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NauticalCa
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23 Sep 2010, 3:34 pm

Hey gang,

Just looking for some advice on women-related issues. Normally I'm good at reading a situation but I'd like some input from a few people.

There's this woman I met at a conference a few weeks ago. There was some definite attraction to her on my part; she's lovely, dynamic and engaging. We played pool against each other and she beat me, but I didn't get all male-bruised ego on my part and had fun with it. Didn't take it too seriously. There were some moments of a few stares on both our parts. It felt really good, although I could be reading into it too much.

Anyway, I can feel a level of electricity with her, at least from my point of view. I said my goodbyes to her at the end of the conference, but I wanted to see her again. Thankfully, we both live in the same city.

So I find her on Facebook and friend request her - she accepts. We chat a bit over email and, finally, I decide to gamble and ask her out for coffee. Nothing big. She readily accepts and offers her number to me. Cool. We've had to re-schedule a few times since, though. We've both had to cancel a few times, too, but we're going out this coming week. The thing is, I'm not sure if I'm getting the right signals. Does this sound like a connection to anyone?

Of course, there's another woman in the mix that's causing drama for me too.

I've known this girl for years. Knew her back at university. She's also online with me - she's pretty cool, too. She comments a lot on my status updates and links. The thing is, though, is that she's also said to me at least three times how she "loves me so much" and how she admires my taste in music and such. We had an event to mutually attend and she messaged me about showing up at the same time as me, i.e. when I was going to be there, et al. She readily gave me her digits and contact info, too.

Again, does this sound like her being interested or just platonic?

Opinions, please. No judgments, I'm kind of stumped on these two.



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26 Sep 2010, 11:30 am

NauticalCa wrote:
Hey gang,

Just looking for some advice on women-related issues. Normally I'm good at reading a situation but I'd like some input from a few people.

There's this woman I met at a conference a few weeks ago. There was some definite attraction to her on my part; she's lovely, dynamic and engaging. We played pool against each other and she beat me, but I didn't get all male-bruised ego on my part and had fun with it. Didn't take it too seriously. There were some moments of a few stares on both our parts. It felt really good, although I could be reading into it too much.

Anyway, I can feel a level of electricity with her, at least from my point of view. I said my goodbyes to her at the end of the conference, but I wanted to see her again. Thankfully, we both live in the same city.

So I find her on Facebook and friend request her - she accepts. We chat a bit over email and, finally, I decide to gamble and ask her out for coffee. Nothing big. She readily accepts and offers her number to me. Cool. We've had to re-schedule a few times since, though. We've both had to cancel a few times, too, but we're going out this coming week. The thing is, I'm not sure if I'm getting the right signals. Does this sound like a connection to anyone?


Obviously you find her interesting on multiple levels: same conference, pool, communication and the all important physical proxmity. Because of that, it really doesn't matter if she finds you interesting or likes you - you go for it. Think about it: She may be the one, and do you let a few missed connections blow that? Watch the movie "Serendipity", lol.

Seriously though, most guys are interested in the chase and early on. However, the common interests are usually looks or one (maybe two) areas. It looks like you both share multiple common interests and if anything, might become friends but hopefully more.


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Of course, there's another woman in the mix that's causing drama for me too.

I've known this girl for years. Knew her back at university. She's also online with me - she's pretty cool, too. She comments a lot on my status updates and links. The thing is, though, is that she's also said to me at least three times how she "loves me so much" and how she admires my taste in music and such. We had an event to mutually attend and she messaged me about showing up at the same time as me, i.e. when I was going to be there, et al. She readily gave me her digits and contact info, too.

Again, does this sound like her being interested or just platonic?


Dating means you date multiple people. Only when you get to the commitment stage do you go "exclusive" with a relationship. She may be really interested in you and one can never tell - she may be the one. Go out, have fun and see where it goes. And yes, she seems interested.