Should i ask Irene on a date? - Page 3

CorpusScorpius · July 26, 2003, 00:48

Just do like good ole Mick Dundee & grab Her crotch to make sure

Ted Striker · July 26, 2003, 00:48

true, always check the hands

then the hips

Skanky Burns · July 26, 2003, 02:31

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
The size of the hands and feet are a more reliable guide....but anyway........

Is that from experience?

Ted Striker · July 26, 2003, 02:34

Main_Brain · July 26, 2003, 04:20

Hooray.
Go You!

Drake Tungsten · September 20, 2003, 08:06

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Laz and the Gimp is the expert on these office romance matters - He's helped many young hopefuls. I hope he sees this thread.

I need your guidance, Laz, preferably localized to a Japanese officeplace.

Bereta_Eder · September 20, 2003, 08:10

Ask her. Out. Even if it doesn't work out, she'll respect you for it.

Drake Tungsten · September 20, 2003, 08:13

I'm not worried about asking her out. That's ****ing easy. I'm worried about the effects the practically inevitable break-up is going to have on my relations in the workplace. I don't want to make my time at work a living hell.

Bereta_Eder · September 20, 2003, 08:15

I wasn't talking to you strumf.

Q Classic · September 20, 2003, 08:18

effects of a practically inevitable breakup? make sure it's a good, clean one, with no bitter feelings.

dunno how likely that is. probably as easy as reentering the earth's atmosphere.

Drake Tungsten · September 20, 2003, 08:20

I love you, paiktis.

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dunno how likely that is. probably as easy as reentering the earth's atmosphere.

That's what I figured.

Bereta_Eder · September 20, 2003, 08:27

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Originally posted by Firelad
Her name is Irene! Do you know what I'd do to date somebody named Irene??? Ask her out!
Lucky bastard

I have

Hence I'm a bit partial in this thread. Proceed with caution.

Bugs ****ing Bunny · September 20, 2003, 08:31

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Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I need your guidance, Laz, preferably localized to a Japanese officeplace.

What on? Feng Shui?

How about some background details, you daft bugger?

Drake Tungsten · September 20, 2003, 08:41

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How about some background details, you daft bugger?

Sorry.

The nurse at the school I work with is a very fit bird and I know she likes me, but I've stayed away up until now because I don't want to **** where I eat. I'm worried that going out with her will come back to bite me in the ass, since any relationship is almost assured to end eventually, after which I'll be known as the gaijin who broke the adorable young nurse's heart. No surer way to gain the ire of the ladies at work and probably most of the men.

With this in mind, I've been trying to stay away, but she sits right across from me and just looks so damn hot all the time. I know I can have it if I want it and my resolve is slowly weakening, so I'm trying to come up with an ingenious way to have my cake and eat it too.

The only option I can think of right now is to have a secret romance. I hear that's the tactic of choice in Japan, but I'm not really sure if it will work for me. The Japanese are amazing gossips and it's hard for me to buy groceries without being noticed, let alone carry on a secret relationship. I'm pretty sure we'll get found out very quickly, which doesn't really solve my problem.

Got any better ideas? I'd be grateful to hear them.

Bereta_Eder · September 20, 2003, 08:43

Harakiri

Bugs ****ing Bunny · September 20, 2003, 09:40

Your problem is that you don't want to share a workplace with an ex.

Are you in some form of indentured slavery? If it's that much of a worry you, or her, can always change jobs- most people don't work more than a few years with one employer after all.

Anyway- she might not fancy you. You won't know until you ask her.

Drake Tungsten · September 20, 2003, 09:56

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Your problem is that you don't want to share a workplace with an ex.

Sort of. It's more like I don't want to share a workplace with my ex and all the other people at work who are in the same in-group as her, a group I can never be a part of due to my ethnicity. I can deal with the akwardness around an ex, but not with everyone I work with.

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Are you in some form of indentured slavery? If it's that much of a worry you, or her, can always change jobs- most people don't work more than a few years with one employer after all.

I'm teaching English on a certain government program, so I can't really transfer. I'll be heading back to America in two or maybe three years, which is part of the reason that any relationship is bound to end eventually.

She can't really transfer, either, as she is told where to work by the prefectural government. And people do work for one employer for many years here.

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Anyway- she might not fancy you.

It would actually be better for me if she didn't, but I'm almost certain she does. I don't want to ask her flat out, however, as that would give it away to the whole office that I like her.

Also, since I'm still nominally commited to a "don't **** where you eat" policy, it would be rather silly to ask her if she fancies me. If she says "yes", it would be rather dumb to reply with "Alright, I was just checking. See you tomorrow!"

Bereta_Eder · September 20, 2003, 10:02

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Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
a group I can never be a part of due to my ethnicity

No. You can't be a part of them due to you being an arsehole and a bit of a sissy.

Drake Tungsten · September 20, 2003, 10:04

You're not even trying anymore, are you paiktis?

Bereta_Eder · September 20, 2003, 10:14

Just trying to help you.

Urban Ranger · September 20, 2003, 10:57

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Originally posted by Richelieu
I don't think she would actually. I guess my questin should have been : Should i start dating Irene? knowing that i might move in a couple of months.

How would you know what will happen in two months?

SKILORD · September 20, 2003, 12:20

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Originally posted by Richelieu
Here are some of the facts.

1 - We're co-workers. We we work in the same cube farm, but we don't really have to interact as far as the work is concerned.
2 - I'm already looking for work somewhere else (i'm at a dead end there professionaly) and i've started to get offers but... i'd have to move to Montreal.

We've been sending each other signals and we both know what's going on. It's even to the point where i know she's starting to wonder if i'm not just playing her since she's being so open about it. So i have to decide pretty soon whether i make my move or not.
Either i go for it or i tell her that i don't think i'm at the right place in my life for this.

Whaddayathink?

So... you might have to move away and you'd never see her again?

That may well be a perfectly good reason to date her. Have a short, fun relationship and to hell with the consequences when (if) you move away.

If you wanna be a sappy b*st*rd you could 'confess' that you're gonna move away. You seem like the sort to do this, I know this because you opened up this thread.

So, just have fun. Date the broad and don't take the relationship seriously. When I advise you not to take it seriously I'm not saying that you should abuse her (emotionally) or anything, just saying that you should have fun rather than obsessing over strange notions like 'commitment'.

But in the end it's up to you.

Oerdin · September 20, 2003, 12:32

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Originally posted by Firelad
Her name is Irene! Do you know what I'd do to date somebody named Irene??? Ask her out!
Lucky bastard

"Come on Irene."
"Co-ooome on IRENE!"

Oerdin · September 20, 2003, 12:33

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Originally posted by Ted Striker
true, always check the hands

then the hips

I always thought the adam's apple was the best way to ferrit out the cross dressers.

Oerdin · September 20, 2003, 12:34

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Originally posted by paiktis22
Ask her. Out. Even if it doesn't work out, she'll respect you for it.

Either that or she'll point and laugh.

Ming · September 20, 2003, 12:43

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Originally posted by paiktis22
No. You can't be a part of them due to you being an arsehole and a bit of a sissy.

Any more posts like that will earn you yet another vacation in the isles

SKILORD · September 20, 2003, 13:11

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Originally posted by Oerdin

Either that or she'll point and laugh.

but who gives a f***, you're going to Canada.

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Another thing, be yourself. For once truely be yourself. Never compromise who you are, because you're moving to Canada. She'll either love you for it or..... what the hell, you're moving to canada.

Oerdin · September 20, 2003, 13:37

Alright, our little bashful want to be office romancer posted this thread nearly two months ago. I want an update. Did he ask her out or did he go hide in a cubical?