asking out a coworker
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| Sat, 09-16-2006 - 9:26am |
We've got a new girl at work. She and I seem to get along pretty well, when she leaves at night she passes by my dept., gives a little wave, smile and says "goodnight". She's pretty cute, nice, funny and I like her nerdy glasses too ;-)
I have very good reason to believe that there is no boyfriend in the picture. She's never mentioned one. She just had her birthday and the only celebrating she was going to do was have dinner with her parents. So I think I should make a move and ask her to dinner.
What is the best way to try to get her alone to ask her to dinner? I'm thinking that I should probably try to catch her alone in the breakroom sometime. She's got to pass my department to get there w/her lunch, so that might be a good opportunity to snag her ;-)
Anyone think I'm on the right track? Any other suggestions? I want to be careful and very informal about the whole things since she's a coworker.


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I have been dating a co-worker for many months, and am very happy. We are in diff. departments with diff. schedules, so that may help us avoid the pitfalls that may sometimes come along with dating in the workplace. Our romance sprung through inter-office email - he asked me some questions about what exactly I do in my job, which I found rather flattering, as most people don't care :) Then he got my number, and the rest is history.
I don't think work is a bad place at all to find dating material - it gives you probably a few things in common right off the bat, and it makes complaining about work a whole lot easier!
Good luck!
Go for it. Ask her what she's doing for lunch sometime and if maybe she'd like to join you.
I see nothing wrong with showing interest in a co-worker. I've known plenty of people who met at work and fell in love and even got married.
I don't think it's right not to consider dating someone just because they work at the same company. I understand the arguments as they are valid ones, however, we spend most of our time at work and we are bound to meet someone interesting.
Yeah, I was going to try to snag her Friday before I left, but things were a little busy and I was in a rush to get to my cousins soccer game so I didn't get the chance to snag her before I left. Drats!!!!! And I'm off Monday so I won't get the chance to chicken out again until Tuesday - lol.
Maybe I need someone to send me a stern email telling me not to leave the building Tuesday until I've asked her out ;-)
let us know if/when you do ask her out!
Well....
I told her I was thinking of going to a certain restaurant/bar after work tomorrow (Friday) night and asked if she'd like to go.
She (still looking at her computer screen) said: "Ummmmmmmmm.....long pause......I don't know if I'll be here tomorrow afternoon"
So, she said "no"
Oh well :-)
If not, I'd say you gave it your best shot and move on.
Next!
Don't feel bad. Surely there will be others. Keep trying.
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