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AK47sForEveryone
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So I went on a trip to visit a friend of mine on the east coast last week. On the 5 hour plane trip back home to california I sat next to perhaps one of the most attractive girls i've ever met (she had a British accent too, which made her that much more attractive). She asked me about the book i was reading and we ended up talking for the entire 5 hour flight. The more we talked the more attracted I found myself. we ended up sharing my headphones to watch the flight movie. And when the flight was over i walked her to the baggage claim even though i hadnt checked any. Then as we were parting ways shes said "it'd be nice to see you around" and me being the insecure dumb-ass i am, said, "yeah i'll see you around" then I turned and walked away without getting a phone number or any kind of contact information.... I walked out by the pick up curb to wait for my ride then I thought "what the fuck am i thinking?" and I ran back to the baggage claim to try and find her to no avail. It was like a scene out of a movie, I didnt think things like this really happened... At any rate, I'm not normally a very quixotic or sentimental person, but I cant stop thinking about this girl. She goes to the santa barbara university that is like a 2 hour drive from where I live. Would that be totally creepy or weird of me to drive down there to try to find her? If you were in her situatiion would you be freaked out by someone going that far out of their way to find you? Thanks for any thoughts...
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you aren't driving 2 hours and hunting around campus so she isn't threated and it's a more socially relaxed environment there as well
I mean, you know her university so it seems like it'd be feasible to suss out some contact info without driving two hours in a display of semi-creepy obsession.
Yes.
Try facebook, myspace, and even google. You might have some luck there. Otherwise, just take this as a lesson and hope for another hot british accent girl to talk to you soon.
If you cant find her on facebook or myspace whatever, consider it a lesson to ask next time you meet someone youre interested in!
So, don't stress, things will happen or they won't. No need to worry about what ifs.
Dude, it doesn't matter if she doesn't know its creepy, you'll know. I mean, I think lots of people have done this to a lesser extent..you know, show up to a store where someone you like works, etc. But you want to drive two hours, and just walk around a university till you manage to somehow come across her.
That might work in the movies, but not real life.
If ever there was a time, it is now.
Be specific. Use her name, what flight, etc. Don't be that douche who just writes "hey, you were the cool girl I talked to on a flight the other day" because she'll never fucking know if it's for her.
DO IT.
This is very true. One of the things you'll start to pick up on after a while is that there are a lot of really cool, cute girls to meet. You goofed on this one. Take confidence from how well it went, and figure out what you screwed up this time, use it next time you meet a cool girl to actually get her number.
Yes it could go poorly, and yes you could earn a reputation as a stalker within your group of friends once they find out, but there is also the chance you show up, find her and she smiles and says something to the effect of "I'm glad you found me".
Look, people on here all the time say "man up" or "get some courage" this is the perfect time for that kind of thing. The worst case is she laughs at you and tells all her friends your a weird-o, best case is something comes of it. If you feel passionately enough to even think about going to those lengths to find her, DO IT. If your scared, thats the same thing that stopped you from getting contact info on the spot.
People will disagree, and think I am way off base here...but I did a similar thing: I met this girl in a coffee shop, had the best conversation of my life with her but didn't have the balls to find ask for her number. A few days later I was so wracked with confusion and wanting to know what would happen that I tracked her down, drove upstate to her uni and found her in the student union...we went out for a few months over the summer but broke it off once she had to go back to school (and we still talk pretty frequently). Yes it was mildly awkward when I walked up to her, but I just wore a smile and tried hard to be confident. It worked.
It may not work for you, but nothing BAD can come from it, you said you have friends in the area, you go try and say hi, then either go grab a drink with her, or meet up with your buddies and have a laugh. It would be quite creepy, but if you want something to happen, you can't just sit on your haunches hoping you get an e-mail off craigslist.
Plus, she has a british accent. Go for it.
Sorry to double dip so quickly but I have to correct this: Kyougu is TOTALLY correct. You have to walk up to her and fucking own it, no "Hi there...." you have to walk up and launch into it.
Sorry, I forgot to include that in my first post. Gotta act like no time has passed and your not trying to stalk her, act like she invited you to where ever she was. Not to the extent of imposing, but you sure as hell can't stand there tap her on the shoulder, blush, and nervously say "Hi".
Not that I'm trying to convince anyone that its NOT creepy, but she has a first name that's not too common so I figured I might be able to discreetly find out where she is from what class she's taking... I'm not saying that's what I'm going to do... I'm just saying...
it would be way less creepy to have a friend go look for you if he is in the area, but 2 hour drive... yeah way creepy
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In real life, this was the best possible course you could've taken: enormous effort that did not culminate in you showing up unannounced in the hopes that she was 1) thinking of you, 2) single, and 3) charmed rather than intensely uncomfortable with a virtual stranger's skill at locating her without her knowledge. I salute you, sir.
(It should go without saying that if it is her and she's put off by your wading through 20 pages to find her, driving down there might've scared her or worse.)
Hahaha, thats a great link to that onion story... I never would've gone through with driving 2 hours to skulk around a campus, i mean, i wasnt even brave enough to ask for a number.
At any rate, the message has been sent so now I wait...
Just be confident and get her gd phone number now, since before she practically told you to ask her for it.
Personally I wouldn't think its creepy at all to find her on facebook, in fact its quite acceptable. You guys obviously clicked and why wouldn't she be happy that you went through all the effort to finally find her. Its really sweet and it'll probably be a funny story to tell later.
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This is the best course of action. However, I would refrain from mentioning that it took you 20 pages of browsing to find her on facebook (or that you had to consult the Penny Arcade H/A/ Forums for advice). In fact, I would use it to your favor, as in "When we talked, you said this, and this, and this and I put them all together and found this" as if you were actually paying attention to what she said.
Also the Craigslist - Missed Connection can be a good hook. Be creative, and it may charm her. Be creepy or bland, and it may scare her off.
So I realized I had her email address because our mutual friend had sent us both an email earlier this year, and sent her an email explaining that I wanted to ask for her number, that I really enjoyed meeting her, and then I gave her my number and email address and asked her to write back or call me if she felt like it, and I'm going to leave it at that if I never hear from her again and assume she thought me tracking her down was shady.
What did you write to the girl in your situation?
(By the way, while actively hunting for someone is undoubtedly creepy, I salute you for putting in the effort to reach out to her and give her the option to reach back by sending her a message because that way, you really have nothing to lose. That's what made me decide to write to the girl I met--if she doesn't write back or call me, I haven't really lost anything because I never would have heard from her again anyway, and since I've already accepted the low likelihood that I'll ever hear from her again, getting anything back from her is really a win, and not hearing from her is simply breaking even).
Here it is copied... it only took me two hours to write... 8-)
"Do you happen to be the Anna that I sat next to on a 5 hour flight from the east coast this last weekend? If you are, I regret not mustering the boldness to ask you for your number. If it's not too weird, email me, I'd really like to get you a drink sometime. Thanks, I hope to see you around."
I kind of regret saying "If it's not too weird..." I'd rather not acknowledge or even hint at the amount of time I spent trying to find her.
Is your email or facebook logon AK47sforeverybody? Just saying most girls don't fall in love with a guy that recommends communist manufactured automatic assault weapons for the populace. Please keep us updated though.
Yeah that four year project I was working on? Started after the 2004 elections and ended after the 2008 elections. I have a fair bit of experience talking people into doing things they wouldn't ordinarily want to do (although I puss out when it comes to girls still), and the trick is to get to the ask quickly without hinting that there's a reason the other party should disagree. The short message is good, I agree you could have done without the "not too weird."
That said, here's my email:
Hi [name redacted],
So I'm kind of out habit when it comes to asking for phone numbers, and I kicked myself Saturday morning for not thinking to ask for yours when I met you Friday night. It also occured to me that I probably already have your email address from some things that [another name, also redacted] invited me to in the past. So in case this is you, I wanted to write and say I enjoyed meeting you this past weekend. My number is [oh you better believe that's redacted]-- if you'd like, call me or write back.
If this is not the right [name redacted], well, haha, serves me right.
That's what you wrote?o_O
Um, uh...good luck with that brother. Not to be a downer, but it's kind of lacking.
PS - "Anna" isn't that uncommon of a name.