wefunction wrote:
simon_says wrote:
Well, if you want to steal her you just have to befriend her and wait for the right moment to step in. It certainly can work, it's just not the most likely outcome. It's not cheating if she just openly switches partners because she's not happy and you seem like a better partner.
Then she'd be rebounding, which means the relationship is doomed from the start. Unless he's willing to pull the tricks that boys pull when they're pretending to be a girl's friend (eg. saying things like "if I was your boyfriend...", flirting, finding excuses to be closer, giving her "friend" gifts, etc), then he runs the risk of only being considered a friend. And, if he's going to pull the tricks, then he's being underhanded and sleazy, which I'm sure is something the OP does not want to be.
Not only is this unlikely to be successful, like you said, but it's also a colossal amount of work and I'm just not sure any person is worth it.
When i think about it since she's not sending me signals the only way i could make any sort of progression with her is to simply become her freind, which i can't be bothered doing as its very likely i won't get anywhere and as simon said it would probably be a colossal amount of work.
simon_says wrote:
But we don't really know where she is in her relationship. If she's at the tail end of it and ready to move on, that's an entirely different story from truly being in a relationship. If it's the end, he can just happen to be there when the tree falls, rather than actively chopping it down or playing games.
Well put, being there when the tree falls would be my ideal situation, but as i've mentioned since she's not sending me signals i don't think i can actually be there when the tree falls, as in if she's not taking an interest in me now then i doubt she'll show interest in the future.
although now i've thought about it i think my whole idea of "winning her over" was a bit far fetched in general. im pretty inexperienced with talking and befreinding woman. given that im already dealing with a fair bit of anxiety when talking to girls, talking to a girl who's most likely not currently looking for a relationship and doesn't take too much interest in me will just make it even harder. the potnetial relationship (even a cool freindship) you'd working towards just wouldn't exist, so there's not much reward in the whole thing.
tbh i didn't think we have much in common, suppose i was pretty happy that i was able to exchange more than a couple of sentences with a girl about anything other than class (which rarely happens) and didn't want to blow the whole thing. its definatly not as a big deal as i was making it out to be earlier in the thread
thanks for your responses guys, i think for now i'll refocus on getting to know girls in general (although feel free to discuss away)