the dating game
today, i shall request the kind help from all my friends to answer a question posed to me recently. “how obvious should someone get before the other person realizes it?”. this is of course in relation to how obvious must you be, to actually get the other person to notice that you are noticing them. confusing eh. let me just draft you some of the “things” attempted by the poor bloke lately:
1) it’s freaking irritating to see him start sms-ing every single time he has the opportunity, to say ‘hi’ to the lady
2) he has offered to send her home now and then. trying to be the valiant knight in shining armour, i presume
3) he has asked her out for lunch countless times
4) has personally attended to her when she was feeling ill and made it a point to go out of his way to show his “caring” side
5) has asked her politely for a movie date
sounds like a doormat, just like me hang in there <name withheld for privacy reasons>, the good blog buddies may just have some answers for you. so my friends, do you think it is obvious enough the poor sod is interested in the lady. or does he have to literally write it down in black and white and send it via snail mail? because i think he might just do this. act of desperation on the lonely bachelor’s part.
admittedly, i’m also curious on your opinions. based on my past experiences, the lady maybe playing it cool, i guess. or, she is just really un-interested. since, i’ve re-joined the rat race, i figured it wouldn’t hurt to start updating myself again on the finer points of courtship and dating. hehe. shan, i think we should start forming a support group of some sort for the “doormat dudes”. i suggest the name, “hopeless anonymous”. so fire away people! Yvy, what do you think? good to hear from the ladies side as well on this.