Just seen a great example of chatting up going on.

Young lad (about 17) hiding under his hoodie spots a young girl (about 15) who's busy listening to her i-pod.

He's clearly interested and wants to talk to her - but what to say? After a lot of pacing and furtive looks from under his hoodie he approaches her and asks 'do you know what the date is today? I can't remember if it's the 17th or the 18th'

As opening lines go it's not one of the best and for a second his brave effort hangs in the balance.

She replies 'I don't know' and he looks crestfallen. But then she smiles and adds 'but I can find out'. She checks her mobile and tells him the correct date, adding 'are you doing anything special today?' He adds 'naah not really' and nearly loses the conversation before noticing her i-pod and blurting out 'you've got an i-pod, what are you listening to?' She tells him and they begin a chat about music they like.

Her bus arrives and she gets on. You can see he wants to ask her for her number and she wants him to ask her, but he doesn't quite manage it. Instead he mutters 'seeya then' and wanders off.

It's not a tale with a happy ending but it is a good example of taking a chance and starting a conversation is better than saying nothing at all.

Often when we see someone we fancy we panic about starting and continuing a conversation but the moral of this story is if someone likes you they'll help you out.

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I worry about chatting people up...





'cos if my missus finds out i've had it!

you must be more tolerant of MrP than Mrs FATBOY is of me. ;D

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Perhaps I should have clarified that this was for singletons rather than married or otherwise spoken for folk (unless you have an understanding that chatting up is okay within your relationship).

Of course if I knew the lad in question in this story and knew he had a girlfriend I'd obviously have been duty bound to hit him with my umbrella.

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And if they don't they'll prob just tell you to get lost! ;)

Good story, shame the wee man never got the girl :(

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Morals and a tendency to violence... MrP is a lucky lucky man ;D



(it's been so long since i chatted somone up she was wearing a fur binkinininnini)

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So u witnessed this then Dr P? He do it in front of you, i am even more impressed!

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Probably went home and shagged a chav from his council estate, who has been watching Celeb BB all day.

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may be it was Dr P

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Yes just observed this whilst waiting for a bus.

The lad was brave since there were several of hanging about and he had to go for the chatting up in front of us.

Mind you he was clearly smitten with the girl so perhaps he didn't notice he had an audience....

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Nope it wasn't me. At 14 I'd have made it even easier for him by saying something like 'do you want to ask me out then?'

I wasn't very good at playing hard to get - this usually terrified boys.

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