Question Posted Thursday January 25 2007, 10:27 pm
SO i like this guy, and he asked me to my high school's Winter Semi-Formal. Everyone has been telling me he'd been planning it for a while.
Everyone is also telling me that he likes me, and I can't help but wonder that also. We flirt all the time. And, he ASKED ME TO THE SEMI-FORMAL!
I really want to go out with him, so should I ask him out? The formal is Feb. 10, so should I ask him before then, or just wait and see what happens after?
Xenolan answered Thursday January 25 2007, 11:12 pm: First things first. He's asked you to this dance, apparently put a lot of thought into it, and he seems to want to make quite an evening of it. He wants to treat you to a great time - the best thanks you can give him, and the best compliment, will be to go along for the ride and not suggest anything further until the date is at least halfway done.
Why? Because he wants to show you what a great guy he is, how terrific he thinks you are, and how much fun you can have together. Believe it or not, for you to ask for commitment at this point will be disappointing - even if he wants to! Give him a chance to be charming and impress you; you'll both have fun with it. To ask him out now would be like going into a theater to see a really good movie, and then they put the last reel on first by mistake so you see the end before the beginning.
You need to let the first act play out, so to speak. Of COURSE he likes you - guys don't ask girls they don't like to go to a dance with them. You have little to worry about on that score.
During the date, if things are going really well, feel free to tell him you'd like to see him more often, and if you want to you can tell him you'd like to go out with him (you CAN do that, despite what the previous responder said - we don't live in the 1950s anymore, and nowadays it's perfectly permissible for the girl to ask the guy out). It might be kind of fun for you to drop hints until he picks one up and asks you out, but you certainly don't have to play it like that.
Here's a way to look at it: remember "Jerry Maguire"? Right at the very end, Tom Cruise comes into the room and launches into a speech about how much he loves Renee Zellweger, and how important she is to him, and how desperately he needs her. Her response, after listening to five minutes of this, is "You had me at Hello." Even if that's the case - even if this guy doesn't need to prove himself to you at all - let him do it anyway.
rick505 answered Thursday January 25 2007, 10:52 pm: He asked you to the Dance. That means he doesn't like anyone else or he would have asked them. The dance is the perfect opportunity to see if he wants to go out with you on a regular basis. Feb 10 is not so far away and if you really hit it off at the dance you can help him take the next step. If he is too shy wait till he is dropping you off after the dance and ask him what he is doing the next weekend and whether he would like to catch a movie or something. His answer determines whether he gets the goodnight kiss or not. [ rick505's advice column | Ask rick505 A Question ]
gateway01 answered Thursday January 25 2007, 10:46 pm: In my opinion, wait and see what happens at the Semi-Formal. By all means HE should be the one to ask You out, not the other way around. As a man, i know how embarrassing that would be. So the best thing you can do is give him hints (Make sure there stong because he still is a man) that you'd like to see him again. After the dance ask him what's on his agenda and if he says nothing then tell him you'd like to get together again sometime. That should be enough for him to ask you.
Hope I could help o^-^o [ gateway01's advice column | Ask gateway01 A Question ]
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