This is going to sound really corny so I'll just lay it out.
There is a really hot girl in my honors trigonometry class at my school, and she just started her first semester about 2 days ago. So i worked up the courage to talk to her at the beggining of the class and we had a good meaningful conversation. I dont know how to lay it out to her, so I'm asking if anyone knows a good way to convince her to come on a date with me. We are having a snowboard trip in a few weeks, so I want to get to know her really well and ask her to come along. But I dont want to just lay it out and sound like a jerk. So I'm asking, whats a good way to do this? Any advice would be great.

This is about to turn in to another version of American Pie quickly. Help.

I don't know. Maybe one of the next times you will chat to here, ask her for her favorites sports and hobbies. So, you will know more about the passions in her life (girls are more emotional...) and if she tells you about skiing or snowboarding, you may have a hint...

"Hey, you wanna grab a cup of coffee after class?"

Posted by Shane "Hey, you wanna grab a cup of coffee after class?"

For sure. Start small and see what happens.

This is a tactic I have used many times in the past, and most of the time it works as far as getting to know someone, and what they like without being obviously interested (because some people feel threatened when the think they are being flirted with):

Start a conversation with her. Talk about some things you like. Tell her about this snowy adventure and gauge her reaction. Ask her questions so she doesn't feel like just an ear for you. Let the conversation flow into un-related interests or hobbies, and see what she says. Talk about a band or artist, ask her who she likes. What she listens to. Make comments on everything she says, be interested in what she has to say more than what you're saying. There are so many ways a conversation like this can lead to a [seemingly] innocent get-together; "You like that band too? I hear they're coming around soon, you gonna go to the show? Maybe we can go together" or "I've never tried Thai food... actually my friend told me about a really cool Thai place on Town Road and I've been meaning to check it out. Hey maybe we can have lunch there sometime".
Obviously some rather poo-ey examples, but I think you know what I'm saying.
Sometimes conversations like these go absolutely nowhere, and you can't find any common ground to build any sort of relationship, platonic or otherwise. If that's the case, maybe she's just shy. Those are the worst kinds, it's always so much harder to get to know them and whatnot.

Anyway, now I'm rambling. Good luck with the hot chick

well, since you can talk to her already, somthing like "hey, <her name here> want to go to coffee/tea/beer/chinese food/exploring/whatever else is halfway innocent and she has an intrest in with me?"

SNARFSTER!

What was the outcome of this situation!?

well, i did all of the things everyone reccomended and it worked! Thanks for the support Where going snowboarding with each other on friday, and I'm teaching her how to do it for her first time. I'll let you know how it goes.

kick ass my man, total rock and roll.

Yeah, Good luck!

Ok, so heres how it went. Thursday night, its a coincidence. We where both sick with that cold thats been going around, so we didn't do the snowboarding trip. Instead, I met her at the Starbucks near my house, and we sat up there and talked for a while, about 30 minutes. After that, we went over to my house, and since she had to be home around 5 and my parents weren't going to be home for a while, we had the whole place to ourselves, so I showed her how to play San Andreas on PS2, then we hung around for a while, and, lets just say this, we are officially going out now, after I left out a huge chunk of the story

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Posted by SnArF Ok, so heres how it went. Thursday night, its a coincidence. We where both sick with that cold thats been going around, so we didn't do the snowboarding trip. Instead, I met her at the Starbucks near my house, and we sat up there and talked for a while, about 30 minutes. After that, we went over to my house, and since she had to be home around 5 and my parents weren't going to be home for a while, we had the whole place to ourselves, so I showed her how to play San Andreas on PS2, then we hung around for a while, and, lets just say this, we are officially going out now, after I left out a huge chunk of the story

thats awesome snarf, Im glad it worked out so well!

best of luck to the both of you <3

Posted by Shane "Hey, you wanna grab a cup of coffee after class?"

Perfect! There you go SnArF, the perfect way to set up a get together. The worse she can do is say 'No'. If she says 'Yes', get together and chat for a while. Let her know about the trip and she may be interested in it. Above all, be yourself and don't go overboard in trying to impress her.


Edit: (with an embarassed expression): Just read the rest of the posts (should have done that before replying) and Way to go SnArF!

Dude, whats with the bumping up of old threads?

Posted by Particle Man Dude, whats with the bumping up of old threads?

If you're talking to me, combo of not sleeping properly and not paying attention to little details like, age of thread and further posts...

lol I broke up with this girl like 2 months ago... She said we where spending too much time together...

Let me explain her way of doing it too.

She waited for a special moment, one night I convinced my captain to take us up in the ladder truck at the fire station (I was lucky, you have to have a lot of damn respect to let them do that). It was just me and her, 105 feet above the city in the dark of night, with all the lights shining around us and the quietness, very romantic. I surprised her with roses, and I thought we would stay together forever.

Next morning she calls me up and says she wants to break up, and that we spend too much time together. Soo you could imagine i was pretty pissed off.

No one dies a virgin, life fucks us all.

-Patrick

What a bitch.

Posted by SnArF lol I broke up with this girl like 2 months ago... She said we where spending too much time together... Let me explain her way of doing it too. She waited for a special moment, one night I convinced my captain to take us up in the ladder truck at the fire station (I was lucky, you have to have a lot of damn respect to let them do that). It was just me and her, 105 feet above the city in the dark of night, with all the lights shining around us and the quietness, very romantic. I surprised her with roses, and I thought we would stay together forever. Next morning she calls me up and says she wants to break up, and that we spend too much time together. Soo you could imagine i was pretty pissed off. No one dies a virgin, life fucks us all. -Patrick

Ouch! That really hurts! At least she didn't wait until you got married to her and then really screw you for spousal support etc!