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[GDGF]

Or just being friendly?

I sure as fuck do. My friends tell me I'm a cocky bastard. They're right (although sometimes I act this way because I know it pisses them off) I'm not a bad looking guy. Tall, dark, handsome and all that, but I have a habit of thinking that every girl that walks up to me and starts chatting away wants some (problem gets worse when I am drunk, obviously)

I'm conscience to the fact. So much so that sometimes (in an effort to address my percieved egotism) I let girls pass by that (in retrospect) obviously did want some at the time, but the fact flew under my radar (or maybe I forced it under)

Hindsight and all that.

Anyway, now there is this girl here at the college that I sure as fuck would like to, but because of the 'problem', my poor little head is screwed and I can't tell if she's just being friendly, or what.

Facts:

First let me say that she is a cop. Campus police here, but an actual cop in the real world. A very hot cop. Actually, I think I've developed some kind of woman in uniform fetish because of her. Kinda funny, actually. Back in my old town, my friends were not necessarily on the right side of the law (part of their charm, though!) and here I am wanting to fuck a cop. I only get to see her during the wee hours of the morning when she lets me into the computer lab (my only access to a PC, ya see), but we always talk for a bit and it doesn't even bother her when I go to the lab obviously intoxicated (as I do on occasion)

When we first met, she told me to call her officer (blah, blah...can't remember her last name) and one of the first things she said was that she was going on a camping trip the next day with her boyfriend. I took this to mean 'Hey there stranger. I'm hot and a cop and you're a nice guy but nothing is going on but business here, so keep yer distance'.
I was probably right.

As the days went on, the chats grew longer and I found out that she was a bit of a party girl when she had the chance to. Savannah has a nice bar/club scene (albeit rather small) so I figured that I would eventually run into her. A few drinks, and I would test the waters, so to speak.

Days go by, chats get quite a bit more friendly, and the cop mask is long since dropped. She's acting like a girl (a rather girly-girl...flirtatious as a matter of fact) First name basis now. She says she usually tries to stay business when she's in her uniform but she likes me 'a little bit' so I can call her by her first name (not saying for privacy, ofcourse)

Days. And, of course, my mind flashes back to that first meeting where she told me that she had a boyfriend. I figure I'll just casually bring him up the next time I see her just to see what the deal was.

And then Tonight. I'm walking from the Huddle House to the computer lab (3:30 AM) and I pass by a campus police car. I figure it's her, and it is. 'Brian! I thought that was you!' ,she says. 'What's up, girly girl.', I reply. Yadda yadda yadda, she lets me into the lab and I take this as my perfect opportunity to find out about that boyfriend situation, but before I can casually work that into our conversation, she mentions that she and her boyfriend broke up last night (mentioned it twice, even). I'm thinking that she is prime for a tagging (kinda difficult to hide the elation, but I did my best to play it cool)

I told her about my weekend. Told her I hit the club and had a few drinks. She asks me when was the next time I was going, because she wanted to meet me there. I says tomorrow, probably, and Saturday too. So now she wants to meet me there on Saturday (her only day off)

Anyway, still can't really tell if she's being friendly, or she wants to fuck, but I guess I'll find out soon. If I embarras myself, I'll be too drunk to remember, so it's all good

 

[etiolate]

I completely suck at telling if a girl is interested in me or even at the time flirting with me. A girl basically has to come right out and say it to me or else I don't believe it. I'm pretty oblivious to charm.

 

[fugimax]

If you fuck her right now, it'll probably be the only time.

If you play it cool though, you may be able to become boyfriend material. Don't get TOO involved in helping her "mourn" though else you'll end up like her brother -- someone she could never date because you're too good of a friend.

Be receptive of her situation, but don't get too sensitive with it. Continue to flirt in a manly way.

 

[Jonnyram]

Well it doesn't really sound like long-term interest but she definitely sounds up for a bit of fun. Problem then is that she's a cop, so it might come back to haunt you at some point. Tread carefully... if you're actually interested in her for more than just a bit of sex, play it cool and don't jump into bed with her, because she's clearly on the rebound.

edit: doh, beaten :lol

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I completely suck at telling if a girl is interested in me or even at the time flirting with me. A girl basically has to come right out and say it to me or else I don't believe it. I'm pretty oblivious to charm.

Same with me. I always tell myself they're just being nice...I guess we just don't assume everybody likes us. I've been told that at least two of the four girls at the coffee place like me, but I'm too scared to make a move. I don't want to look like a jackass and then have to go back there for lunch. :lol

One really bad case of me being a total pussy was when a girl told my manager I was cute and said she was interested, asking him about me and finding out my situation. Well of course I never followup on it...in my defense she was the ex-girlfriend of my manager's friend. It just seemed a little too complicated for my taste.

As for your situation, Mario. Sounds like you got it made in the shade. You tested the waters and everything seems clear. But I do wish there was some way of knowing if women were just being nice. One of my co-workers has pointed out some little signs, even gave a live demostration with girls that work in our mall, but I still don't see it 99.999676% of the time.

 

[fugimax]

Problem then is that she's a cop, so it might come back to haunt you at some point.

Ya, but how many people can say they've had sex in the back of a police cruiser..

It's a risk that needs to be taken! :lol

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

I completely suck at telling if a girl is interested in me or even at the time flirting with me. A girl basically has to come right out and say it to me or else I don't believe it. I'm pretty oblivious to charm.

Hey, got room for one more in that boat? Yep same for me. A chick pretty much needs to be rubbing her naked breasts on me for me to get an inkling that she might be kinda interested.

Ya, but how many people can say they've had sex in the back of a police cruiser..

It's a risk that needs to be taken! :lol

This much is true, for great justice a hit must be made and only you can do it.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

Ya, but how many people can say they've had sex in the back of a police cruiser..

It's a risk that needs to be taken! :lol

Just make sure they've removed the hypodermic needles and semen from the floor before you get too frisky. Safety first, kids!

 

[Macam]

The key is not to care whether she is or not. If you like her, go for it.

 

[-=DoAvl=-]

Chicks always hit on me, it's like white noise to me now.


I hope that helps.... time to do some bench presses.

 

[Socreges]

Yes.

Hell, I think any girl that makes lingering eye contact with me is interested.

But the issue is, like with you, in school. I don't have a problem with feeling comfortable around girls (thank you, inflated ego) so I often become chummy with hotties. But I can rarely draw the line between [the mutually exclusives] 'hey, this guy is fun' and 'hey, this guy is cute'. I always save myself the embarrassment, though, and play it safe, which is both a virtue and a curse. If I could just swallow my pride and dignity...


Btw, I can safely say that any chance you may have had was wasted after you called her "girly girl". Seriously, I think she likes you and probably wants to hook up. And yeah, whoever said 'if you do it soon, it will be the last time' is totally right. It'll be a rebound thing.

Chicks always hit on me, it's like white noise to me now.


I hope that helps.... time to do some bench presses.

:lol

 

[norinrad21]

heh a girl once told me she likes me but not in that way and that we are great buddies.

It freaking destroyed me inside. Don't be too much of a nice guy because that will eventually ruin any chance you had getting inside her.

When i was single we used to hangout, did everything together slept in the same bed but some other guy was fucking her. Now you just imagine how it feels to be close but not that close.

I did get over the fact that some guy will also be hitting it and i will always be that guy she just hangs out with.

 

[Do The Mario]

I am such an Anti sleaze these days, several girls might approach me on a Night club and tell me my shirt is nice etc.. But I never take it any further. I think it all comes from a bad patch I had when I turned 18 when I hooked up with some regrettable but some awesome chicks.

Still don’t want to face the embarrassment of dropping my standards in my drunkenness so I am naturally pretty defensive these days, unless I already know the girl.

 

[APerfectCircle]

I have no problem hanging out with girls, but i have no idea if they are interested in me. i think i would basically have to be told, because i don't have the courage to make the first move. This is really hurting me atm! first time i really fell for a girl.
if she asked to meet up with you then it must be positive, but i dunno if i'd take my word

 

[Ecrofirt]

you can ban me, and I don't care, but I'd say she definitely wants you to FHUTA.

She's probably been getting more friendly with you because her relationship was gonig sour, and now she wants to meet you at a dance club. It certainly sounds to me like she definitely wants some.

 

[karasu]

I love girls, but they don't love a me.

 

[Black Deatha]

I can't help you with your problem, but from my point of view, it would seem the likes you, I dunno though, I have never even had a fucking girl, and I for the life of me can't seem to get one, I have only asked a few out, and it took me forever to work up the courage to do so.

Hell I was told by about 3 people at work that a co worker (that I liked) also liked me. I asked her out and STILL I get rejected!!! Says she didnt think it was a good idea due to us working together. Son of a bitch, I was pissed about that for over a week.

And as far as reading signals, well I apperantly speak another language. I too fall in to the catagory that if a girl is being nice I usualy assume there's more to it.

God I hate this!!

~Black Deatha

 

[aoi tsuki]

i usually don't have this problem, but i've got a coworker who's been flirting with me the past couple of weeks pretty heavily. i pretended not to notice at first, but she's the third attractive coworker that's done it, and i figured it was time to stop denying myself what would probably be trouble but in any case a break in my work-dominated life.

Sunday night, after we closed, we were the only two in the store except the manager, way in the back. i went over to her area to see how she wanted to tackle cleaning up since we had so much to do and saw that she was upset about something. i ask her "what's wrong?" and she starts going on about Valentine's Day, how she's always alone, how her boyfriend cheated on her, lied about it, then apologized about cheating, roughly two weeks ago.

[Bell sound]

i don't remember who initiated it, but next thing i know she's in my arms with her back facing me. i slowly started moving her hair in the back aside to go in for a nuzzle/kiss, and i say to her "Since we're both alone for Valentine's, why don't we do something together?" "Oh, I dunno. Maybe if there's nothing else going on." i was kinda taken back since just a moment ago she was practically begging me to ask her out. Her tone for the rest of the night after that was a bit standoffish.

So after we're all leaving the store, i take her with me to Walmart so i can buy a pump for her flat tire. i think when i offered to do that for her earlier, it came off as me being a really nice guy when in fact, as i had said to her, i needed to get one anyways for my car, and it would've been easier than driving around looking for a place that sold air. So we're at Walmart and it just felt awkward being with her. Same thing when she's in my car warming up as the pump inflated her tire. As the tire's almost inflated a truck pulls up with a couple of her friends inside. One of them has a local high school jacket on, and the other's got a can of Icehouse and it's at this point that i realize that she's barely out of high school. The tire's done, so i make some idle chit chat to get a feel for these guys (Icehouse guy = cool, HS jacket guy = insecure prick), she gives me a hug and thanks, and i'm off.

There's a lot of things that tell me that any relationship with her just wouldn't be good, but for whatever reason i've already committed myself to trying. i'll go for a kiss next time we're alone and let that be the test.

One thing's for certain. Whatever sickness she had (cold/flu), i've got it now due to our constant contact. It really sucks since i had the flu for Christmas.

 

[Cubsfan23]

You have a great mindset. Act on it. And yes the girl wants you.

 

[Zaptruder]

Because as a general rule of thumb, women are inconsistent as a population, and don't wear signs indicating whether they wish to have a one night stand, a relationship or just been friendly, this will remain the eternal problem for men seeking women.

 

[Doth Togo]

Or just being friendly?

I sure as fuck do. My friends tell me I'm a cocky bastard. They're right (although sometimes I act this way because I know it pisses them off) I'm not a bad looking guy. Tall, dark, handsome and all that, but I have a habit of thinking that every girl that walks up to me and starts chatting away wants some (problem gets worse when I am drunk, obviously)

I'm conscience to the fact. So much so that sometimes (in an effort to address my percieved egotism) I let girls pass by that (in retrospect) obviously did want some at the time, but the fact flew under my radar (or maybe I forced it under)

Hindsight and all that.

Anyway, now there is this girl here at the college that I sure as fuck would like to, but because of the 'problem', my poor little head is screwed and I can't tell if she's just being friendly, or what.

Facts:

First let me say that she is a cop. Campus police here, but an actual cop in the real world. A very hot cop. Actually, I think I've developed some kind of woman in uniform fetish because of her. Kinda funny, actually. Back in my old town, my friends were not necessarily on the right side of the law (part of their charm, though!) and here I am wanting to fuck a cop. I only get to see her during the wee hours of the morning when she lets me into the computer lab (my only access to a PC, ya see), but we always talk for a bit and it doesn't even bother her when I go to the lab obviously intoxicated (as I do on occasion)

When we first met, she told me to call her officer (blah, blah...can't remember her last name) and one of the first things she said was that she was going on a camping trip the next day with her boyfriend. I took this to mean 'Hey there stranger. I'm hot and a cop and you're a nice guy but nothing is going on but business here, so keep yer distance'.
I was probably right.

As the days went on, the chats grew longer and I found out that she was a bit of a party girl when she had the chance to. Savannah has a nice bar/club scene (albeit rather small) so I figured that I would eventually run into her. A few drinks, and I would test the waters, so to speak.

Days go by, chats get quite a bit more friendly, and the cop mask is long since dropped. She's acting like a girl (a rather girly-girl...flirtatious as a matter of fact) First name basis now. She says she usually tries to stay business when she's in her uniform but she likes me 'a little bit' so I can call her by her first name (not saying for privacy, ofcourse)

Days. And, of course, my mind flashes back to that first meeting where she told me that she had a boyfriend. I figure I'll just casually bring him up the next time I see her just to see what the deal was.

And then Tonight. I'm walking from the Huddle House to the computer lab (3:30 AM) and I pass by a campus police car. I figure it's her, and it is. 'Brian! I thought that was you!' ,she says. 'What's up, girly girl.', I reply. Yadda yadda yadda, she lets me into the lab and I take this as my perfect opportunity to find out about that boyfriend situation, but before I can casually work that into our conversation, she mentions that she and her boyfriend broke up last night (mentioned it twice, even). I'm thinking that she is prime for a tagging (kinda difficult to hide the elation, but I did my best to play it cool)

I told her about my weekend. Told her I hit the club and had a few drinks. She asks me when was the next time I was going, because she wanted to meet me there. I says tomorrow, probably, and Saturday too. So now she wants to meet me there on Saturday (her only day off)

Anyway, still can't really tell if she's being friendly, or she wants to fuck, but I guess I'll find out soon. If I embarras myself, I'll be too drunk to remember, so it's all good

Any time a chick is talking to you and is trying to make you laugh, she's flirting with you.

 

[Do The Mario]

Because as a general rule of thumb, women are inconsistent as a population, and don't wear signs indicating whether they wish to have a one night stand, a relationship or just been friendly, this will remain the eternal problem for men seeking women.

So true.


That one night stand thing is horrible, I hate ringing girls the next day just to talk but they think you are trying to hook up with them again and bail out.

I don’t want to seem like a dick head for not ringing a girl that gave me her phone number but getting brushed off sucks.

 

[ChumsGum]

No, that's easy. It's trying to figure out if the girl is trying to get to know you, befriend you, fck you, or marry you that's difficult.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Hell I was told by about 3 people at work that a co worker (that I liked) also liked me. I asked her out and STILL I get rejected!!! Says she didnt think it was a good idea due to us working together. Son of a bitch, I was pissed about that for over a week.

If you felt you two had some chemistry, or since you simply liked the girl to begin with, you should've persisted a bit. The one good thing i got out of working at Best Buy years ago was learning that sometimes you don't stop at the first "no". i don't think that simply because two people work together, they can't date. It's kinda awkward, and you'll always have your dickhead coworkers who won't stop asking questions about how she is in bed, but really if you feel something for a girl you should go for it.

 

[fallout]

If there's one thing that I've noticed is that if you aren't sure about whether the girl is flirting with you, then the girl isn't sure if she's flirting with you.

I swear, girls will flirt with you for awhile and you'll be damn sure that they are. Not 100% convinced, but sure enough to do something about it. Then, all of a sudden, when you start showing interest, they become completely cold. The best explanation from girls that I've gotten on this is that they want what they can't have. So they'll try really, really hard to get you to like them, but as soon as you like them, it's not fun anymore. Obviously it's not the only thing that can happen, but I've always found it to be interesting ... if not a little retarded.

Funny thing is, I've been dating the girl that I'm with for over a year now and it just kind of ... happened. There really wasn't any flirting to speak of. Just time spent time together.

 

[Shawn]

she enjoys chatting with you. girls enjoy chatting with their girlfriends -- that's why they have them. it sounds like she sees you as a male-girlfriend-with-a-penis, seeing as how she likes to chat with you. it doesn't sound like she sees you as anything more than that. i guarantee that if you try to make a move on her she'll give the LJBF spiel.

 

[Drensch]

I'm great. It only takes me a few days to realize what happened.

 

[Tarazet]

ChumsGum

That kicks ass.

 

[Willco]

The responses in this thread are entirely too long to be written by cool people.

 

[Jim Bowie]

I'm thinking about quitting girls.

I was just talking to this girl- everytime we talk we would sit around for at least 3 hours with no dead air. Just talking about everything. She mentioned that she was visiting her "ex", and I took that as meaning she didn't have a boyfriend. So, later on, after watching Amelie (I love it, she loves it), I asked her to be my girlfriend. You know, not literally. I wouldn't just come out and say, "Sup, girly, you wanna be my girlfriend?" I said something like, "Would you like to go out, sometime?" Something like that. And she smiled widely, like she knew it was going to happen and said, "Well, see, I don't know. I'm sort of in a relationship right now. But we can still date, that'd be good." Or something along those lines. It made me realize why I didn't ever ask girls out...

 

[Willco]

... Who the hell asks, "WILL YOU BE MY GIRLFRIEND?"

 

[karasu]

Tha blows. Step on her foot.

 

[Jim Bowie]

... Who the hell asks, "WILL YOU BE MY GIRLFRIEND?"

Are you dense? I didn't say that, I asked her if she'd like to go out sometime. Then she took it as I asking her to be my girlfriend, said she was in a relationship, but we could still date.

Honestly

EDIT: Socreges- on advice from a previous thread, I went out and rented Swingers :lol

 

[Socreges]

I'm thinking about quitting girls.

I was just talking to this girl- everytime we talk we would sit around for at least 3 hours with no dead air. Just talking about everything. She mentioned that she was visiting her "ex", and I took that as meaning she didn't have a boyfriend. So, later on, after watching Amelie (I love it, she loves it), I asked her to be my girlfriend. And she smiled widely, like she knew it was going to happen and said, "Well, see, I don't know. I'm sort of in a relationship right now. But we can still date, that'd be good." Or something along those lines. It made me realize why I didn't ever ask girls out...

Oh man. I proscribe one dozen Cubsfan threads STAT.

-edit- Jim, I took it the same way. I mean --> "I asked her to be my girlfriend"

EDIT: Socreges- on advice from a previous thread, I went out and rented Swingers :lol

I dunno, that seems a little advanced.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

Yup, I have no idea. I always kinda act detatched and uninterested, even if I might be interested in the girl. And if she's interested in me, I can't pick up on it, as a result I act more and more nonchalant and eventually nothing happens. That's my curse, ah well...life goes on.

 

[Cubsfan23]

Oh man. I proscribe one dozen Cubsfan threads STAT.

Be careful what you wish for

 

[GameCat]

Just assume all girls want you, always. It's easier. Make sure to tell them they're coming on to strong and you're not ready for that level of commitment etc as well.

 

[radios shipping overview]

Oh man. I proscribe one dozen Cubsfan threads STAT.

Yeah, I'd like to proscribe them, too.

 

[demon]

Yeah, I'd like to proscribe them, too.

Haha. This board and its misspellings are just to funny. Stupid bastards.

 

[Black Deatha]

If you felt you two had some chemistry, or since you simply liked the girl to begin with, you should've persisted a bit. The one good thing i got out of working at Best Buy years ago was learning that sometimes you don't stop at the first "no". i don't think that simply because two people work together, they can't date. It's kinda awkward, and you'll always have your dickhead coworkers who won't stop asking questions about how she is in bed, but really if you feel something for a girl you should go for it.

Unfourtinatly it's not that simple, first off as I said it takes me forever to work up the courage to ask a girl out, and I would have no idea how to go about asking her again without coming off as a desperate looser who cant take no for an answer. But even if I was told a good way to go about asking her again, it's too late, I found out a while back she's got a bf now.

I just thought of another story about my being completaly dence ito signals and such, years ago, when I was like 13 or 14, there was this girl who was also my next dore neighbour. I than would have dont almost ANYTHING to have her, She was so damn hot, and we hung out quite a bit. Anyway one time her and I went swimming, and just after we paied to git in, and were heading to the change rooms, she says to me, do you wanna go in the famly one's of the seperate mans and womans.

Now I wish someone was there to smash me over the head witha bat for what I did next, I said we should go through speratly and meet on the other side.

Now I dont know what could have happent, but, I have regretted that every day since, wish things would have turned out differentaly with her and I.

Damnit, this topic depresses me

~Black Deatha

 

[Boogie]

Anybody Else Have a Problem With Telling If A Chick is Hitting on You

Girls do not hit on me, therefore I do not have this problem, no.*

*One notable exception excluded.

 

[GDGF]

Thanks for the responses/advice, people.

We'll see how this one goes.

 

[demon]

Girls do not hit on me, therefore I do not have this problem, no.*

*One notable exception excluded.

Hey dude speaking of which, what ever became of your new girlfriend?

 

[nitewulf]

Hey dude speaking of which, what ever became of your new girlfriend?

speaking of which, did you hit it on the trip or no?

on topic, yeah, i have a problem telling if a girl is hitting on me or not. well...i get hit on by guys and younger girls a lot. i look kinda young so all these 14-18 year olds tend to hit on me, which is ridiculous.
but if older girls around my age hit on me, i cant tell because i'm not really used to it.

 

[demon]

speaking of which, did you hit it on the trip or no?

There was no trip. We canned it due to weather and other shit. Aside from not getting a 2-week-straight chance to "hit it", I was really bummed because it was supposed to be my post-graduation trip before I get a job. Still kinda bummed over it...

 

[Boogie]

Hey dude speaking of which, what ever became of your new girlfriend?

She is currently stressed because of her workload at school, which also has me bummed because I have not been able to see her for a while because of her workload.

She says she may be moving into res for the rest of the semester, which hopefully will help to fix both of those concerns.

 

[ocelittle]

Ya, but how many people can say they've had sex in the back of a police cruiser..

It's a risk that needs to be taken! :lol

Make sure you keep a door open or unlocked (somehow), you don't want to have the same happen as in Super Troopers.

 

[Cubsfan23]

She is currently stressed because of her workload at school, which also has me bummed because I have not been able to see her for a while because of her workload.

She says she may be moving into res for the rest of the semester, which hopefully will help to fix both of those concerns.

I'll pray for you tonight

 

[Boogie]

I'll pray for you tonight

:lol Thanks Cubsfan, that's most gracious of you ;P

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

It can be difficult to tell, because one girl's 'smalltalk' is another girl's 'flirt'. Body language is open to interpretation as well.