Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Slip Your Digits

I am a firm believer in the phrase "You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain." However, what is considered to be nothing? Is it literally nothing? Is it your self-esteem or ego? Is it the fact you will never see this person again? What does this phrase actually mean to you?

To me, the "nothing to lose" means that you will not have this opportunity again so take advantage because the rewards could be great and if they don't pay off, then its basically no skin off your back. Usually, I have this thought when I see someone I am attracted to and I think, I should totally just slip them my digits. If they don't call, no biggie because I will probably never see them again, and if they do, I should at least get a date out of it. Minimum. If the date is good, you could gain a boyfriend or even new male friend. If its bad, you will at least have a funny story to tell your friends. But if you don't give this guy your number, will you think "What if?" (Or you could just keep checking the Missed Connections section on Craigslist and hope someone is talking about you. TOTALLY KIDDING. But some people actually do that!)

This has happened recently with one of my friends and I on separate occasions and we had a long discussion about what to do in situations like this. We see a guy on the train, bus, waiting in line and have great eye contact, maybe a quick, cute smile, or even a conversation that you didn't want to end, but he doesn't ask for your number. Then you walk away kicking yourself thinking "Why didn't I just talk to him and/or give him my number?" I most likely won't ever see him again and I just blew my chance to potentially get to know him. I know, I know, if he's actually into you, he will ask for yours, right? But honestly, some guys just don't have the balls to do it. They fear rejection just as much as we do.

So ladies, maybe we have to grow a pair sometimes and just slip them our digits. Write your number down on a slip of paper, walk over to him (if you aren't near him already), shake his hand with that paper and tell him to give you call (maybe even throw in a sexy wink or something too). It's far easier than actually starting a conversation or directly asking someone for their number based on such little contact.  It will make you feel liberated. And the guy might actually think it's pretty cool that you did that. That action alone will give you confidence regardless if he contacts you or not. If he doesn't text/call you will run the scenarios in your head: Maybe he had a girlfriend? Maybe I read that situation wrong? Maybe he lost the paper? But then you will just remind yourself, its HIS LOSS and if you had to do it again, you would! On the flip side, if you give him your number unsolicited, not only will be you proud of yourself, and your friends will probably be impressed with your zeal, he might actually contact you. You'll be going about the rest of your day/night and then your phone beeps with a text from an unknown number "Hey, its _________, we met/saw each other today..."  And you are elated. If the convo sucks, you have lost nothing but a little time. And if you guys seem to hit it off, maybe you will grab a drink (or more) soon. Regardless of the outcome, you score major cool points for even giving out your number in the first place, and once again, just remember, "You had nothing to lose, and a lot to gain" so don't hesitate to try it again.

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  1. As long as you don't slip a business card I support this 100%!!!! Business cards are weird.

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  2. J̴̡̛̮̌̅̈́̒̈́̆͠o̷͍͕̭̅̓̍̋͛̓́̋̄͠ͅŝ̴͈͇͍̖̰͍̩͒̿̚͝e̸͇͐p̵̢̰̦͑̀̈́͆͗̕͜͠h̷̡̢͕̲̹͚͕̍͑͝ ̷̢̬̻̟̈́̋̍̾̕͜P̶͙͎̯̏̍ͅö̶̡̼̪̬̼̲͆̍͝ṟ̵̯͈̙̤̟̲̂̔́̐̾̑̆̂̉͜t̶̛͇̀̋̿͛̅̽̅̀͘ě̶̹̬͓̪̳̜̜̘̎̄̋̈́͜ͅr̴̢̳͚̠̞͍͊̓͜͝͠,̵̻̞͖̱̝̈́͛́̀̆͛ ̶͙̼̎͂̆͒͐͒͠J̶̨̢̡̜͕̮̘̺̎͂̏õ̴̪̩̖̩͕̱̥̬̓è̸̻͎̻ ̶̢͙̭̗̺͓̍͌̇̇Ṕ̵̱͛̀̀̽͝o̷̺̻̻̥̟̎́̆̀̋̇̚͝ṟ̴̹͚̞͓̺̹̗̀̓͂͗̋̃̿͠ͅt̴̠͓̟̬̞͇̼͙̰̉͒̊̍͜ȅ̴̥͋͛ŕ̴̨̡̳̦̙̭̱͗͑͗ ̸̙̻̦̺̥͂́f̷̩͙̭̖̘̏͌̊̈́́̈́̍͝ŕ̷̢̻͙͚͖͔̥̱͕̿̾͊̀͛̑͠ō̸̡̠̝̣̮̌͋͜ṃ̶̛̺̲̺͇̝̒͗͐̉̚̕͠͝ ̴̡̡̪̹̙͉̀̋̽͒̌̽͑͜ͅC̵̟͉̼̓͋̄͑̐̋͑̃̕h̶̪̮̫̭̺͕̭̬̱͐̉̎̓͜į̷̛̳̦̪͕̫̻̟̦͗̍͐̽̀̇͋̚͜c̸̭̱̥̣͚͆͊̕a̵̻̫͈̰͊́̀g̷͓̓̂̏̀̿̍͊̃ơ̸̢̢͖̯͓̞̂̌͝ ̷͉͉̲̬̪̦̘͚̓̽̂̋6̴͖̣̬̜̥̎̐0̷̧̺̭̫̝̩̤̼̣̓̑̓͜6̶̺̣̮͓̭̳͓͂̎̊̄͜͜͝͝ͅ5̶̧̗̤̪̩͕̞̬̥̏͊͋̎͗̑̎̋5̷͙̬̪̘̩͎̳̣͓̈́͐̆ ̸͙͇̲͚̃͜ͅć̵͔̜̯̊̉́̽̄̓̚l̷͎̭̥̙̥͇͓͇̤̈̀̏̂͆̽̈́̓͘͠ā̷̳̥̌̄̈̄̒́̄͝i̷͎̓̄̀͑͗m̵̛͍̟̮̻̳͌̌̎̀͘͝͝s̷̞͔̊̽̿̍̽͋͋̚͜͝͝ ̶̨̨̛̩͍̱̩̓͗͘͘͝ͅh̸̡̬̘̲́̆͆̽́̚̕e̴̘͈̲͛͗ ̸̬̖̤̰̻͈̆̀͋͊̕̚m̷̲̦̳͇̣̗̳͉̦̒͊͒̇͌̈́̈́͜è̴͓̔͒̄̀t̸̲̃͆̍ ̴̡̫̗̱́̀̏̀m̷̛͙͍̟̎̆̍̍͐ͅȩ̴̟̳͈̫͉̜̃͗̌̀͐̾ͅ ̴̧̥̙̟̫͖͎̺͊̈́̈̐͌ö̵̢̨͖̟͖́̆̑̔̄̕n̶̙͉͗͛͑ ̵͖̐̋̇̋̋̈́̇̈c̴̛̝͈̩̍͆̕͝r̸̭̒̾̈̂̐å̶̗̻̗̬̪͝į̸͇̘̰͛͗̀̓̒͘͝ͅg̸̗̲̝̝̋̀͝s̷̲̹̀̈́̑͑̑̕͠ͅl̴͎͉̳̟͇̱͛͋̔̏̋͌͐͝ị̴̻͈͓͉̼̻͇̗̲̾̐̃͝s̷̢̘̺̪̭̫͇̠͎̊̑̿͐̎́̌ͅẗ̷͙͍̣̩͔̋̓̎̓̃̇̑̅,̸̹̗̖̌́̓͝ ̶̨̱̫̮͖͍̜̞͈̅̎̍́̔ỏ̵̧͇ͅb̴̟̩͈͇̿̌̿̕ţ̶͔̪̥̄̈́̐̈́̈̃̃̚a̵̠̎i̴͙͔̩̬͑̋̉̉̂̈̆̈́͐̚͜ņ̶͓̺͉͍͕͓̆̀̃́̓͒̓͠͠͝e̵̜͉͙͓̱͙̣͋̿̐̊̾͘͝ͅͅd̷͓̮̒̐̅̍͛̄͐͜͝͠ ̴̨̢̪̬̮̫̯͐̈́͐̄m̸̛̠̭͍͔͎̰̦̭͋̈́̄̃́͗͝͝y̷̟̞͈̍͝͝ ̸̢͙̲͉̜̪̌̿e̵̛̼͝m̷͔͈̞̼̲̊̓ͅą̷̰̘̰͎̫̪̀̐̉̽̽̎̚i̶̜̥̫͙͉̪̞͖̭̓̅͂͠l̴̩̯̑̄̓̀̓͌̐̀ ̶̧͈̣̝̺͓̱̥̜͖̐͆͐̃̌̔̆́́͠f̷̨̢͈͕̲͔̃̽̓̈͐̽̌̚͘͠r̴̢̲͈̯̯̬̜͐͘͜õ̵̢̲̟̘̖̻̠͖̤̊͐̅̀̄͑̕m̴̹̪̟̰̖̻̞̭͗͌̉͒̊͋̇͘ ̴̛͈̪͉͉̩̜̄̑̈̍̊̋͋̊͛a̶͙͗̉̑͗̒̀̔͛̚ ̶̧͓̠̘͕̭̞̰̣̽̈͂m̶̢̼͔̦͖̦͚̜͈͔̽̎̿͗̈́̎̀̏̕u̶̡̫̱̬̯̣͛̅̀̍̊̔̌͗s̸̨̢͍̲̣̣̤̆͌̆̔͝ͅi̷̧͎̪̝̮̰̭̹͌͛͑̑̓̾͒̔̑͘c̶͖͍͐̐́̌͒̿͘ ̴͓̈̉͊̉̔͒̾͂͘͠b̶̯̖̖̯͚͈̮̻̝̀́a̵̳̩̥̻̯̽͑͌͝ͅǹ̷̫͋̀ḑ̶̬̫̰̭͍̬̱̆̅ ̸̜̔̒͒͝Ḯ̸͉̯̳̈́̕ ̴̘̠͍͌̇u̸͖̭͇̲̳̲͈̘͎̓̎̾̐̍̓͝s̴̡̨̫̤̠̠̱̘̀̓̓͛̒̇͛̈̕ȩ̸͖̝̤̰̳̙̗͒̓͐̔̀̌͑d̶̗̗̒̒̓͝͠ ̴̖͚̺̔̌̑̽͝t̸͙̗̂̄̀̊̇͑͘ǫ̶̰̱̬̼̟̱̓͌̈̈́͌̚ ̷̣̪̘̮́̅̏̈́̇͝b̶̲̹̭̥͈̱͚͉͖̓́̔͐̇͆̉̂ȩ̵͖̤̪̪̣̠̪̈́̇͝ͅ ̸̛͚̥̭̳͍̙̞̤͔͂̈̋̅̓́͆ï̸̳͚̼̦͚̲̦̺ṉ̵̩̓̏ ̴̧̛̳̻͍̃̀͌̈̌̽́̅1̵̢̧̺̦͍̯͉̻͙̌͛̄5̵̛̺̪̜́̄̀̅̃͆̚ͅ ̸̥͓̟͙͉̬̣͂̋̇̌̅̇y̴̨͇͉̱͗̀͑͘̚e̴̛̘͚̺̥͑̑̀̇̉͑̈͋́ả̶͎̅̆̀̃͆ȓ̸̲͓̙̂s̶̡͉̪̘̳̫̞̯̹̭̈́̑̐̅̓̈́̽͆̚ ̵̢̮̣̦̥̝̀̄ả̷̜͚̦̱͓̤̤̙͑̅͌͊͝͠g̷̠̒̈ọ̶̝͆̉̂̃͗̈́͊̐̍,̵͖̳̤̫̥͚̕ ̷̢͉̫͈̺͓̻͊s̵̡̤͓̲̫̮̀͂̈́̀̒̇̽̔̋ȩ̵̮͖͚̦̍͘x̸̨͓̘̪̪̯̻̀̾͌͜͝ủ̷̡̺͙̭͆a̸͚̻̱̜͍̝͇͔̲̰̎͐ļ̵̱̫̥̜̱̣͎́̉͠l̷̥͔̥͖͊͆͐̕͝y̴̱̰͚̭̟̲͇̫̦͝ͅ ̴̢̢͖̭̭̍͛̈̎̍̕h̶̠̻͍͍̟͂͘͝a̴̛̳͑̀͒̃͒r̵̲͉̃͒͌̃̐a̸̮̱̳̅͐̽̈́̊̔͂͌͐̕s̵̢͙̾͆͆͂̈́̉ş̵̢̛̝̳̗͈̱̰͉̃̂̚ē̷̛̤̟͖͕̻̃̉͗̈́͊̒̐͝ş̸̖̤̠̖̙̰̈͋͋͜͜ͅ ̷̰̯͇̩͚͎̪̗̀͗͒m̶̨͚̯͙̝̦̖̈̌̈͗͛̈̽̀ͅe̷͈̝̻̤͕̋͑ ̵̗̖̦̼̲̔̇͐̒̆̋͛̅͆͝ą̶̨͙̝͎̞̤́̾͒̂̕͜n̶̨̪̣͔̥͖̘̦̊̉͒͜d̷̨͔͋̿̓͌́͆̈́ ̸̢̨̞͕̾ͅs̷̢͇͔̔͊̉̇͆͌̔ͅẹ̵͎͈̰̣͆͝ṋ̴̡͎͎̱̲̱̯̬́d̵̺̞̫̻̻̃s̵̝͖͈͊ͅ ̷̢̠̪͇̞̺͖̮̠̮̋̊͆̒̑͐̈̓͘͘m̸̜̉̔͆͑̉̈͝e̸̱̙̠͆͒́́̍̍̕͠ ̶̳̦̈́ḑ̵͓̬̪͙̳̓ȩ̸̢̺̼̱̘̜̤͕̮̏́̐̋͝ą̷̨̹͔̖̬̩̫͙̿̀́̈͗̔̕ͅṱ̸̊̎̂̒̋͘͠h̴̭̮͈̺͙̖̓̾͗̆͒̏͜͠͝͠ ̷̗͇̯̩̦͚̤̲̟̪̀͗͗̋͐͊́͌̕̕t̴̟̑̊́̐h̶̡͔͔̦̫̳̠̀̑͒̊̄̿̍͛͜r̴̥̘͂̔̂̿͊̈́͘̚͝e̸̢̦̟͖͉̖̊͆ͅa̴͇̠̼̘̮̞͓͍̽͛̊̊͑͆̕͠ť̶̲̯̳̞͚̭̪̮͉͐͒́̅̐͝͝ś̶̻̹͇͖͙̅̃ ̷̧̞̗͎̙̻̫̹̳̈́̓̓

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