How to 'Ask Someone Out'...

Things were so uncomplicated back in primary school; our erasers dictated our decisions, we played MASH to predict our future, and if we were in love with a fellow classmate we’d just get our best friend to ask them out for us. Easy. But these rules disappeared as soon as we hit adulthood and now the question of ‘when are you official?’ is so bloody complicated.

This is partly due to the many different kinds of relationship you can have; friends with benefits, dating, the slightly more serious ‘seeing each other’, and of course the ‘Facebook official’ relationship. Each status comes with its own awkward but necessary conversations to establish intentions and rules. But when you think you’re ready to take that step into exclusivity how do you broach the subject?

Let Nature Take Control

In some cases, the conversation doesn’t have to happen. You’re so instinctively on the same page that your relationship just naturally evolves. This is the ideal; no risk in rejection or awkwardness, and obviously it means that you both feel the same way about each other – which is a good position to be in!

Be Blunt

Just do it. Sit down and have the conversation like the grown up that you are. Talk about where you want the relationship to go and ask your date if they would like the same things. Ok, it’s not easy, but it is the simplest and most direct way.

Be Romantic

Too scared for the face to face? Be romantic and do it with flowers and a card. Super cheesy (but also incredibly sweet). Or do it with a marching band a la 10 Things I Hate About You…

….Get a Friend to Do It

Why not? It worked well in year 5 and if the answer was a no at least we could use the classic, ‘It was a joke’….

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