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<blockquote data-quote="glass" data-source="post: 2623838" data-attributes="member: 12251"><p>Little anecdote I thought I'd share:</p><p></p><p>Saturday before last I was in my local pub, and I ended up chatting with a girl who used to be a bar maid there. In fact, she had just left to go off to university, and was in there having a fairwell drink.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, it turns out she is really insecure about her appearance. She described herself as 'a 1', and as 'short & fat'. Then we have a snippet of conversation that goes something like this (I'm paraphrasing a little):</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Gorgeous former barmaid: 'When I started here, I was hoping guys would ask me for my number, but they never do'.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Me: 'Really? OK, can I have your number?'</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>GFB: 'No'.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Me: 'Oh'. *stunned silence/more drink*</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now at this point, as you can imagine, I was more than a little upset. She thinks she's a 1, and she still isn't interested in me: What am I, a -5*? A few minutes later, she expresses a similar complaint to someone else in my hearing, so I pipe up with:</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Me: 'I asked you for your number and you said no!'</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>GFB: 'You were only kidding around'.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Me: 'No, I meant it'.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>GFB: 'Okay, ask me again'.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Me: 'Can I have your number?'</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>GFB: 'Yes'.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was so pleased with this turnaround in my fortunes, I didn't notice until a while later that she'd said yes, but she hadn't actually given me her number. By which time she was off talking to someone else, and I was back into depressed/pissed off mode.</p><p></p><p>So I was thinking about posting a thread here complaining about all of this, but before I got around to it, I had an epiphany:</p><p></p><p>When she said 'ask me again', she didn't mean right away, she meant at some future time after I had sobered up (I wasn't falling down drunk, but I definitely had a fair few). She wanted to be sure I really like her, that it wasn't just alcohol talking.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully, she'll come back to work there at Christmas, so I'll be able to test my theory. In the meantime, any thoughts?</p><p></p><p></p><p>glass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="glass, post: 2623838, member: 12251"] Little anecdote I thought I'd share: Saturday before last I was in my local pub, and I ended up chatting with a girl who used to be a bar maid there. In fact, she had just left to go off to university, and was in there having a fairwell drink. Anyway, it turns out she is really insecure about her appearance. She described herself as 'a 1', and as 'short & fat'. Then we have a snippet of conversation that goes something like this (I'm paraphrasing a little): [i]Gorgeous former barmaid: 'When I started here, I was hoping guys would ask me for my number, but they never do'. Me: 'Really? OK, can I have your number?' GFB: 'No'. Me: 'Oh'. *stunned silence/more drink*[/i] Now at this point, as you can imagine, I was more than a little upset. She thinks she's a 1, and she still isn't interested in me: What am I, a -5*? A few minutes later, she expresses a similar complaint to someone else in my hearing, so I pipe up with: [i]Me: 'I asked you for your number and you said no!' GFB: 'You were only kidding around'. Me: 'No, I meant it'. GFB: 'Okay, ask me again'. Me: 'Can I have your number?' GFB: 'Yes'.[/i] I was so pleased with this turnaround in my fortunes, I didn't notice until a while later that she'd said yes, but she hadn't actually given me her number. By which time she was off talking to someone else, and I was back into depressed/pissed off mode. So I was thinking about posting a thread here complaining about all of this, but before I got around to it, I had an epiphany: When she said 'ask me again', she didn't mean right away, she meant at some future time after I had sobered up (I wasn't falling down drunk, but I definitely had a fair few). She wanted to be sure I really like her, that it wasn't just alcohol talking. Hopefully, she'll come back to work there at Christmas, so I'll be able to test my theory. In the meantime, any thoughts? glass. [/QUOTE]
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