I'm 23 and like this girl in my class, who I've actually talked to (for the last 2 or so months) and had a few conversations with... but now that we're out on spring break for 10 days I want to e-mail her.. I want to keep it casual\nAny suggestions for writing something about school/help with class are nice but just not applicable in this situation (the class is ridiculously easy).. although maybe I should ask her about her research for the paper.\n\nI was thinking\n"hey I hope you don't mind me emailing you through blackboard.. (something about we don't have enough time to talk in class? or i was thinking about her?). what are you doin for spring break?"
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Life is about risks. Take one, you may end up happy.\n\nMy favorite way of snagging someone is "Hey I was wondering if you wanted to go out for coffee when we got back from break?"\nWhich I used 3 times before, all successfully. One time I just ended up saying "Do you like coffee? I like coffee? Let's go get some coffee together."
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Sounds like a great idea!! It would definitely be hard to turn you down.  Just a suggestion though... is it possible to do reconnaissance before you pop the prom question?  Can you find out if she has a date already?  It would be such a bummer if she has a date already.  Still, even if she does and you're interested in this girl, go for it even if you know that you'll be turned down. Think of it as an investment!
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Well the good thing about School is you can alway start a converstation about what ever class you are taking. Like "Oh do you have the biology notes from last week?" She won't fall in love from that but at least now you have spoken to her. Then build on that ask her how she likes the classes, if she is good in it ask her if she can help you out and if she is bad in it offer to help her out. Some where in there you should be getting to know her better and taking notice if she is responding to you at all as more than a classmate.
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Maybe you can approach her by discussing your same major or something about class.  Its actually easier if you have the same interests (e.g. your majors) and you could easily ask her if she had any free time after class and maybe head to student union and grab a sandwich or something.  Great conversation starter, its worked before.  Hope it helps and good luck!
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Not totally good. She either hasn't seen it yet or she is not interested. If you still have the same class together, ask her. What's the worse she could say.....You'll never know until you do.
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Hang out as friends! Take it as it comes. She has been candid & upfront so dont pressurise her into a relationship. If you cant settle for friendship send a mail cancelling your end!
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Send her an orchid, it is thoughtful AND out of the ordinary. Roses are cheesy and carnations cheap.\nAs for the note, do you know anything more about her, if several years have passed, she may now be involved in a relationship.\nSomething along the lines of "It has been great bumping into you again and I would be love to keep in touch. Perhaps we could meet for lunch sometime soon" then leave your name and phone number.\nThis way, you are not being over personal and it gives you the opportunity to find out more about her and what has happened to her in the time since you last met. If it goes well, you could then invite her to dinner on another day.\n\nGood luck
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Wait three days and e-mail her again.\n\nmaske it a nice one, where you comment that you miss her and would like to spend some time with her, perhaps grabbing something at the Starbucks.\n\nIf you get blown off again, then she feels she made a mistake. Take this as your cue to exit gracefully and find someone who is less petulant.
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Once upon a time a girl that I hung out with told me she had a friend who saw me a lot and thought she might like me, and wanted to know what I liked in a girl to see if she might want to ask me out. I told her that I liked a girl who would talk to me, so that we could both get to know each other a little first before thinking about whether or not we should go out. \n\nSo my advice is to just talk to him and see how he responds to being around you. Since he's in most of your classes then you have plenty of opportunity and excuse to talk to him about things.\n\nEdit: Concerning your additional details.\n\nIf I had to make an educated guess from what you wrote I would say that he does like you and would like to spend some time with you outside of school. You paint him as being smart enough on his own, so he isn't trying to be near you so that he can use you to get good grades. And he is trying to point out things you have in common, like the answers, to show that you two are compatable.
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I just want to say that I'm glad you are doing this for some serviceman somewhere. I'm in the RAF and joined up shortly after I finished school. It was my first time away from my family for more than two weeks and felt very homesick for ages. My friends and family sent me letters while I was at basic training and they really kept me going. I agree that you shouldn't mention the school project thing, but take an interest in the guy/girl you are writing to and tell them some interesting things that you are up to. It'll make their day, believe me! Good luck for the future and I hope you get to write to someone you'll become good friends with!!  :-D
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Welllllll, I beleive you should study for your exams first. Say that you can't meet right then, but send her a little gift for christmas. Once you finish taking your exam and studying a little more of her language. Then you can meet her for Valentines day and do something a little romantic, but not too romantic (you don't wnt to speed up anything too fast). Wait a minute,.... are you in college? If you are, are you a Senior? If you are, do you have everything prepared for your future, such as career, plans , etc.? If you said yes to all of them, go ahead and take my advice. If not, get those things together first.
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Go introduce yourself. Comment on the class, or make witty remarks. Smile, listen to what she has to say. Talk about classes common interests, news updates, anything you find to be interesting or unusual. See if you have any friends in common. Collaborate on projects. If you make the effort, she'll talk back. Don't rush the dating thing, wait until you become friends, it might take a bit, and you might find that it's not worthwhile after you get to know her.
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The night before, think hard and make a list of things you can ask her in the hallway, maybe related to the activities she has for that day.  Also, if you know what she's interested in, maybe you can learn more about those topics on your own, and then you can share your experiences with her or ask her what she thinks.  This might sound dorky, but it really helped me talk to the girl I liked, who is now my wife.
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Hang in there buddy, there could be many reasons she hasn't responded yet.  She may not have gone into her email, it may have gotten lost in cyberspace, you may have put  a wrong address, she may have a spam system on her mail that just kicked you to the spam file.  There is also the thought that she is thinking how best to respond to you, she may be busy and hasn't had time to sit down and respond to it.  Give her a few days, if she hasn't responded by then, I suggest what you should have done in the first place...tell her face to face or at least over the phone.  That is much more personal than an email for this kind of thing.  Expressing your feelings is good, it is a sign of maturity, especially for men!  Tell her what you said in the letter basically and see how she feels about that.  Don't get down on yourself, at least you are trying....many people are too scared to even try!  Nothing ventured, nothing gained..you had nothing to lose and everything to gain!  I hope this helps a bit, and good luck with her...hope it all works out for the best!
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Honestly, I never think notes are a good idea. I always am more nervous writting a note and I end up censoring myself because I always get worried it will fall into the wrong hands. Tell her the best way is face to face. Not to mention to do it on her OWN. Help is juvinille. Anyways, the right time will come for her and she'll know what to do. Trust me, I was horribly shy too, and it happened for me, she just has to meet the right guy and it'll fall right into place but don't forget to encourage her to do it on her own in the way she most feels comfertable. After all your not going to trail her on all her dates and speak for her right? :)
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walking with her down the hall to her locker is a good idea.  i'd just suggest not waiting by her locker as she puts her stuff away because that might be weird for her...just talk with her on the way to her locker (even if it's out of your way).  ummm...when you walk together, walk close to her.  as close as she feels comfortable with.  she'll move away a bit when you're too close for too long.  maybe bump up against her, not in a real bump but just where you softly run into her shoulder;  kind of like it was accidental.  BUT....skip all of that if you don't know what i mean.  the last thing you want to do is make her feel weird being there so don't bump into her or walk close if you aren't comfortable with that!\n\nyou probably shouldn't ask her to eat with you at lunch.  if it's like my school, people sit with their friends, and she probably sits with her friends and you with yours...that might make it awkward asking her to do that (and it'll start rumors immediately).  but if you both sit at the same table, there's nothing wrong with sitting next to her and talking to her.\n\nthis depends on your relationship previous to now (old friends, new friends, classmates, etc.), but if you know that she likes you, you can be nice and say something nice like "you look nice today" or something like that.  just say something nice.\n\nthis depends somewhat on your age, but i agree that asking her to do something with you is a good idea.  you want it to be something that you both enjoy.  there was one person who liked playing tennis for fun, so i asked her if she would like to do that sometime after school.  asking her to do something gives you both a chance to be around each other and learn more about each other.  just as a note, this does not have to be a date.  it can be just hanging out and doing something.  (it might seem like a date, but there are differences.)\n\nif you go to a game or other sporting event and you see her, you can go up to her and say hi and how are you.  then talk to her.  most likely, she'll be more interested in talking to you, so just keep talking.  by going out of your way to talk to her, it should be obvious that you want to be around her.\n\nevery time you see her, whether in class or in the hallway, make sure that you say hi.  don't ignore her and just pass by.  that can ruin everything that you've done before.  if she likes you, she'll want you to say hi and she'll always look forward to those times that you do.\n\nthose are some ideas, hopefully they help!
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Not respond back. It will drive her crazy not kowing how you felt when you recieved her e-mail. Or pick one of her friends to start dating.