OK, ladies... Imagine for a moment that you're in a public place like a grocery store, a shopping mall, a farmer's market, a laundromat, etc. Someplace you'd be sober, and minding your own business. You might be dressed nicely, but not to kill. You're there alone or with some girlfriends, but don't have a boyfriend with you. If you're a single Mom, maybe you have the kids with you, maybe you don't.
I'm there minding my own business, too. At least, until I see you. I didn't go there looking to meet girls, but having seen you I don't want to miss what could be my only chance to meet you, and I want to make the right impression. Which is: I'm a nice guy, but don't think I'm not also a little naughty when the time is right. I might not mind being friends, but I'd be more of a friend "with benefits" than in the "friend zone". I want you to be thinking of me as a potential date/lover by the time I'm through. I *DON'T* want you thinking of me as just another guy who hit on you, or a new "friend" you made - at least, not until we gave "more than friends" the 'ol college try!
Also, If we go based on looks alone, you're probably out of my league. I'm not bad looking, but you're a knock out - good looking enough, at least, to make a guy who's just running some errands stop and take notice. But I've got a lot going for me if we can get past my basic guy next door looks, and I'm not afraid to approach you. And I'm smart enough to know that guys probably stare at you all day long, or make crude comments, or try in some miserably inept way to hit on you, and likewise some smarmy player types are hitting on you too, and that you're probably fairly annoyed with it all much of the time - so I'm going to take a different, or at least more original, or bolder approach. Somehow I'm going to level that playing field...
So how should I do it? What could I say or do that would rock your world just a little? My goal is simple: to either walk away with your phone number, and you hoping I'll call soon, or to at least make your day, and leave you feeling good about yourself. A home run would be we're leaving there together for coffee, and who knows what... but in your mind anything is still possible as we walk out the door. A base hit would be me leaving you feeling flattered and with a positive enough impression of me that, should we ever run into each other again, you'd turn the tables and approach me. Striking out would be leaving you wishing guys like me would just leave you alone.
So, suggestions? What do you wish guys would do in these situations, that most either don't think of, or haven't got the guts to do?
