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Old 08-27-2015, 03:53 PM
 
Location: The Jar
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A lot of men can be dumbasses when it comes to getting the female hint. But as I was reading the OP, my first thought was that he should have said, well let's go out.

I'm 46, and it took me a long time to figure that out, I'm pretty sure that the OP is a young kid and isn't fluent yet in female.
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I've been talking to this girl for a week now and we haven't met yet. She asked me what I was doing last night and I told her nothing really.

She said she was going to go to dinner with her friend but she canceled

I said "Well that sucks"

We talked a bit more and that's that

today she texted me saying "I told you she canceled so you would take me out"

In my head I'm thiniking wtf? Why didn't you just say "hey my friend canceled want to joine me?"

Is this how females work?

It's a Wonderful Life

Man on Porch: Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death?
George Bailey: You want me to kiss her, huh?
Man on Porch: Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people!
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Old 08-27-2015, 04:11 PM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Personally, I'd forget this girl. If there is one thing I hate is when someone can't be direct with their desires with me.

And how is that working for you in the dating department? Full dance card this weekend?
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Old 08-27-2015, 04:15 PM
 
Location: SoCal again
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Maybe she didn't want to say "hey, my friend canceled, let's meet" because she didn't want you to feel like you are her Plan B.

Maybe she even canceled so you can ask her out.

I agree, she could have just said that she wants to meet you, but maybe that was her thinking.

I wouldn't put too much thought in it. Just ask her out and get to know her.
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Old 08-27-2015, 04:17 PM
 
Location: SoCal again
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Personally, I'd forget this girl. If there is one thing I hate is when someone can't be direct with their desires with me.
Aren't you the guy who keeps complaining about never getting a date? Maybe you should be a bit more pushy and not throw in the towel so quickly.

No offense ...
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Old 08-27-2015, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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And how is that working for you in the dating department? Full dance card this weekend?
Really? You want to taunt me? Really?
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Old 08-27-2015, 04:21 PM
 
Location: New Yawk
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I've been talking to this girl for a week now and we haven't met yet. She asked me what I was doing last night and I told her nothing really.

She said she was going to go to dinner with her friend but she canceled

I said "Well that sucks"

We talked a bit more and that's that

today she texted me saying "I told you she canceled so you would take me out"

In my head I'm thiniking wtf? Why didn't you just say "hey my friend canceled want to joine me?"

Is this how females work?
Most, but not all. The minority would be assertive enough to skip the games and just ask you out.
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Old 08-27-2015, 04:28 PM
 
Location: Northville, MI
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Most, but not all. The minority would be assertive enough to skip the games and just ask you out.
And I want such people. I have zero time for playing mind games.
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Old 08-27-2015, 04:34 PM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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It's not a freaking game! It's communication. Almost all species of animals have their mating dances and courtship rituals, these are forms of communication. Learn the primate known and Homo sapiens sapiens rituals and you'll be fine.
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Old 08-27-2015, 04:42 PM
 
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I've been talking to this girl for a week now and we haven't met yet. She asked me what I was doing last night and I told her nothing really.

She said she was going to go to dinner with her friend but she canceled

I said "Well that sucks"

We talked a bit more and that's that

today she texted me saying "I told you she canceled so you would take me out"

In my head I'm thiniking wtf? Why didn't you just say "hey my friend canceled want to joine me?"

Is this how females work?
Ok being female, I know what she's thinking.

I would be the same.

You are the male, by nature the aggressor. You are (I guess?) on a Dating Site, ostensibly to date a female.

I don't blame her being slightly offput by your failure to take advantage of a God given opportunity. It shows you are either not actually there for dating, thereby being shady, or you may well be married.

Basically if there's anyone at fault in this hilarious postmodern dating lesson, its YOU.
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Old 08-27-2015, 04:45 PM
 
Location: Sunny Florida
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I agree with the others, she gave you an opening and hoped you'd invite her out. Some women throw out hints, some are very direct, and some are somewhere in the middle so there is not one way to communicate that's set in stone. You have to learn how people communicate and go with it. I've learned that my DH is like Sheldon on Big Bang Theory, so if I want something I just have to throw it out there because he just doesn't get hints.
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