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[binarysky]

So uh...for the dance this weekend...it seemed kind of silly, because I don't think that many people here even know how to dance. But then I thought that a lot of people like music, and dressing up is okay, so maybe it's okay too.

[An awkwardly long pause]

Anyway, my friend definitely wants to go, and there's this girl he'd like to go with. But he doesn't know if she wants to go or if she has a date or how to ask. So I said I'd find out for him. What's the best way to get a girl to go to the dance with you?

It's for my friend.

Comments

[coyote_walking]

Well, you know, asking is always a good start.

You could say, 'Hey, I was wondering if you have a date to the dance?' and if she says no, then well, ask if she wants to go.

And you know, if anyone's reading this and wanted to ask me out, well... I'd probably say yes.

[binarysky]

I—he can't just ask like it's no big deal! I mean, it's not. She'd know what he was going to ask if he asked that first.

What if you didn't like them?

[coyote_walking]

What's wrong with her knowing? I mean, once he asks she'll know then too, right?

Not a whole lot of people I dislike and I haven't really been here long enough to really be into anyone special, so... It would just be really nice to be asked.

I still say just ask her. What's the worst that can happen? She says no. And if you don't ask you won't get to go with her anyway.

[jimmy_w]

Does your friend normally talk to this girl?

[binarysky]

Yeah, all the time. They're friends too. Just different friends than like him and me.

[jimmy_w]

Well, maybe you-- he could bring it up in conversation casually, sort of indirectly? Something like whether a mutual acquaintance is going or not.

[schooldaze]

For your frien-- riiiiiiight...

You could ask or uh get someone to ask for you, I mean for your friend.

[ COUGH. ]

[binarysky]

[Oh, hey bro. Family member. Guy.]

That'd be...cheating.

I think.

[schooldaze]

[ HAY I HEAR YOU LIKE....well...I hear... ]

Cheating? It's not a test...

But ummm..... no I guess that'd be kinda stalking uh hm... ...you could...ask one of her friends instead? Or is that still cheating...

[boutant]

Which friend?

[binarysky]

[EEP]

Uh. Um. Sora!

[Not that he and his half-brother are...really friends yet...but a convenient cover story is a convenient cover story.]

[boutant]

... Did you forget his name?

[ Only she doesn't suspect at all, herp. ]

/misunderstanding threadjack

[schooldaze]

Yeah? What?

[Voice]

[sitaronthewater]

[Can you hear the grin on his face?]

Hey, little guy, you didn't tell me you were looking for girl advice! Who're you after?

[Voice]

[binarysky]

[Yes he can sob]

I'm not! I mean, my friend is...it's not for me!

Voice->Video

[sitaronthewater]

[Just for that, you get The Nickname.]

C'mon, Roxy, it's like the oldest trick in the book.

[He turns on the video, specifically for this next sentence. Relish in the air quotes that he uses. Relish in them.] Oh, I've got a "friend" with a really embarrassing problem and my "friend" needs advice, so could you give me some so that I can tell my "friend" the advice that you've given me for "him"? [And then he starts laughing.]

[crowing]

Club her and drag her to the dance by her hair.

[binarysky]

I don't think that's a good idea.

[crowing]

Dude, it'll be perfect.

[brobeforehos]

For your friend, hm? Well, tell your friend that sometimes a direct question is the best compliment you could give her. Especially if the girl is nice, which I imagine she must be if someone like your friend likes her, since that means that even if the answer is a 'no', it wouldn't be so bad. Always better to be honest and confident, girls like that.

[binarysky]

What if you're not confident, though?

[brobeforehos]

No time like the present to start.

[virginwings]

If he's so interested in going with her, all he should do is ask her. Before some shithead does.

[binarysky]

Too late.

[virginwings]

What? How can it already be too late?