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From: chu@lasspvax.UUCP (Clare Chu)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Recommendations on asking a person out on a date
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Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 19:33:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 27 19:33:22 1985
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Summary: 

>	"Would you like to go out sometime."


   My suggestion is to ask the person to a specific type
  of activity leaving the date and time open.  For example
  if a someone likes to ski, it would be highly unlikely
  for them to turn down a ski trip.  You could work out
  the details later.  The key is to get the person interested
  in the activity.  Now if you ask our skier, "How about
  getting together sometime, ah...a movie?...or...duh, I
  don't know."  It'll be easy for him/her to say, "Well,
  I'm busy..."  Hopefully if the person likes the particular
  activity, he/she'll react positively to anyone who suggests
  their favorite sport or recreation.  Get it?  (Not everyone
  likes movies or conventional dating hangouts.)
    Also, asking someone to go skiing or rockclimbing or
  sailing or jogging does not connotate a "date" but allows
  you to get to know that person in a less pressurized 
  atmosphere.
                                    Clare

  p.s.  I wish my fiance had asked me to go skiing, but
     when I met him I had a broken leg and he doesn't ski...oh well...