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Old 08-03-2014, 02:48 PM
 
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aside from bars and clubs, are there any places that you expect once you go there, a total stranger might come up to you to ask you out?
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Old 08-03-2014, 02:51 PM
 
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I don't go to clubs or bars.

Usually my friends and I are approached at the mall mainly. But I have been approached everywhere just about.
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Old 08-03-2014, 02:53 PM
 
Location: southern california
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bek of the high number of crazy people here --approaching women in other than a bar can be scary.
to be technically correct, any -on the job approach- could be treated as an EEOC violation and could cost you your job. on the other hand endless double meaning flirt remarks and touching is for the most part overelooked if done by women or minorities. hooking up for men, has become hazardous, for this reason the internet and bars are the preferred method.
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Old 08-03-2014, 02:56 PM
 
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I was "approached" at my once-a-week security training gig by the director of our unit.

By "approached" I mean that we were chatting casually, as we had been for the past few weeks, and he asked me if I wanted to go to dinner sometime.

Is that an "approach"? Sometimes I don't know with you fellas.

A month ago I was "approached" by an old drunk guy at Wolf Trap at the end of a concert when we were picking up our blankets and coolers. By we I mean me and my date.

Again, was that an "approach?
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Old 08-03-2014, 02:57 PM
 
Location: a primitive state
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I was "approached" at my once-a-week security training gig by the director of our unit.

By "approached" I mean that we were chatting casually, as we had been for the past few weeks, and he asked me if I wanted to go to dinner sometime.

Is that an "approach"? Sometimes I don't know with you fellas.
Sounds like fairly appropriate behavior. I like dinner, don't you?
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Old 08-03-2014, 02:58 PM
 
Location: Earth
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I actually hope for it anywhere.

But, the mall would be my best bet. And there's alot to do while you're scouting for guys.
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Old 08-03-2014, 02:59 PM
 
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I was "approached" at my once-a-week security training gig by the director of our unit.

By "approached" I mean that we were chatting casually, as we had been for the past few weeks, and he asked me if I wanted to go to dinner sometime.

Is that an "approach"? Sometimes I don't know with you fellas.

A month ago I was "approached" by an old drunk guy at Wolf Trap at the end of a concert when we were picking up our blankets and coolers. By we I mean me and my date.

Was that an "approach?
not in the sense that i'm thinking. The way i'm talking about it, i meant places where a complete stranger would start talking to you. In your case, he wasn't a total stranger
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Old 08-03-2014, 03:02 PM
 
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Sounds like fairly appropriate behavior. I like dinner, don't you?
Yes, it was the perfect approach, and he knew enough about me to know that I wasn't married, seeing anyone seriously, a lesbian, bat **** crazy, or blatently uninterested.

But something tells me this sort of "approach" is out of reach for some of our young Struggling Guys. The prefer to walk up to a stranger and awkwardly ask for a phone number.
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Old 08-03-2014, 03:22 PM
 
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In traffic I like to see if people can read lips.

I love you
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Old 08-03-2014, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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I don't expect to be approached anywhere, really, (if by "approached" you mean, "a guy coming up out of nowhere and asking me for my number, etc.") Some situations are conducive to striking up a conversation with someone, some aren't. Sometimes I'm not in the mood to make small talk. There's no magic formula.
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