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So here is what is bizarro. I invited him to a museum. We had lunch, went to the museum, then he wanted to go to another museum. Then he wanted to show me his shared art studio workspace. And we had tea. 6 hour outing. Mentioned his girlfriend somewhere late in the day.
So now I am thinking to myself, who schedules a one on one outing with "strangers" of the opposite sex when they are attached. Nothing happened, it was completely innocent. We just talked a lot on the typical getting to know you topics. But I don't know. I started thinking it was kinda weird (since we don't have mutual friends, and have no prior connection....)
I have a guy friend that I have been friends with for 15 years now. Can't think of a one on one outing with him for that long! I think we have gone to a couple of movies one on one. That's about it. A basketball game or 2. We always have group outings with his circle or my circle.
I am open to being friends. There was a lot of "we are the same person" feelings by the end. But the pretense feels a little confusing....what was the intent?
So here is what is bizarro. I invited him to a museum. We had lunch, went to the museum, then he wanted to go to another museum. Then he wanted to show me his shared art studio workspace. And we had tea. 6 hour outing. Mentioned his girlfriend somewhere late in the day.
So now I am thinking to myself, who schedules a one on one outing with "strangers" of the opposite sex when they are attached. Nothing happened, it was completely innocent. We just talked a lot on the typical getting to know you topics. But I don't know. I started thinking it was kinda weird (since we don't have mutual friends, and have no prior connection....)
I have a guy friend that I have been friends with for 15 years now. Can't think of a one on one outing with him for that long! I think we have gone to a couple of movies one on one. That's about it. A basketball game or 2. We always have group outings with his circle or my circle.
I am open to being friends. There was a lot of "we are the same person" feelings by the end. But the pretense feels a little confusing....what was the intent?
Well...hmmmm...to me, it seems like he wants to be friends. You obviously share a love of museums and art. Perhaps his girlfriend doesn't share his passion for that, and he realized he'd found someone else who did. As for the length...well, I know when I'm with my friends (male or female), time flies, and I'm not checking my watch, lol. If you enjoy each other's company, why not be friends? You never know what might happen down the line. While there's been a lot of debate about the topic of friends morphing into relationships on this forum, I really do think the best relationships culminate from a basis of friendship. So, while romance may not be in the cards at the moment, it doesn't hurt to have more friends, and you never know what might happen in the future.
Well...hmmmm...to me, it seems like he wants to be friends. You obviously share a love of museums and art. Perhaps his girlfriend doesn't share his passion for that, and he realized he'd found someone else who did. As for the length...well, I know when I'm with my friends (male or female), time flies, and I'm not checking my watch, lol. If you enjoy each other's company, why not be friends? You never know what might happen down the line. While there's been a lot of debate about the topic of friends morphing into relationships on this forum, I really do think the best relationships culminate from a basis of friendship. So, while romance may not be in the cards at the moment, it doesn't hurt to have more friends, and you never know what might happen in the future.
Yup I definitely have a new BFF. I am missing an art and music friend at the moment so it is a good fit for a friendship.
OK so I got burned again on my latest attempt to ask someone out. There is a story here. Maybe I'll post a thread. In a nutshell, he accepted my offer for an outing. We did meet up and have an epic getting to know you session. But he has a girlfriend. That is a whole other can of worms!
make appointments with me for full body massage with happy ending, just to get to know each other better. You can always claim it should be something girl friends should always be up for in modern times. I always fall for that.
OK so I got burned again on my latest attempt to ask someone out. There is a story here. Maybe I'll post a thread. In a nutshell, he accepted my offer for an outing. We did meet up and have an epic getting to know you session. But he has a girlfriend. That is a whole other can of worms!
Nearly the same thing happened to me last year...met a guy, asked him out, went on 2 'official' dates and hung out a few times and then I found out from a friend that he was married with a young daughter. He told me he was divorced...nope, not even separated, just living apart because of a job situation which is why he had his own 'place'.
I've heard so much talk of the rules of dating lately...but it's all just stupid to me. I hate games and I don't want to follow the rules. The woman should never approach the guy, she should make him chase her, be busy when he asks to hang out, wait 24 hours before she returns his call...ugh. If I was a guy and a woman asked me out I'd think wow, she is really confident to come up and approach me. The last thing I'd think is wow, she must be so desperate for dates.
Approaching people for dates would be a LOT easier if people weren't such @ssholes. If the fattest, ugliest, nastiest guy I've ever seen who reeked of BO approached me for a date I would still be polite in my rejection. Thank you for asking but I'm not interested. I can't believe all the horror stories of how rude people are in their rejection of someone. It's really sad. I always feel flattered when someone approaches me and admire their courage in asking.
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If you enjoy each other's company, why not be friends? You never know what might happen down the line. While there's been a lot of debate about the topic of friends morphing into relationships on this forum, I really do think the best relationships culminate from a basis of friendship. So, while romance may not be in the cards at the moment, it doesn't hurt to have more friends, and you never know what might happen in the future.
I just wanted to encourage women to.....
