Wednesday 22nd June 2011
by Ganda
There’s a guy walking down 4th Ave. about 10 feet ahead of me. He turns around to look at me.
GUY: Excuse me. You’re gorgeous.
ME: [laughing] Thank you.
We walk about five more steps.
GUY: Can I give you my number?
ME: [laughing] No, thanks.
We walk two more steps.
GUY: Well, I had to ask.
We continue walking up 4th Ave., he about 15 paces ahead of me. He doesn’t turn.
We reach the end of the block. Dammit! Now I feel weird. I can’t decide if I should slow down or not.
I duck into the gas station to hide for a few minutes, wondering, am I being weird? Or is he being weird?
So who IS the weirdo here?
I’d say creepy because you were on 4th ave and also, just turning around and talking to a strange is auto-creepy. But his apology moves it from creepy to cute category. Gotta give him props for at least trying.
creepy not romantic! and why did he ask to give you his number nto vise versa. completely awkward. no wonder you hid in a gas station. i wonder if he just goes round doing that until he scores… but maybe i’m a british sceptic
Creepy? Certainly yes. Flattering? Also yes. Amateurish? Again yes. You being weird? Nope, natural reaction. The “You’re gorgeous” line was inappropriate for the setting. In a bar? Opening line? Sure, but certainly well-worn. Where are you now on this thing? It never hurts being called gorgeous, beautiful, handsome, etc.
He took a shot and was polite enough to move on after you shut him down. Sorry, but I think your reaction is a bit creepy.
I don’t think “you’re gorgeous” is a romantic line. It’s creepy no matter what he looks like.
This has happened to me several times, except THEY ask for my number and so it becomes super creepy – especially when you’re just doing something random like walking down the street, waiting for the train, etcetera. The fact that he asked if he could give you his number was a sane move. I probably would have still said no if I wasn’t interested, like you were, but it’s not as creepy a move as it could have been.
*missed
i agree re romantic. also, if you had not forsaken your iphone, you could have snapped a photo and satisfied our collective curiosity re his looks. i smell a mixed connection
this is super sweet and not creepy at all. unless he’s SO ugly that he’d have a right to assume by turning around and looking at you he’d totally freak you out. it’s a pretty brave, sweet thing to do (romantic even!), as long as he’s demure upon rejection.
i do wanna know what he looked like, tho.
I’m assuming this was Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn? Why do you not walk up to Fifth Avenue immediately?!? Fourth Ave. is so sketch. Especially with this weirdo dude.
I guess I would ask … was he hot? If not, then he was creepy. If so, then you have to re-evaluate things.
I dunno, he wasn’t unattractive. But I was not attracted. I think part of the reason I felt weird was that when I left yoga this evening, I decided to put a tshirt on over my leggings instead of the dress I wore to work, so I was feeling a bit indecent.