BF#1 - The One Liner

He was the guinea pig for my opening line.  I had been trying to come up with a great one liner that would accomplish multiple things.

1.  Let me retain my dignity after being turned down.
2.  Allow the other party an easy way out that wasn’t embarrassing or put him in a position     to have to hurt your feelings if he didn’t want to go any further with you.
3. Allow the other party to take you up on your offer if he so desired with ease and the dignity that a man desired. 

My first subject was a  "frequent meeter" – I saw him often in the elevator where I worked, in the hallways and on the way to my car.  It made for short, consistent conversation.  He wasn’t my type so I decided to try my line on him.

As I finished up our short chat one day, I said, “You know, we always have such great conversation.  If you’re not doing anything later, you should call me.”  We laughed and I turned to leave.  “Um, how can I call you if I don’t have your number?”  I heard him say.  (Now if he wasn’t interested at all, the line left him room to say something like – “I’ll do that.” Or “Yeah, we should.” and then not feel embarrassed when he didn’t).

I gave him my card – it was formal and yet duplicitous.  It didn’t look like a phone number scribbled on a piece of paper and it had my freelance work advertised on it.  Something to keep me in mind with.

The “One Liner” worked out pretty well – it opened up the opportunity to try the rest of my hypothesis. Up next:  the “Place To Meet” and “The Conversation”.