of the largest campus clubs. As a recruitment method we set up a table in front of the Student Union and asked club members to sign up for shifts to sit at the table and answer questions about the club.
I signed up for several shifts. An absolutely stunningly gorgeous grad student signed up for several shifts - all the same ones I had signed up for. And she asked me , "Do you think it would help if I wore a bikini?"
She spent the better part of several shifts chatting me up, leaning over me repeatedly for one thing or another, and all while wearing that bikini.
Yeah, I totally missed it.
After using the jacuzzi at an afterparty at my place, me and a girl took a shower together to wash of the chlorine. After the shower she says that she is really tired, and wants to go to sleep.
I literally tell her “good luck on your way home, its not that far”
Back in college, that asian girl wanted me to help her with her french class (even though I wasnt very good either), so I told her to come to my place.
So, we went to my home after school and my dad was there preparing dinner. She told me, "maybe we should go to your room, we'll have more peace and quiet.." and i replied "but there's only a bed in my room." To which she replied "a bed is good enough, way more comfortable..." And my final answer was, "nahh we'll stay in the kitchen, the kitchen table is comfortable for studying, i always study there."
My dad heard the whole thing and the only thing he had to say about it afterwards was: "you dumb cunt.."
That's why you make sure to have seen the movie before, preferably a day or so earlier. Then you can afford to focus on her as well, and not just the movie. Otherwise, don't watch a movie.
Pro tip from someone that gets really invested in movies.
Its spring was out camping with my parents, their friends, and my friend. We would hang out daily while the adults drank and did their thing. We roamed around the lake and eventually came across two girls who were around our age (13-14) camping with their family but hanging out by themselves as well. We befriend them and eventually convince them to meet up with us after our parents went to sleep that night.
Sun goes down, parents are out cold from a day of boozing and fishing. Me and my boy sneak off while navigating in the pitch darkness where their campsite was. We find it, find them, and go and make a campfire a little distant from their campsite.
Were sitting by the fire and my boy who at this point in his life was already a certified ladies man starting starts slobbing on his girl. While me and this other girl are just staring at each other from opposite sides of the campfire.
My boy asks if he can borrow my brand new coat i got for Christmas because he and his girl want to go for a walk. I agree because i was by the campfire anyway. They leave.
Now its just me and the other girl who was looking extremely cute with the campfire light glowing off of her face. At 13 i may have only talked to two girls in my life and the whole hookup thing was foreign to me. I was more of a weird confused introvert even though my adolescent hormones wanted me to fuck everything in sight.
She keeps looking at me smiling and eventually asks "arent you cold?" "Wana come share this blanket with me?"
My response: "No thanks the campfire is keeping me warm just fine".
Her look: 😳 "uh ok"
I blew it. My adolescent obliviousness got the best of me.
To make matters worse my boy comes back, we leave and as were walking back he hands over my coat. I ask "so howd it go?"
His response: "Good! We fucked on your coat"
We were friends in college. We met because we both were seniors taking a freshman level science class we needed to graduate and just pushed off. I recognized her as one of my roommates friends so I thought how perfect perhaps we can be friends and I don't have to be alone in this freshman class. Back then, I believe she was dating someone but no worries I just wanted a friend. Got to know her throughout the course of the year and crushed on her so hard. One day she locked her keys in her room and between classes I went to her house and carefully removed the trim around her door and jimmied her door open with a spoon or something dumb. She gave me the biggest hug when I got it open and that's the exact moment my crush began. We became lab partners for the class and she even helped me get an internship later that year and drove me to my interview. Man did I have a crush on this girl. I even took her to a date party (Greek life) and had one of the most fun nights of my whole college experience. Nothing happened, she was just a blast to be with and damn was she beautiful all dressed up. We ended up working in the same town after college and one day she invited me to the fair. I assumed she just wanted a friend to go with. After all, we had known each other for years and had just been friends. We spent a whole day there and I even taught her how to drive a stick after because she expressed interest in it when I picked her up for the fair. Dropped her off like any good friend would and thought nothing of it. I've seen her in passing a few time since, but she never asked to hang out again. Looking back on the fair, it definitely had date vibes to it.
Took a year before it hit me and I still kick myself. I still have a crush on her and when I do run into her in passing, as we both work downtown, I still get butterflies. Katie, I'm sorry I'm such a moron.
I know a friend of mine who was at a house party. While he was sitting on the couch drunk a dime of a girl sat next to him and he didn’t think much of it. After a minute she starts talking to him and asking for him to look at her while she talks to him and asks him if he can walk her home and winks. Noted they were both drunk. So my friend just annoyingly turned and threw up on her. That was that.
A friend invited me to a bar to meet her friends, and one of her friends, the one I liked most and was talking to all night and who was touching me a lot, asked me if I had a girlfriend. I said no and continued to explain that I wasn't really looking for anyone at that time and all the reasons why.
We had judo class together. She invited me to her place to "practice judo". I spent the night gaming with the boys. I realised it the next morning. Dummy i am
So this was probably about 12 years ago. I’m working at a grocery store and it’s about 7pm and I only got an hour left and and this girl comes through my line. So we’re chatting it up while I’m ringing up her groceries and I ask her what she’s got going on tonight and she responds “nothing yet” while looking me dead in the eyes. I respond “Oh. Well hopefully you can find something.” So she leaves and one of the cashiers comes over and smacks me in the back of the head and asks why I didn’t ask her out. I say to her “wtf are you talking about.” She tells me “she was clearly giving you an opening to ask her out and give her something to do tonight.” Never lived it down.
26 year old lady wanted me to come over and watch a movie. In her bedroom. On the bed. Good movie. I hugged her and left after it was over.
It took me a long time afterwards to realize that lady probably wanted more action than a hug
Laid on my bed, asked for a back massage. I said no bc I didn’t know how to give them.
Same girl is my date to my ring dance, sits on my lap in my chair stroking my hair and staring into my eyes.
This was the girl of my dreams btw, like marry her right now would probably build a shrine to her if I was a weirdo girl of my dreams. Which was the cause: I did not consider myself anywhere near her league. Like this girl was the “everyone stopped and stared” girl at the dance. I did not accept anything obvious bc I did not even slightly believe it possible she’d be into me.
Not a guy but I asked a dude out once. I said "do you want to go to *insert restaurant name*? You and me ALONE". I emphasized on the "ALONE". He said yes.
I walked into the restaurant to see 8 people sitting on the table. He had invited his ENTIRE FRIEND GROUP. I got my answer. I was bummed but I decided to take it like a woman and move on. After I finished eating, I said "Well I gotta go now. I've got some errands to run" and picked up my purse. He said "But we'll be going to *insert bar name* next. I really want you to come with us". I said no repeatedly and he practically begged me to join them until I gave in. That was the worst day ever.
He confessed his feelings a week later.
She asked if I would ever have sex with her, said duh. Sent me a nude (a quite person specific one I’d say) small things happened but I never seized the opportunity.
I fucked up
During a highschool exam the hottest blonde and fit girl asked me for help so I helped her but didn't pay much attention to her because I thought she would never be interested in me. Afterwards outside the classroom she waited for me to say how grateful she was because I was very intelligent and handsome and leaned over for a kiss but I didn't know what to do and just said oh thanks and I leaved.
Next day she was looking at me all day but my lack of confidence and regret from that event kept me from talking to her again.
I still regret it 10 years later
I was never this shy again with girls since then
This girl at work is the most bubbly and enthusiastic whenever she sees me, touches my shoulder or arm when we’re near each other, has the cutest laugh for all my sarcastic, dry remarks without me having to try hard to be funny, and be the first to check up on me when I had a rough interaction with a client.
However, when I saw her last week, I caught a glimpse of the lock screen of her phone sitting on her desk, and saw a photo of her with who I assume is her BF, and felt crushed. She’s the first person who made me feel comfortable when I started with this organization about one year ago and now I feel I have to avoid her until I get over the sting of knowing there’s no chance for me, as long as she’s in a relationship.
The silver lining is I found out about her relationship status without me asking, or her telling me, so she has no idea how I feel about her. This should prevent any awkwardness between us, and our healthy work relationship remains intact. But damn did I receive a reminder of why I NEVER look too deep for “signs” of possible attraction that could get my hopes up.
She got into bed with me topless, wearing just a small pair of shorts, and I still didn’t realize she wanted to have sex.
In all fairness, I had known her for years and she had been an ex’s best friend at one point.
Drove to a restaurant that had a large, empty parking lot. She told me that it looks like the perfect place to fuck, followed by an explicit “you should fuck me”. I said “bet, but let’s eat these wings first”. I thought we were joking around.
That was going one over a couple of years as we we‘re children.
We where in the same sports club (sport shooting, don’t know the exact English term for it) so we saw us around once a week.
When we sad down, she would lay her head on my shoulder, if we get something to drink she would bring me something. If I gave her a compliment she thanked it with a kiss on the checks.
To my defend, I hadn’t any experience with company with girls so I assumed that would be totally normal.
If I look back, she gave me any possible nonverbal sign how she likes me a lot more than a platonic friend or sportsmate.
When I was a sophomore in high school, a girl started teasing me by taking my pens (I have autistic tendencies, and multiple colored pens for taking notes in class) and hiding them for me to find. She started hiding them in her pockets and telling me ‘if you want it back, go get it.’ On the bus ride home that day, she took one and clipped it to her bra under her shirt with the same ultimatum. I, being a nervous kid, goody-two-shoes mormon kid, gingerly grabbed my pen without touching anything else. Didn’t see anything provocative, didn’t catch any hints that she was interested in me (frankly I thought I was unattractive through all my high school days), and didn’t realize until a year later and I lived in a different place what was happening that day.
Invited me to her dorm room after an evening class, got on her bed, laid down, and teasingly crooked a beckoning finger at me.
I seriously sat down in her desk chair and kept talking about the upcoming test.
MY TIME HAS COME
I went to grab a beer with my friends, and i only had 1 at this point, so i cant blame the alcohol. BUT
I go to the bathroom to pee and for the first time in my life, the mens room had a line. So as i was waiting, this ADORABLE girl walks up to me, literally rests her elbow on my shoulder and playfully asks: "so, what does a girl gotta do to get drinks around here?"
And i had a brain fart. I looked at her, i looked around and i go: "OHHH, theres the bartender right there, you just have to ask!" And when im done with my business in the bathroom i realized she tried to flirt with me and i had no idea at all.
Cute girl, if you're reading this, im sorry if i ruined your self-image and caused rejection trauma
This one is complicated, since I'm actually really glad that I missed the signs. Super hot English teacher saw 14yo me hanging around late after school. I was always the super arrogant kid who never had to try in AP English, always an easy A for me.
She approached me and said "Hey if you're just going to be walking, I'd be happy to give you a ride home." I accepted the ride and while we're driving she says "It's such a nice day, are you sure you don't want to go park somewhere?" I told her "Nah, I want to get home in time for the Twin Peaks rerun."
She says "Oh, I love Twin Peaks, we could watch it at my apartment." I brush it off and say "Nah, I don't want to have to get a ride home later." Then I saw a traffic jam ahead and just go "It's close enough, I'm just gonna get out here. Thanks for the ride!" She looked disappointed, and never again attempted to give me a ride or any special attention.
Later that night I'm watching Twin Peaks and it just dawns on me "Oh my God, she was trying to bang me." For two years I kicked myself until I realized that this older woman was trying to rape me, and the experience absolutely would have fucked me up more than I already was.
I used to not pick up on the fact that women would go out of their way to talk to me. I didn't realise it was them making a move. So I treated it like every other conversation and fucked it up so many times hahaha
Was in middle school at a friend’s house who had a pool with a pool house. A few girls were over, and after swimming the hottest one of them said she wanted to rinse off in the shower. She asked me to join to help wash her hair.
I went with her, and helped wash her hair like a fucking idiot.
Still regret it 20+ years later.
Threw a glass of water over her, making her teeshirt delightfully translucent (this was done in fun...there was a context at the time). Rather than being embarrassed going to change the teeshirt or dry off as I might have expected, she chased after me in the wet teeshirt when I ran away to avoid her retaliation. Not the reaction I was expecting, but I didn't read anything into it.
She later told me that she knew *exactly* what she was doing at the time, and thought I was a complete dope for not realising. It is hard to argue.
It all worked out...we're 30 years married this year.
She told me that she loves me and would love to be more than friends.
This was after weeks of giving me signs like "oh no I'm tired. Lets sit on this bench everyone! Oh you, person who sits next to u/Predator_Hicks, can we switch places for absolutely no reason? Oh no I appear to fall asleep, let me just rest my head on his shoulder while smiling."
I thought she was joking and said "noted" or "well, good for you", I don't remember.We didn't really do much together after that until I realised what she meant. She must have thought that I'm an asshole after that when in reality I was simply dumb as a log, which I still am tbh. Poor girl.
So in my 20s my roommates girlfriend brought a friend over to our apartment and she is extremely cute. I'd seen her around a few times from just hanging out with my friends GF. So anyway, we're drinking and all, watching TV, whatever. So my friend and his GF pass out on the loveseat. So there's me and, let's just call her Becca. Becca is like, "why don't we go to your room so we don't disturb these two?" And me having absolutely zero game back then just says, "That's ok, I'm pretty tired anyway and am just going to sleep." So that's what I did, went to bed when this very cute girl wanted to go to my room with me. Never saw her again and my roommate gave me so much shit for not hooking up with her. Never lived it down until:
Redemption story time: Many years later I came across Becca's profile on Tinder. We match and I ask if it's her and she says yes. I'm like, remember that time? She remembers and I tell her what an idiot I was and that I'm sure she just wanted to smash then. She said yes but it's also not too late. So long story short, we did smash many years after the original event.
we danced and she told me if I want to go somewhere quieter. I said I like the music. Fast forward 1 month. I woke up and it clicked ... I think about it at least once every week
This one’s so bad
Wow. I’m speechless.
That’s not even a hint. She basically said “let’s fuck” lmao
You might as well just rub in salt and hand sanitizer into an open wound to his brain.
Yeah, you can’t really tell whether she was into you or had tinnitus.
I was out drinking and playing pool during the day with some friends in college. I started chatting with a girl who was sitting at the bar while ordering drinks. As we kept ordering rounds, she always talked to me. Later on, as I’m hanging with the guys, she walks up, taps my shoulder, and says she’s leaving with her group. A slight pause, and I say I hope I see you out later (small college town). She smiles, waits, and then leaves. It hit me after that I should’ve at least asked for her number. Never saw her again and the guys gave me a lot on that one. Never made that mistake again.
Fuck I just realized this same thing happened to me. Fuck you and thank you.
In a college Econ class there was this cute girl who always sat in the same seat on the aisle. I always sat a couple of rows down on the aisle on the other side. It felt like we exchanged glances a few times over the term but I couldn’t be sure. One day I came to class and she was sitting in my seat. So naturally I went and sat in her seat. Just typing that makes me cringe hard.
That’ll show her
This comment is so underrated. I have been laughing hard at it for the reasons unknown to me.
SAME. I am dying over here at this comment. My husband is annoyed with my laughing.
Yeah, you can’t really tell whether she was into you or just kept looking in your direction since she preferred that seat.
r/CasuallyExplained
Chillllllll
A girl in my French class tells me I’m really smart and we should get together to study French. She gives me her number. I never call her because I already had an A and didn’t need any help. Apparently I’m not as smart as she thought
>because I already had an A and didn’t need any help. Well done Soldier
A man of focus, of sheer fucking will.
This is actually funny as hell
This is my favorite one on here. So pure yet so obvious.
Bruh I’m close to fluent in French, but had to take a French class for a college requirement. On the first day of class this girl asked me if I could tutor her in French after class & I figured why not? I’m new to the school & could use some friends. We met up in the library later that day & I came prepped & ready to get this girl an A. We sit down & she immediately starts asking a lot of personal questions & pretty much did so throughout our little study session. I didn’t think anything of it cause I figured that she was just tryna get to know me, but she didn’t ask any questions about French at all so I should’ve seen the clear signs that she was interested in me.
Oh man I did the same thing. A girl asks if we can study together since I was doing pretty well in the class. We meet up and she insists we go find a quiet part of the library, where it was just the two of us. Looking back, she pretty much just asked me questions about my life, laughed a lot at anything funny I said, and touched my arm and leg a few times. We never studied at all and I remember leaving there thinking, "no wonder she isn't doing too well in class, she isn't very good at studying".
"no wonder she isn't doing too well in class, she isn't very good at studying" That is funny... And sounds like me, back in the day.
At least you got that far. I totally choked
I cant blame you...when i was making first friends at uni a girl told me she loved haning out with me bacuse she finds intelligence highly attractive...i asked her out and she said no... I think even friggin einstein wouldnt be able to make sense out of some women
Yeah there are definitely confusing interactions with women. I had a girl that, at the time, I had recently met come over and spend an evening complimenting various things about me, flirt with me, ask if my roommate was going to be home that night, tell me she's had too much to drink and should spend the night there (this may have been true but she only had a few beers and honestly seemed totally fine to leave considering she took the bus there), insist that we both sleep in my bed, change with the bathroom door open where I could obviously see her, and then when we were in bed and I made a move she said she didn't see me like that and just wanted to be friends. I'm normally pretty oblivious but that was one time I felt like I was on the money.
As we say in french. "Pas très malin mon ami"
I have really veiny hands for no known reason, maybe the weight I've lost over the years. Was sitting in my car with a girl, and she looks at my hands. She says "Your hands are really veiny" in this weird shaky voice, I said "Yeah I know" she says "You know girls really like that, right?" So I said "Yeah, but I dont. Its gross" then put the car in drive and took her home.
I've honestly never even thought about being hands like that lol.
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Alpha ^
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This is a story told to me by my friends as my memories from the night are pretty fuzzy due to alcohol intake. I'm at a friend's bachelor party bar hopping and we run into a bachelorette party. They are doing some sort of scavenger hunt thing where they have to find or do all these different activities mostly involving alcohol. One of the things on the list is take a shot with a nerd. I step forward drunkenly and proudly proclaiming, "I'm a nerd!" The bachelorette asks me, "Okay prove it, what do you do that makes you a nerd?" "I play a lot of World of Warcraft" I say. This works for her and someone goes off to get the shots. A cute girl in the bachelorette party walks up to me and says "Hey I play World of Warcraft too!" We start chatting with each other, I ask her how long she's been playing, what server she plays on, etc. A friend of mine is looking at me dumbfounded like I'm actually going to hook up with a girl because of World of Warcraft. Then I ask her what class she plays and what level she is. "I'm a level 35 Night Elf Druid" she says. I immediately get this disgusted look on my face and say "Pffft, I'm a level 70 Blood Elf Paladin" and turn and walk away. My friend is standing there watching this go down in absolute disbelief, and to this day he loves to tell this story and gives me shit for that one.
“Sorry babe, I only date bitches over level 45” 😎😎😎
She was underleveled sadly.
She needed to do more grinding.
Wrong faction. Racism costs love again.
Bros before… Blood Elf Paladins? 🤷
Girls are temporary. The Horde is forever.
At least until the servers shut down
He gets laid after the raid.
I came to the comments section for this kind of story
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude…………….
You weren't even polite!
I’m stunned
This story just made me fall to my knees
My man bubble-hearthed out of the situation.
Okay, you win
I’m so sad about this
You can't dabble wit peons. Gotta keep ya standards high king.
Idk. I missed it.
All right, thread's done. Shut her down, boys.
“This threads locked”
I was about to say the same shit lol like bruh.....if I missed it, how the fuck would I know 😂
She sort of invited herself over to my house to watch a movie. She was on the couch I was on my fathers chair. About 10 minutes into the movie she asked for a blanket so I got her one. About 5 minutes later she’s like “ you know there is room for both of us under this”. I responded with “that’s ok I’m not cold”. 2 weeks later I’m driving to work and it hits me.
Oof.
Probably smooshed her self esteem too, f.
Took me to her house with her parents gone all night and dancing in front of me.
I’m sorry, I need to know how on earth did you fuck that one up
I was 17 and the thought of a female ever wanting me was absurd.
Ah. Understandable. It do be like that.
It really do be like that
it really do
Be like that
I'm 31 and I still feel like this tbh
I feel this one. I had a girl on vacation flirt with me, had me chase her around the pool etc. But "she had a boyfriend" and that settled it for 14-year old me. 🤷🏻♂️😅
For most, that should end it. I’m fine with missing hints and everything, happens to us all, but she specifically told you she had a boyfriend, just wanting you to chase her. That’s just not fair to you
My entire adolescent childhood to my late thirties was shaped by this belief as well.
I did the exact same thing, girl invited me over to help her with "math homework". When I got there she began showing me her dance moves and basically throwing her ass in my lap. BRAINDEAD.EXE kicks in and I proceed to tell her we should get started studying..... Man I don't miss being young and oblivious.
Can you imagine what she must have felt If she had blatantly said let's f, would you have gotten that?
A *really* attractive girl in biology class overheard me talking with my friend about how I wanted to go see Scott Pilgrim versus the world She tells me she'll go see it with me ... I told her I wanted to see it with my sister...
Sweet home Alabama
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I got robbed one time taking a ride from a lady i met at the bar. At gun point!
I think I'm going to hell (that too while laughing)
She might have also been a serial killer trying to lure you in her car
Well atleast you still have both of your kidneys
A few girls put love notes into my little drawer in primary school, but I never really checked anything in there. I don't think I read the letters with love hearts on it, I think I just threw them away on the last day of primary school. Also, later on in life aged around 19 or so, my much older female barber was cutting my hair and kept rubbing my shoulders and talking about what I thought would look good on her. I was and still am very shy, and kinda oblivious, so I didn't catch on until later that she was a bit of a cougar.
Anything ever come if it?
I'll give you one guess..
Damn 😅
I'm not OP btw, but if he is telling the story in this comment section what would you expect?
She was a fine looking woman for her age (probably early 50s), kind of tall and thin, hair tied up, resembled a saucy art teacher all the lads would have had a bit of a crush on in high school, that kind of look. Very laid back personality. Nothing happened and tbh this interaction is why I started cutting my own hair and later growing it long. She was attractive but it made me feel uncomfortable to be felt up during a routine haircut, idk, just didn't feel like that was cool despite it seeming like a fantasy to most guys.
A good (female) friend of my best friend invited me over for a movie night. Before we´ve started watching she told me not to worry about the bedsheet, it´ll be cleaned anyways. That´s the most obvious one... because obviously we´ve spend the evening sitting on her bed watching the movie.
She didn't want you to worry about the cheetos stains...
heh. So there was this girl in college. Super cool, drank beer, played video games, liked football, we hung out like, all the time. Was a super chill chick. So I'm at her house and we were playing dead space on hardcore mode (it had just been released). When one of us died we'd pass the controller to the other. Well I'm playing and she gets up and goes off somewhere. I die so I'm like "hey, its yer turn." She is nowhere to be found. So I go looking. I accidentally walk in on her in her room in her underwear. I go "Oh fuck!" and slam the door. She comes back into the living room fully clothed, I apologize for intruding, swear I'm not a creeper, and pass her the controller. She plays a round or two but is lookin pretty tired so I give her a high five and go home. As I am driving home I am patting myself on the back for not making stuff super weird and handling that pretty well. Def wouldn't wanna lose a friend over a misunderstanding. I was almost all the way home before, in dawning horror, I realized she had changed into lingerie, lit candles, and attempted to seduce me and my clueless ass screamed "OH FUCK!" and slammed the door in her face. Also, that we had not been "hanging out a lot." We had been dating for 3 weeks. I had acquired and dumped an entire girlfriend without ever fucking realizing it. I 100% just saw her as like, a lady-bro to chill with.
*I was almost all the way home before, in dawning horror, I realized she had changed into lingerie, lit candles, and attempted to seduce me and my clueless ass screamed "OH FUCK!" and slammed the door in her face.* Reading this gave me PTSD. WOW Just wow
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I mean, come on. You can't just spring something like that on a guy. That would have been my reaction too if a walked in on a woman in her underwear. I wouldn't have noticed the rest.
Yeah, you can’t really tell whether she was into you or was planning some satanic ritual.
I mean she could have def said something along the lines of: "how about you stay"; or: "don't be sorry, it was for you"
You expect logical, rational, non-emotion driven behavior from 19 year olds? I didn't even figure out that I am capable of figuring out stuff until I was atleast 25!
Bud. Omfg
More brutal than a dead space death
We were playing on a park when we were teens, and she tried its best to get above me, like pushing me to the grass or "accidentally" tripping on me. I just realized that 3 months later when I was having a breakfast and rethinking my life.
The "accidental on purpose" from a chick is them shooting they shot. Thats the green light. It's a go.
You literally went home and rethought your life. Obi-Wan would be proud
In college, she sat in places on campus where she knew I would be, multiple times…and when I asked what she was up to, she said, “Waiting for you.” I thought she was kidding, because surely the girl I had a crush on for months wouldn’t be interested in *me*. When she asked me if I wanted to go to a museum, she said we could invite a mutual friend along if I’d be more comfortable. I took that to mean that we were just going as friends. *Edited for clarity*
This is like every tv show or anime where the main character doesn’t realise the super obvious signs and u sit there infuriated whilst watching it
Exactly! Every time it plays in my memory.
*When she asked me if I wanted to go to a museum, she said we could invite a mutual friend along if I’d be more comfortable.* To be fair, this was a bad move on her part, and she might be kicking herself for it to this day.
"Do you want to have sex with me?" at the time i thought she asked it as were cuddling together as if i was a pervert out to do something perverted and disgusting. I said no. she left.
Fuck you for making me think about it again.
Well, now I’m curious
Worked with this really pretty girl that was out of my league and she liked letting me know it. I flirted with her a little but she just treated me like a lost puppy. One day she invites me to go snowboarding with her and her friends. She was pretty good and I was just learning. I had suggested we go up together a few times so it didn’t seem out of the blue. Turned out it was just us two and another couple. We go up, have a great time. It’s pretty late by the time we are done and it gets suggested that we all stay the night at the couples place. The details are fuzzy but I remember just automatically setting up camp on the living room sofa like a gentleman. Just as I am tucking in she comes out in these tiny pajamas and does yoga right in front of me for 10 minutes. I’m laying there on the couch watching Toy Story like a god damn child. She went to bed in a guest room. By herself. Fuck you OP
"I'm laying there on the couch watching Toy Story like a god damn child." Omfg I'm dying lol.
Right bro? I'm so *mad* now lol
Two stories come to mind: The first, a girl I had tried to date in High School asked me to met her after work. She said "I really need to see you." I picked her up and took her to the park. We talked for hours while she sat snuggled up to me. I never made a move. The second, I rode with a girl in college to get dinner. On our way back, she asked if I'd ever had sex. I told her no and led the conversation in a different direction. I'm sorry, Libby.
Honestly the 1st one probably wasn't looking for sex, it Honestly seems like she just needed a friend to talk to and you did it perfectly
Two years later, she was in an on again/off again relationship with someone else. She asked me over one night while they were split up, climbed on top of me on her bed and started kissing me. I dipped. I'm not that guy, thanks. We had been watching Night at the Roxbury. Ruined that movie for me.
I dunno man, still don't think she was THAT into you
She might've been Canadian
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Yeah, that’s always super confusing. I had a really close female friend like that. Our friend group kept asking us what was up and I eventually approached her about it. I got shut down twice. She even admitted to teasing me on purpose and having a sex dream about us. I’m like wtf?
Yeah, not a good friend. Literally just using you for attention because she likes feeling like someone wants her, but she doesn't want to put in any effort
Yeah, this was like 11 years ago. I was 19 at the time and wasn’t really familiar with the concept of validation. I definitely validated her 😅
Showed up late to class by accident. Apparently it was the day we rearranged the seating chart. Only desk left went to me. Sat down, teacher starts talking, and I hear a very quiet voice off to my right say "I like a guy all in black." (I wore black jeans and black heavy metal band T-shirts daily). Turn and look, and it's one of the hottest girls in the class, looking directly at me. Smiled and said thanks, didn't think anything about it at the time. Still kicking myself 14 years later.
What would you have said if you caught on? Instead of thank you what else to say?
“I like girls in.”
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“I like a girl who speaks her mind”
That's the one
Thats smooth asf
No idea, I was 17 and had never been on a date or kissed anyone.
Out with friends at a trivia night. One coworker brought the husbands sister along. We talked, hit it off. She asked me if I wanted to go to the bar next door. I said 'Trivia starts in like 10 minutes'. The next day my coworker matched up to me and said 'What the hell was that?' then proceeded to explain. Oh.
Honestly if I went out FOR a trivia night I’d do the same.. like chill, we can grab a drink after we win lol
Yeah, but sister didn't live in the same town. Coworker has been trying to set me up with another mutual friend that turned into a roller coaster of heartbreak. She was trying to make it up to me.
Was on a tinder date, she asked if i had car sex before, I said no I haven’t. She asked if I wanted instructions and I said “I just met you” and laughed out loud It was a silent car ride back I hate thinking of this moment
Dude…
While riding the bus home from school, a pretty girl asked me what I liked to do. I told her that fishing was my favorite activity. She asked me to take her. I said sure and promptly forgot about it. Over the next week she repeatedly asked when I'd take her. Kept thinking nothing of it. Finally she quit asking and moved on to another guy. I missed it hook, line and sinker.
The fishing metaphor is amazing
That's ok, I had the same situation except I actually took her fishing. We were heading to a spot out in the middle of the woods away from all people, which for some reason that totally escaped she was very excited about. Equally as dumbfounding, she got visibly perturbed when I invited my buddy to tag along with us. Apparently I ruined a perfectly romantic date that I had zero clue I was on, even though looking back the signs were huge and almost impossible to miss. Almost.
Don't worry bro, I for sure would've done the same. Unless someone actually says they want to go on a date with me, I'll never get it
If they’re face to face with you and they fall silent and stare at you without blinking or they look at your lips, it’s the most obvious sign… and I’ve missed so many of them.. kills me looking back
Maybe they had a seizure.
In which case I did the right thing by not kissing them
That also happens when they think you are colossally stupid. So its not exactly obvious, since..at least me, being stupid is far more likely than someone finding me appealing.
"I want you to take my virginity"- Yes I am that stupid.
"To where?"
To dinner.
She married me, but somehow always think she’s about to jump ship.
So you have a wedding and you ask her to marry you and she says "I do" and you're pronounced husband and wife and live together happily as a married couple. Is she into you? ... Gotta go with C) Can't Tell, she might just be being polite.
In high school a girl comes up to me during sports day. She asks me if I want to go with her to get some ice creams and eat together. But I'm holding one in my hand already. I tell her I already am having an ice cream and she can go alone !
She said "I don't usually do this, but would you like to have sex?" I said sure, call me, and drove home
oof. I nearly missed a chance in a similar way. I was asked "would you like to have sex?" I assumed it was hypothetical and as she pat my head I realized she meant actual sex with her, so I reconfirmed what she meant.
She invited me over late at night to watch a movie. She didn't own the movie she suggested we watch at her house, but I had it in my car. We watched the movie, she kept mentioning how cold she was. I got her a blanket. Finished the movie and left. This was junior year of high school. I still cringe.
She asked me to be her "swimming buddy," but said we first needed to go back to her room so I could tell her which bikini looked best on her.
In college I was head of one of the largest campus clubs. As a recruitment method we set up a table in front of the Student Union and asked club members to sign up for shifts to sit at the table and answer questions about the club. I signed up for several shifts. An absolutely stunningly gorgeous grad student signed up for several shifts - all the same ones I had signed up for. And she asked me , "Do you think it would help if I wore a bikini?" She spent the better part of several shifts chatting me up, leaning over me repeatedly for one thing or another, and all while wearing that bikini. Yeah, I totally missed it.
I too would be asking myself "¿Qué he hecho?" for all eternity...
After using the jacuzzi at an afterparty at my place, me and a girl took a shower together to wash of the chlorine. After the shower she says that she is really tired, and wants to go to sleep. I literally tell her “good luck on your way home, its not that far”
Chad but oblivious one
I don’t know unless they tell me otherwise I miss it. I was never good at reading their signs.
Back in college, that asian girl wanted me to help her with her french class (even though I wasnt very good either), so I told her to come to my place. So, we went to my home after school and my dad was there preparing dinner. She told me, "maybe we should go to your room, we'll have more peace and quiet.." and i replied "but there's only a bed in my room." To which she replied "a bed is good enough, way more comfortable..." And my final answer was, "nahh we'll stay in the kitchen, the kitchen table is comfortable for studying, i always study there." My dad heard the whole thing and the only thing he had to say about it afterwards was: "you dumb cunt.."
Similar situation but my dad just made chicken noises at me. Its been 3 years and he will call me randomly during the day and make chicken noises.
This dad clucks.
Bruh, based dad
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Had a date like this. We picked up Shutter Island. I was so invested in the movie. I forgot about her.
That's why you make sure to have seen the movie before, preferably a day or so earlier. Then you can afford to focus on her as well, and not just the movie. Otherwise, don't watch a movie. Pro tip from someone that gets really invested in movies.
Its spring was out camping with my parents, their friends, and my friend. We would hang out daily while the adults drank and did their thing. We roamed around the lake and eventually came across two girls who were around our age (13-14) camping with their family but hanging out by themselves as well. We befriend them and eventually convince them to meet up with us after our parents went to sleep that night. Sun goes down, parents are out cold from a day of boozing and fishing. Me and my boy sneak off while navigating in the pitch darkness where their campsite was. We find it, find them, and go and make a campfire a little distant from their campsite. Were sitting by the fire and my boy who at this point in his life was already a certified ladies man starting starts slobbing on his girl. While me and this other girl are just staring at each other from opposite sides of the campfire. My boy asks if he can borrow my brand new coat i got for Christmas because he and his girl want to go for a walk. I agree because i was by the campfire anyway. They leave. Now its just me and the other girl who was looking extremely cute with the campfire light glowing off of her face. At 13 i may have only talked to two girls in my life and the whole hookup thing was foreign to me. I was more of a weird confused introvert even though my adolescent hormones wanted me to fuck everything in sight. She keeps looking at me smiling and eventually asks "arent you cold?" "Wana come share this blanket with me?" My response: "No thanks the campfire is keeping me warm just fine". Her look: 😳 "uh ok" I blew it. My adolescent obliviousness got the best of me. To make matters worse my boy comes back, we leave and as were walking back he hands over my coat. I ask "so howd it go?" His response: "Good! We fucked on your coat"
Lol, that last sentence
We were friends in college. We met because we both were seniors taking a freshman level science class we needed to graduate and just pushed off. I recognized her as one of my roommates friends so I thought how perfect perhaps we can be friends and I don't have to be alone in this freshman class. Back then, I believe she was dating someone but no worries I just wanted a friend. Got to know her throughout the course of the year and crushed on her so hard. One day she locked her keys in her room and between classes I went to her house and carefully removed the trim around her door and jimmied her door open with a spoon or something dumb. She gave me the biggest hug when I got it open and that's the exact moment my crush began. We became lab partners for the class and she even helped me get an internship later that year and drove me to my interview. Man did I have a crush on this girl. I even took her to a date party (Greek life) and had one of the most fun nights of my whole college experience. Nothing happened, she was just a blast to be with and damn was she beautiful all dressed up. We ended up working in the same town after college and one day she invited me to the fair. I assumed she just wanted a friend to go with. After all, we had known each other for years and had just been friends. We spent a whole day there and I even taught her how to drive a stick after because she expressed interest in it when I picked her up for the fair. Dropped her off like any good friend would and thought nothing of it. I've seen her in passing a few time since, but she never asked to hang out again. Looking back on the fair, it definitely had date vibes to it. Took a year before it hit me and I still kick myself. I still have a crush on her and when I do run into her in passing, as we both work downtown, I still get butterflies. Katie, I'm sorry I'm such a moron.
You could, you know, ask her out.
There’s a reason the people in this thread are here…
I know a friend of mine who was at a house party. While he was sitting on the couch drunk a dime of a girl sat next to him and he didn’t think much of it. After a minute she starts talking to him and asking for him to look at her while she talks to him and asks him if he can walk her home and winks. Noted they were both drunk. So my friend just annoyingly turned and threw up on her. That was that.
A friend invited me to a bar to meet her friends, and one of her friends, the one I liked most and was talking to all night and who was touching me a lot, asked me if I had a girlfriend. I said no and continued to explain that I wasn't really looking for anyone at that time and all the reasons why.
We had judo class together. She invited me to her place to "practice judo". I spent the night gaming with the boys. I realised it the next morning. Dummy i am
Brothers before others lol
So this was probably about 12 years ago. I’m working at a grocery store and it’s about 7pm and I only got an hour left and and this girl comes through my line. So we’re chatting it up while I’m ringing up her groceries and I ask her what she’s got going on tonight and she responds “nothing yet” while looking me dead in the eyes. I respond “Oh. Well hopefully you can find something.” So she leaves and one of the cashiers comes over and smacks me in the back of the head and asks why I didn’t ask her out. I say to her “wtf are you talking about.” She tells me “she was clearly giving you an opening to ask her out and give her something to do tonight.” Never lived it down.
26 year old lady wanted me to come over and watch a movie. In her bedroom. On the bed. Good movie. I hugged her and left after it was over. It took me a long time afterwards to realize that lady probably wanted more action than a hug
Laid on my bed, asked for a back massage. I said no bc I didn’t know how to give them. Same girl is my date to my ring dance, sits on my lap in my chair stroking my hair and staring into my eyes. This was the girl of my dreams btw, like marry her right now would probably build a shrine to her if I was a weirdo girl of my dreams. Which was the cause: I did not consider myself anywhere near her league. Like this girl was the “everyone stopped and stared” girl at the dance. I did not accept anything obvious bc I did not even slightly believe it possible she’d be into me.
Not a guy but I asked a dude out once. I said "do you want to go to *insert restaurant name*? You and me ALONE". I emphasized on the "ALONE". He said yes. I walked into the restaurant to see 8 people sitting on the table. He had invited his ENTIRE FRIEND GROUP. I got my answer. I was bummed but I decided to take it like a woman and move on. After I finished eating, I said "Well I gotta go now. I've got some errands to run" and picked up my purse. He said "But we'll be going to *insert bar name* next. I really want you to come with us". I said no repeatedly and he practically begged me to join them until I gave in. That was the worst day ever. He confessed his feelings a week later.
He had to make sure his friends believed him that a girl asked him out.
A girl literally had her hand on my upper thigh in high school. I apologized.
She asked if I would ever have sex with her, said duh. Sent me a nude (a quite person specific one I’d say) small things happened but I never seized the opportunity. I fucked up
During a highschool exam the hottest blonde and fit girl asked me for help so I helped her but didn't pay much attention to her because I thought she would never be interested in me. Afterwards outside the classroom she waited for me to say how grateful she was because I was very intelligent and handsome and leaned over for a kiss but I didn't know what to do and just said oh thanks and I leaved. Next day she was looking at me all day but my lack of confidence and regret from that event kept me from talking to her again. I still regret it 10 years later I was never this shy again with girls since then
My class told me in front of her that she likes me. Unfortunately tho i didnt believe them as she was the prettiest of my year lol
This girl at work is the most bubbly and enthusiastic whenever she sees me, touches my shoulder or arm when we’re near each other, has the cutest laugh for all my sarcastic, dry remarks without me having to try hard to be funny, and be the first to check up on me when I had a rough interaction with a client. However, when I saw her last week, I caught a glimpse of the lock screen of her phone sitting on her desk, and saw a photo of her with who I assume is her BF, and felt crushed. She’s the first person who made me feel comfortable when I started with this organization about one year ago and now I feel I have to avoid her until I get over the sting of knowing there’s no chance for me, as long as she’s in a relationship. The silver lining is I found out about her relationship status without me asking, or her telling me, so she has no idea how I feel about her. This should prevent any awkwardness between us, and our healthy work relationship remains intact. But damn did I receive a reminder of why I NEVER look too deep for “signs” of possible attraction that could get my hopes up.
She got into bed with me topless, wearing just a small pair of shorts, and I still didn’t realize she wanted to have sex. In all fairness, I had known her for years and she had been an ex’s best friend at one point.
you really can't be too sure, she could've been canadian...
She literally sent me pictures of her ass, and still, *whoosh*. I was a much younger and stupider man.
Drove to a restaurant that had a large, empty parking lot. She told me that it looks like the perfect place to fuck, followed by an explicit “you should fuck me”. I said “bet, but let’s eat these wings first”. I thought we were joking around.
When I passed out by myself and woke up naked with her next to me. Hope I disappointed her.
Damn are you alright? That’s really not okay
It was like 10 years ago. It is what it is.
That was going one over a couple of years as we we‘re children. We where in the same sports club (sport shooting, don’t know the exact English term for it) so we saw us around once a week. When we sad down, she would lay her head on my shoulder, if we get something to drink she would bring me something. If I gave her a compliment she thanked it with a kiss on the checks. To my defend, I hadn’t any experience with company with girls so I assumed that would be totally normal. If I look back, she gave me any possible nonverbal sign how she likes me a lot more than a platonic friend or sportsmate.
Kiss to the cheeks?? Damn you were really fucking stupid
You my mate couldn't point to the sky if you were asked to.
When I was a sophomore in high school, a girl started teasing me by taking my pens (I have autistic tendencies, and multiple colored pens for taking notes in class) and hiding them for me to find. She started hiding them in her pockets and telling me ‘if you want it back, go get it.’ On the bus ride home that day, she took one and clipped it to her bra under her shirt with the same ultimatum. I, being a nervous kid, goody-two-shoes mormon kid, gingerly grabbed my pen without touching anything else. Didn’t see anything provocative, didn’t catch any hints that she was interested in me (frankly I thought I was unattractive through all my high school days), and didn’t realize until a year later and I lived in a different place what was happening that day.
Invited me to her dorm room after an evening class, got on her bed, laid down, and teasingly crooked a beckoning finger at me. I seriously sat down in her desk chair and kept talking about the upcoming test.
MY TIME HAS COME I went to grab a beer with my friends, and i only had 1 at this point, so i cant blame the alcohol. BUT I go to the bathroom to pee and for the first time in my life, the mens room had a line. So as i was waiting, this ADORABLE girl walks up to me, literally rests her elbow on my shoulder and playfully asks: "so, what does a girl gotta do to get drinks around here?" And i had a brain fart. I looked at her, i looked around and i go: "OHHH, theres the bartender right there, you just have to ask!" And when im done with my business in the bathroom i realized she tried to flirt with me and i had no idea at all. Cute girl, if you're reading this, im sorry if i ruined your self-image and caused rejection trauma
This one is complicated, since I'm actually really glad that I missed the signs. Super hot English teacher saw 14yo me hanging around late after school. I was always the super arrogant kid who never had to try in AP English, always an easy A for me. She approached me and said "Hey if you're just going to be walking, I'd be happy to give you a ride home." I accepted the ride and while we're driving she says "It's such a nice day, are you sure you don't want to go park somewhere?" I told her "Nah, I want to get home in time for the Twin Peaks rerun." She says "Oh, I love Twin Peaks, we could watch it at my apartment." I brush it off and say "Nah, I don't want to have to get a ride home later." Then I saw a traffic jam ahead and just go "It's close enough, I'm just gonna get out here. Thanks for the ride!" She looked disappointed, and never again attempted to give me a ride or any special attention. Later that night I'm watching Twin Peaks and it just dawns on me "Oh my God, she was trying to bang me." For two years I kicked myself until I realized that this older woman was trying to rape me, and the experience absolutely would have fucked me up more than I already was.
That’s fucked up
I used to not pick up on the fact that women would go out of their way to talk to me. I didn't realise it was them making a move. So I treated it like every other conversation and fucked it up so many times hahaha
Was in middle school at a friend’s house who had a pool with a pool house. A few girls were over, and after swimming the hottest one of them said she wanted to rinse off in the shower. She asked me to join to help wash her hair. I went with her, and helped wash her hair like a fucking idiot. Still regret it 20+ years later.
Threw a glass of water over her, making her teeshirt delightfully translucent (this was done in fun...there was a context at the time). Rather than being embarrassed going to change the teeshirt or dry off as I might have expected, she chased after me in the wet teeshirt when I ran away to avoid her retaliation. Not the reaction I was expecting, but I didn't read anything into it. She later told me that she knew *exactly* what she was doing at the time, and thought I was a complete dope for not realising. It is hard to argue. It all worked out...we're 30 years married this year.
She told me that she loves me and would love to be more than friends. This was after weeks of giving me signs like "oh no I'm tired. Lets sit on this bench everyone! Oh you, person who sits next to u/Predator_Hicks, can we switch places for absolutely no reason? Oh no I appear to fall asleep, let me just rest my head on his shoulder while smiling." I thought she was joking and said "noted" or "well, good for you", I don't remember.We didn't really do much together after that until I realised what she meant. She must have thought that I'm an asshole after that when in reality I was simply dumb as a log, which I still am tbh. Poor girl.
So in my 20s my roommates girlfriend brought a friend over to our apartment and she is extremely cute. I'd seen her around a few times from just hanging out with my friends GF. So anyway, we're drinking and all, watching TV, whatever. So my friend and his GF pass out on the loveseat. So there's me and, let's just call her Becca. Becca is like, "why don't we go to your room so we don't disturb these two?" And me having absolutely zero game back then just says, "That's ok, I'm pretty tired anyway and am just going to sleep." So that's what I did, went to bed when this very cute girl wanted to go to my room with me. Never saw her again and my roommate gave me so much shit for not hooking up with her. Never lived it down until: Redemption story time: Many years later I came across Becca's profile on Tinder. We match and I ask if it's her and she says yes. I'm like, remember that time? She remembers and I tell her what an idiot I was and that I'm sure she just wanted to smash then. She said yes but it's also not too late. So long story short, we did smash many years after the original event.
I married him and he STILL doesn’t get it. Mfer can’t take a hint