Your grandparents would be correct. It would have been inappropriate to ask the waitress serving you out on a date.
It would still be inappropriate if you were on your own.
She's at work, she's being paid to serve you and be nice to you. She has to conduct herself according to a set of employment based social rules.
You should conduct yourself according to the social rules of being a customer. It's disrespectful to cross those boundaries.
You didn't miss out on getting a girlfriend. You didn't even miss out on an opportunity to ask her out. You wisely chose to not take the opportunity to be creepy.
Girlfriends are women you meet and get to know in social situations, then ask out, then date, then mutually agree to be in a relationship with.
philmaster: No, I'm 35, I go out all the time. When I go out to dinner it's not without my family.
That APPEARS to contradict your earlier reply ... but no matter.
How about joining some social group 'in real life' where you might meet real people in a group ... perhaps there you'd have the opportunity of conversations with a number of people ( amongst which would be women ) and you could 'know them a little' before ever suggesting a date?
Perhaps you can understand the many and obvious concerns that a woman might have being asked out by a man who is a completer and total stranger Phil?
jac_the_gripper: Your grandparents would be correct. It would have been inappropriate to ask the waitress serving you out on a date.
It would still be inappropriate if you were on your own.
She's at work, she's being paid to serve you and be nice to you. She has to conduct herself according to a set of employment based social rules.
You should conduct yourself according to the social rules of being a customer. It's disrespectful to cross those boundaries.
You didn't miss out on getting a girlfriend. You didn't even miss out on an opportunity to ask her out. You wisely chose to not take the opportunity to be creepy.
Girlfriends are women you meet and get to know in social situations, then ask out, then date, then mutually agree to be in a relationship with.
Some people meet their spouses that way, or so I hear.
well...thats what rural small town saloons are all about... late wed and thurs eve's have always been special nights for crazy wild women...fridays and saturdays are mostly for the bad news gold diggers. ya know it?
crayons: well...thats what rural small town saloons are all about... late wed and thurs eve's have always been special nights for crazy wild women...fridays and saturdays are mostly for the bad news gold diggers. ya know it?
How long's it gonna take me to acclimatise to Texas !!!
: My family and I went out to dinner last Sunday. The food was great, but we had this waitress I wanted to ask out. I think she would've made a good girlfriend. The problem was, I didn't want to hit on her in front of my family. Both my grandparents would've said it was inappropriate, and I would've been embarrassed if the waitress had shot me down. So, I just kept my mouth shut. I just acted like any other customer. I'd hate to think I missed out on a chance at a girlfriend just because I didn't want to make my move in front of my family. Advice please!
( sighs) been suggested a few times ... but, while he IS allowed out alone apparently he doesn't GO out on his own, or he does but it was complicated ...
HexagonKeySet: ( sighs) been suggested a few times ... but, while he IS allowed out alone apparently he doesn't GO out on his own, or he does but it was complicated ...
I think hes secretly on Tinder, tell her to run! He's still complicated! She needs to run far!
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