To approach a man I see running?

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I go for a run every Saturday morning and I quite regularly see a man who is also running. A few weeks ago he was wearing shorts and I admit I probably did look him up and down when we passed each other and I think he saw this. I then gave him a little smile, which most people do when they pass each other. When we passed each other a second time I think he wiped his sweat off and adjusted himself just before we got to each other.

Fast forward a couple of weeks and when I saw him next I looked down as I was a bit embarrassed to be honest but just as we passed, I looked up at him and he was smiling at me.

Anyway, he is good looking and for some reason I am really drawn to him. Obviously I know nothing about him or his relationship status but AIBU to try and flirt, or say something to him, try and attract his attention etc? What should I do?

Don’t look at him as he passes, but immediately turn around and run a few paces behind him until you get to his home/car. If he looks round, refuse to meet his eye at all until he gets into his home/car, then start screaming DON’T LEAVE ME. Works like a dream every time 💪

As someone said the easy way is best.

Note handed over as you run past.

Are you single?.
If so do you fancy a coffee later...
And your phone number...

I'm looking forward to the update after Saturday's run. Go OP!

Why don’t you slow down as you both approach each other? And say something British regards to the weather? Haha.

If they carry on being British it'll just turn into Remains of the Day and they'll be talking about the weather in 30 years time.

I once saw a gorgeous bloke every day from my workplace window. He parked in our carpark in his red car but didnt work in our building. One day he sneezed so my colleague dared me to leave a note on his car saying hope your cold gets better. I did but I managed to put the note under the wipers of the wrong car. Went out with that total dickhead for 5 months. Never saw sneezing Adonis again.

@reflexella has it... or “you’re it” would have the same effect . Love this thread

Greet him, at least you'll be talking. A Hiya can't hurt.

Thanks, plink

RTFT my arse

Is there any chance you get to point A or B a bit early for a surreptitiously obvious warm up and wait for him to arrive? Then you can chat to him without huffing and puffing

Am i the only one who thinks "bend and snap" has the potential for putting one's back out?

Op - as he runs past, hand him your telephone number "i think you dropped something"

p - as he runs past, hand him your telephone number "i think you dropped something"

Lets hope he reads it before his mrs finds it in one of his pockets and complaines here on this esteemed forum;)

Men's running gear has POCKETS? Bastards.

Went out with that total dickhead for 5 months. Never saw sneezing Adonis again.

😂

Have you checked to see if he’s wearing a wedding ring?

@HermioneMakepeace RTFT, that’s been discussed at length.

OP, thinking about how my friends and I attracted men in our younger days, what about a sexy dance break half way through the run? Nothing too OTT of course but we used to find r&b had a good rhythm for it. Maybe to follow modern trends you could add a bit of twerking?

I’m so excited for you tomorrow. There’s some amazing suggestions here but do you have a (serious) game plan worked out?

I wouldn't try twerking in front of someone who's mid 40s. They'll think you're having a seizure.

Signed, someone in the their 40s.

I'm loving this thread. Good luck OP, I look nothing but a sweaty, red faced mess when I'm running, so chances of me having any good advice in this scenario is limited.
Nice smile and a wink maybe? If you can wink (I can't... 😳🤣)

This is all a bit silly, I run a lot and you never just stop and chat mid run, most I ever do is a quick hi as I run past/by someone, doesn't mean we fancy each other though just acknowledging the pain!

Please say the twerking is a joke. I'm a runner and would find that humiliating.

If only this poor bloke, with his happy marriage and his two kids, and his 9-5 job, and his outing hobby which he only does, in MN-approved style, once a week for a couple of hours, knew what a frenzy he'd stirred up!

Zara I'm pretty sure every idea proposed on this thread is deadly, deadly serious

As you see him approaching on the distance, stop and tie your shoe laces. See if he then stops, or runs straight past you...

TheOnlyLivingBoy don’t forget the aggressive miniature Schnauzer.

@ZaraW yes I’m absolutely serious that OP should carry some form of battery operated sound system whilst she’s running, play some r&b on the empty railway tracks and twerk at a stranger

If I was being serious I think everyone would find it humiliating, not just the runners.