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Hey there,
I had just a quick question that I am hoping to get some views on. Just curious as I haven't come accross this sort of situation before.
Here is the situation: last week I had to travel to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia for work. There is a girl living there who a mutual friend had tried to set me up with about a year ago prior to that. She is of Chinese descent and is quite pretty. Of course we live in different countries (I am in Perth, Australia), so while we added each other on FB and proceeded to chat away fairly consistently since December last year, I naturally couldn't easily meet up with her or anything, so I just enjoyed messaging her, but didn't think to take it any further than that.
Anyways, I mentioned to her a few months ago that I would likely be coming to KL at some point for work. She offered to show me around, but our messaging kinda dried up after that. Then about a month later I got a message from her asking if I was still coming to KL. I said I was soon at some point, and she once more offered to show me around, I sent her my itinerary etc.
When I was there we were both pretty busy (plus KL is a pretty big city and she works and lives sort of on the outskirts so getting in to the centre where I was staying wasn't easy for her) so I suggested we wait till friday night. When friday came along she messaged to arrange our meet and then said that she was bringing a guy friend along with her. I brushed it aside, thought to myself 'to win without fighting is best', and went out with them, had a good time, and paid each equal attention in conversation. Of course, I made sure I sat next to her at dinner and at the bar we went to, walked next to her and so on.
Interaction-wise she touched my shoulders a number of times, grabbed my arm to save me from KL traffic, and didn't try to stay away from me when I walked close to her or to generally seek this other dudes protection.
We had agreed to meet up again, once more me thinking it was just to be us two, but her friend came along as well, so once more, I just went with the flow and had a good time, though I was pretty tired on the last night. Interactions between us were similar to the night before - some physical touch initiated by her, and I enjoyed being in her company.
Once our evening had ended I messaged her to say I enjoyed meeting her and to ask if she wants to meet up for dinner when she comes to Perth next, which she said she would.
A couple of days later, I was wondering why a girl who had agreed to meet up for a couple of nights would all of a sudden spring a third person on us, as it made me feel kinda weird. As I have a few other dates lined up with different girls, and am therefore not too worried about her in particular (though I do genuinely like her - just being realistic), I thought I'd very politely ask why she bought along this guy. Her response was "Maybe I was shy."
So I guess I am curious about a few things:
1. When you set up a meet or a date with a girl and she brings along a third person, how do you guys act? Just go with the flow or jump ship (as clearly I wasn't going to get laid with some other dude around!) I can definitely see how that could annoy a lot of guys, and if it was an outing previously qualified by us as a date then I definitely would have bailed, but isn't it best to just act nonchalant, enjoy the night, and persist in trying to get her alone at some future point?
2. Why do girls do this?
3. If when enquiring why, she says she is shy, is that a good thing? I mean, I wouldn't be 'shy' around a person I wasn't attracted to and probably wouldn't tell them so if questioned, so is this a good thing here?
4. In general, how do you deal with shy girls? I guess you have to put a lot more effort in and persist, but any tips would be appreciated.
Cheers!
I had just a quick question that I am hoping to get some views on. Just curious as I haven't come accross this sort of situation before.
Here is the situation: last week I had to travel to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia for work. There is a girl living there who a mutual friend had tried to set me up with about a year ago prior to that. She is of Chinese descent and is quite pretty. Of course we live in different countries (I am in Perth, Australia), so while we added each other on FB and proceeded to chat away fairly consistently since December last year, I naturally couldn't easily meet up with her or anything, so I just enjoyed messaging her, but didn't think to take it any further than that.
Anyways, I mentioned to her a few months ago that I would likely be coming to KL at some point for work. She offered to show me around, but our messaging kinda dried up after that. Then about a month later I got a message from her asking if I was still coming to KL. I said I was soon at some point, and she once more offered to show me around, I sent her my itinerary etc.
When I was there we were both pretty busy (plus KL is a pretty big city and she works and lives sort of on the outskirts so getting in to the centre where I was staying wasn't easy for her) so I suggested we wait till friday night. When friday came along she messaged to arrange our meet and then said that she was bringing a guy friend along with her. I brushed it aside, thought to myself 'to win without fighting is best', and went out with them, had a good time, and paid each equal attention in conversation. Of course, I made sure I sat next to her at dinner and at the bar we went to, walked next to her and so on.
Interaction-wise she touched my shoulders a number of times, grabbed my arm to save me from KL traffic, and didn't try to stay away from me when I walked close to her or to generally seek this other dudes protection.
We had agreed to meet up again, once more me thinking it was just to be us two, but her friend came along as well, so once more, I just went with the flow and had a good time, though I was pretty tired on the last night. Interactions between us were similar to the night before - some physical touch initiated by her, and I enjoyed being in her company.
Once our evening had ended I messaged her to say I enjoyed meeting her and to ask if she wants to meet up for dinner when she comes to Perth next, which she said she would.
A couple of days later, I was wondering why a girl who had agreed to meet up for a couple of nights would all of a sudden spring a third person on us, as it made me feel kinda weird. As I have a few other dates lined up with different girls, and am therefore not too worried about her in particular (though I do genuinely like her - just being realistic), I thought I'd very politely ask why she bought along this guy. Her response was "Maybe I was shy."
So I guess I am curious about a few things:
1. When you set up a meet or a date with a girl and she brings along a third person, how do you guys act? Just go with the flow or jump ship (as clearly I wasn't going to get laid with some other dude around!) I can definitely see how that could annoy a lot of guys, and if it was an outing previously qualified by us as a date then I definitely would have bailed, but isn't it best to just act nonchalant, enjoy the night, and persist in trying to get her alone at some future point?
2. Why do girls do this?
3. If when enquiring why, she says she is shy, is that a good thing? I mean, I wouldn't be 'shy' around a person I wasn't attracted to and probably wouldn't tell them so if questioned, so is this a good thing here?
4. In general, how do you deal with shy girls? I guess you have to put a lot more effort in and persist, but any tips would be appreciated.
Cheers!