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BTW, the actual policy, as far as I can tell from a couple years experimenting "in the field", is that women's policy for giving out their phone numbers is: the
by bkovitz 17y ago
BTW, the actual policy, as far as I can tell from a couple years experimenting "in the field", is that women's policy for giving out their phone numbers is: they give them to men who ask.
I know, it seems too hard to be true. I had to work up my courage for months to ask for a phone number upon meeting a woman, even after I decided that I would try it since I had nothing to lose. The first time I tried it, the woman gave me her number. The second time I tried it, that one gave me her number, too. And on and on and on. I've only been turned down a few times. And I'm a nervous, skinny, nerdy guy.
- adrianwaj 17y agoI have received bogus numbers a few times. Not pleasant, but it doesn't bother me anymore.
- bkovitz 17y agoI also got a couple bogus numbers. (I count those under "refusals".) It's amazing how most women will avoid humiliating you in public even if they don't want to give you their number. Once, I asked a lesbian for her phone number, in a bar, right in front of her girlfriend. She gave it to me. It wasn't bogus! She never returned my call, but it's an amazing data point about how women will usually give you their phone number if you ask.
- adrianwaj 17y agoI will just ring the number back on the spot if I sense some latent refusal.