Dear Mann Landers,
Since your disappearance, I haven’t been so well off when it comes to the ladies. I am but a mere college student awash in a sea of attractive ladies, with no source of brilliant expertise to guide me. My current woman-of-choice has been giving me a fair amount of trouble. Y’see, I feel she is giving me mixed signals.
We first met after a chance encounter on an airplane, all George Clooney, Up in the Air, style. Totally cliche’d and romantic. Shortly thereafter she made efforts to spend time together, multiple days in a row and I was hopeful. However, she would say things like, “I don’t think I’m looking for a relationship”, and “I’m not sure I really like anyone right now”. For a month or so she dropped off the map and we didn’t talk much, but now we are talking again, went out to dinner recently, and she is flirty as ever. But tis difficult to say whether she wants me to make a move, or if we are in the infamous “friend zone”. How do I get a clear idea of what she wants, Mann Landers?
Sincerely,
Lost w/o a Compass
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Dear Lost w/o a Compass,
As far as compasses go, she’s leading you down a clear path, you just need to pay attention!
When was the last time you flirted with someone you weren’t sexually interested in? Flirting is based in sexual tension. You’re telling me that you met on a plane, hung out consistently after, have since gone for dinner together, and you are still confused if she is interested? She might as well have been a female baboon “presenting” herself to you, swollen rump and all!
Female baboons in heat
You need to be the hero here and take control of the situation. You’re right - you run the risk of ending up in the friend zone, but not because she’s not into you, but because at this moment the sperm swimming in your testicles have bigger balls than you (and that’s saying something because it’s not even physically possible!). Let me tell you something to put your mind at at ease: those comments about not looking for a relationship and not being into anyone are a poor attempt at playing hard to get.
If you want to know where you stand, Mann up and make a move or a suggestive comment, or do something to show you’re interested - anything! What have you got to lose? May I remind you this is some random girl you met on a plane - someone with whom you share zero mutual friends.
You’re welcome,
Mann Landers
