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To think if someone turns you down, they shouldn't then......

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pollyblue · 10/10/2011 20:35

.......say "we will go out for a drink sometime"? Or AIB a bit sensitive and mardy?

Will be as brief as I can - I asked her (I'm gay) out for a drink months back, she said yes, she mentioned it a couple of times over the next few weeks ("oh we must sort something out" kind of thing) but nothing was ever arranged. I (trying to be v cool) didn't push it, but did mention it once when I emailed her about something else. She ignored it, so I thought oh well, that's that then.

At a "do" a couple of months later she said (out of the blue, we were talking about something else) that she wasn't gay so she felt she had to ignore the going out for a drink offer - which i thought was a bit odd because by then she'd actually mentioned it more than me. She then said that she was in the process of splitting up with her boyfriend. I was fine and cheerful, a bit relieved really that i know for sure she isn't gay now, and would've quite happily left it at that, then she said "when I've got things sorted out with D, we'll go for a drink."

I realise now I should've said "why?" but i just mumbled "ok then" and wandered off, a bit baffled. Mentioned it to a friend later who said "ooh, she's just thrown you a curved ball." I don't know, not sure what one of those is! (bit thick emoticon). But for heaven's sake, why would you say that and not mean it?

V trivial I know. I really should get out more.

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pollyblue · 10/10/2011 22:14

All these out-outs and date-dates....fair makes the head spin Smile. Yes, is her latest "out for a drink" a date-date drinky or a mate-mate drinky...?

Where did your Phantom come from?!

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cjbartlett · 10/10/2011 22:16

Anyf - I think you're being a bit rude

Op - I think you're spot on, what a pain for you, I sympathy and would steer well clear of her

AnyPhantomFucker · 10/10/2011 22:16

sesonal name change innit

AnyPhantomFucker · 10/10/2011 22:16

seasonal

AnyPhantomFucker · 10/10/2011 22:17

cj , OP doesn't think I am being rude < shrug >

WibblyBibble · 10/10/2011 22:19

In at comment 31 to mention that bisexuals exist for the benefit of those apparently living in the 50s.

pollyblue · 10/10/2011 22:20

Ah! Halloween, forgotten about that. Oh good, means we'll get the witchy emoticons to play with. Going a bit off-topic here.........

cj thanks for sympathy Smile

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cantstandthenoise · 10/10/2011 22:21

I think she is a bit scared. She wants to go for a drink but wants the option of claiming not to be gay as a back up if she chickens out and decides not to e.g. kiss you at the end of the night. I think she basically doesn't know what she wants so I would steer clear because even if she ended up having a relationship with you she could at any point end it claiming you had talked her into it.

But then again, I don't know much about relationships, I'm pretty crap really Smile

pollyblue · 10/10/2011 22:22

AF, no, no rudeness taken

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AnyPhantomFucker · 10/10/2011 22:23

none was meant Smile

pollyblue · 10/10/2011 22:25

can'tstand you're crap?! I'm a bloody non-starter. Yes, I did think that might be possible and i should steer clear - I've seen her drunk and she gets v affectionate and tactile, would be awful if the drunk her ended up doing something that the sober her regretted, and I got blamed for....Should say when she last mentioned going for a drink she was v sober.

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cantstandthenoise · 10/10/2011 22:39

Yes I'm crap, I've just got a long thread going on relationships called; 'how to find out if he's interested' for starters. But that is my view though on your situation. I think she may be at least considering a gay relationship but wants the option of backing out at any time if she gets cold feet.

NorfolkBroad · 10/10/2011 23:09

Agree that it sounds like she is struggling with sexuality which I think is very common when women are coming out of a relationship. In my experience (also gay) sometimes just meeting someone gay and nice when u are at a turning point in your life can make u think ?mmm, thats a possibility!? Well lots of my straight friends have felt like this anyway. I think either she was tentatively testing u ought before but then felt a bit nervous. Who knows what could happen once she is feeling calmer and more settled. Id leave the ball in her court though.

troisgarcons · 10/10/2011 23:15

it sounds like she is struggling with sexuality which I think is very common when women are coming out of a relationship

Well lots of my straight friends have felt like this anyway

really? I've got to be brutally honest - never have I broken up with a man and felt like turning my sexuality on its head.

maighdlin · 11/10/2011 00:34

many years ago (or so it seems) a girl asked me out and i said yes. i was 18 and living with gay men so bi-curiousness did come out in me. I didn't say yes simply because i was bi-curious, she made me bi-curious. we went out and had a great time but it just wasn't for me and at the end, despite having a great time chatting and laughing, the tension ruined it all, and i feel i missed out on a possibly great friendship.

i think there maybe something similar her where she does want to "go out" go out with you,nervously bringing it up all the time means it was clearly in her head, but doesn't want to be a horrible person like i was and feel like she is using you to test the waters and/or miss out on a friendship IYSWIM. i think that if she was100% sure straight she would have said something at the start, i do think there maybe possible sexual identity issues and she knows she likes you but not quite sure as to how. My advice is to go for a drink with no expectations as to how it will end. If you have a nice time and a kiss then happy days and if you have a nice time but get a see ya and a hug at the end then you will at least know how she feels and could have a nice friendship.

pollyblue · 11/10/2011 11:37

Thanks for your thoughts - I am going to leave the ball in her court, mainly because I'm worried that if I say "what about that drink sometime?" I'll just get ignored again......I would happily just go for a matey drink with her because I do like her very much, she makes me laugh, but I'm not sure I can say that and have her believe me. So I shall keep schtum I think.

Not sure if she and her ex are any closer to getting things sorted out - I don't know why they have split up (she just said she fell out of love with him), but i know they are still on good terms so i don't think they're in any rush to properly separate. Still living together as far as I know.

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NorfolkBroad · 11/10/2011 22:33

Trois I'm not talking about you personally obviously, can only talk from my own experience. Yes, many of my friends have felt like this and one or two have "experimented".

Faffalina · 11/10/2011 22:54

Think she might fancy you a bit but considers herself to be straight?

Hmmm would leave it and let her get in touch.

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