WHAT?

[agentotter]

You guys, there's a new guy working at the art store. He's cute and he's into art and HE WAS WEARING A UTILIKILT. The ways in which he is clearly perfect for me are legion. Well, okay, there are at least three of them, as stated above. How do I get from "he's cute and he's wearing a kilt" to crazy, crazy sex? HOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS?!

How did I avoid ever learning these important life skills? *sadness*

Comments

[sara]

"Hi, I'm Otter. I'm very, very bad at this, so I'm just going to come out and ask: would you like to go get coffee?"

(Look, I pretty much seduced my husband with, "I can't talk to you about how I feel about you. You would never talk to me again." I have subsequently seduced him with, "It's been too damn long since I've gotten laid. You should stop farting around on the computer and come to bed." Subtle I am not. And yet, I think that if one is really inept, it's better to just own it.)

[j00j]

I am also quite bad at these things (thankfully, my partner made the first move and has been delighted with all subsequent moves I have made. just saying stuff works! I don't need to be smooth!). I think sara's suggestion is perfectly good-- many people are also bad at this or will at least understand being awkward. "Nice kilt" might also be a decent starting point. You could talk about kilts? This might lead to innuendo?