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A true cinephile (media.piefed.world)
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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 273 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

When I was in college, I was pretty into a girl, but was too nervous to ask her out. I'm also famously oblivious.

A few months into this, she texts me saying she needs someone to peer review a paper, and wants me to come over to her place the next night around 10. She also specifically says her roommate will he out and she knows neither of us are seeing anyone, so we'll both be free to meet up.

So I go over there, and she comes out wearing yoga pants and a sports bra. I figure she's wanting to go to bed pretty soon.

She asks if I want a drink, and I ask for some water..She grabs it for me and sits next to me on the couch, and I lean in and.... ask for the paper.

She's like, "Oh, yeah." And she goes and prints it out and brings it to me.

It was pretty rough, and I peer-reviewed the shit out of it. I show her a bunch of mistakes and stuff, tell her she has some work to do, and leave.

I didn't realize how much of a seemingly-cruel dumbass I was for like a year.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 101 points 2 weeks ago

Oh god, this is painful.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 73 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh man, I can feel the pain of that realization hitting in the middle of the night a year later.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Once at a music festival I was chatting with a girl while standing in line. We talked for about an hour, did our shopping together and when we were returning to our camps, she said "I'm over there, under that banner if You would like to find me later and hang out". I said "I doubt that I will find You in this crowd" and went to my camp. I realized what I have done even before reaching my tent. Is it worse to realize a year later or 12min later but still not be able to take it back?

[–] Benaaasaaas@group.lt 31 points 2 weeks ago

I mean 12 minutes later you still knew where to find her...

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

The eternal question. If the only difference is knowing, is knowing always better?

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 43 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not cruel, not a dumbass. She got what she asked for. If she wanted intimacy she should have communicated better.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So go text your crush right now that you want to go on a date with her this weekend. Putting yourself out there is scary. OPhad a crush on the girl but was too afraid to saw anything. The girl clearly had a crush on him to, and did her best and (from her perspective) got rejected. OP also wanted intimacy and didn't communicate that

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 2 weeks ago

He listened to the words she said and met her on that level. He went over to help a friend with homework, with no ulterior motive. That puts him ahead of more than 90% of guys in decency.

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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Not cruel, kinda a dumbass. But we all are at times, part of growing up. Oh well

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 35 points 2 weeks ago

This is on her. If she was interested she would have suggested a make-out break before getting started.

[–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have been so depressed this week and you just made me laugh so hard and for so long my cat came into the room to check on me. I can totally relate to the obliviousness. I wouldn't recognize flirting if you wrote it on a sign and held it in front of my face

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The funny thing is I'm generally excellent at reading people, except when it comes to romantic stuff involving me. Reading people is a huge part of my job, and I'm excellent at what I do.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What do you do?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I work in the development office of a very small municipality with very wealthy, powerful residents. My exact role and the nature of the city for which I work are both fairly unique, so I really don't like going into too much detail. I get Open Records requests from major publications regarding cases I work on fairly frequently, and I'd rather not have one of their web searches find my Lemmy account.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 weeks ago

while yeah hindsight is clear.. that's the right way to play that. it's on her to make the move in that position, not for you to make her uncomfortable

[–] digredior@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Aaaaand? What happened after that year?

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

A lot of carrot waxing.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck bro. I feel pain for you after reading that.

[–] cokeslutgarbage@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

The year after i graduated college i went back to visit for some alumni thing. I ran into this guy i had been flirty with the year before and he invited me over to his room to "hang out". When I got there, he had just done laundry and had clean sheets he needed to put on his bed. I offered to help. I offered by sprawling my whole body, ass up, across his bed so I could tuck the corner in.

And then...

I helped him make his bed and clean the rest of his room. And we had a really nice chat and catch up. A couple of hours later, we hugged goodbye and I left.

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[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago

I mean yeah she did come over to watch a movie.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 49 points 2 weeks ago

Listen up, woman. I didn't spend all this money on speakers to watch shit on a postage stamp.

Now hold still while I fire up Jellyfin.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 48 points 2 weeks ago

Kudos for staying true to your values.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You should have put on some erotica, just to rub it in.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Those two sure look like they're having a good time, huh?"

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I was this dumb when I was a teenager.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

i still am

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Same. I like to think I've gotten older/wiser, but in reality, I do not believe I have.

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah we all got one of these stories, I think I might have three. At least

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 5 points 2 weeks ago

Three? What are you, a virgin? It took 20 to lose mine.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

I left a bag at a house party one time, went to pickup the bag the next days and completely missed all the clues from the girl who I'd been flirting with on and off in the lead up to the party. I kick myself when I think back to it.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I’ve gotten plenty of hand jobs on the couch. Nothing wrong with the living room.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

That's gonna be difficult with the separate recliners, but I promise it's worth it. They're placed exactly right for the best visuals. Here are your headphones.

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 weeks ago

Me too. My wife tells me to cut it out while she's trying to watch her shows though.

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[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago

F

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Y'all out here being handsome oblivious motherfuckers women hit on, meanwhile I'm just ugly.

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

It's all relative man. Sure you might be ugly on a scale of 1-10 but a subset of that scale like 1-3 you might be still be ugly but if you expand the scale, say from -3-1 you the too dog man! Just find yourself a -3 and she'll want to watch movies on a laptop on your bed, just make sure you reinforce the bed frame.

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[–] Meeshall65@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Once i had a girl sleep over, because she missed the last Train. When i asked what Music she would like to hear, she said "let's go to bed" by the Cure. The next 4 times i asked her, she said the same thing. I remember thinking "gee she must really love that song". #autism

[–] sleepycapibara@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Coffee’s not coffee; coffee is sex! People this stupid shouldn't be allowed to live

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Coffee is horrid disgusting bean soup that exists to get workers with too much overtime addicted to a stimulant to keep them working.

Drink tea instead. We didn't do two opium wars and a spot of good old fashioned imperialism just to supplant the tasty fermented leaf for a bitter jungle bean. Much more civilised.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had a somewhat similar situation but involving 3D modelling on a laptop. However, I was very aware I was being hit-on, but I just didn't care. I was in "the zone" making something for my project and didn't want to stop.

[–] bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

be silent wench, I need to finish this first

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Way back when I was a student, I was at a girl's place for some project we had to do together, and she (and this is going to date me) showed off her stereo setup that she had hooked up to her PC to play Wolfenstein 3D. Later we also ended up watching TV on her couch together.

It took a decade before that quarter finally dropped.

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