# A guy gave me his number while i was jogging outside... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924 "2015-09-04T18:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/141 "2015-09-07T01:19:22Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wait. For dick-measuring purposes or for spanking purposes? Depends on whether it is a 6" ruler or a 12" ruler. A metre stick would be right-out. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/142 "2015-09-07T02:53:34Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Pay it forward. Run up to someone and him your number. Better yet - run up to the next Chevy you see and give them his number. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/143 "2015-09-07T04:01:12Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Better yet - run up to the next Chevy you see and give them his number. Win! ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/144 "2015-09-07T07:52:29Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Funny, that. It’s almost like they’re, I dunno, fictional. It’s like justjake and marlyn know each other! Oh, maybe it’s just jake shaking hands with himself. \ It’s really entertaining though! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/145 "2015-09-07T08:07:28Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > Oh, maybe it’s just jake shaking hands with himself. Well, that does seem to be all the romantic action Jake is getting these days. Oh, you didn’t mean it as a euphemism. (Sorry, Jake, wherever you are.) ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/146 "2015-09-07T08:11:56Z")
[QUOTE=Marylnshephards] To the next [/QUOTE] And better story! We’ll be here. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/147 "2015-09-07T09:49:20Z")
> [@Marylnshephards](#): > > LOL,I would assume he’s married if he was older but he is only 23 and he looked around that age.So I doubt that he could be married with kids.Maybe gf?Then again he said he is single Sexting is pretty mainstream now. From what I see it’s moving at diff rates in dif social demographics. You’re lucky you’re not on Snapchat. Sure, he just wants to hook up at this point - he hit on a woman out jogging for goodness sake, it’s not like he’s had time to appreciate your contribution to the office annual sales record, or your finesse with a bassoon. He liked the way your bits jiggled. That’s it. So far. It’s up to you to either shape that initial interest or keep jogging alone: it has forever been thus. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Bragg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stealth\_Bragg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Bragg)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/148 "2015-09-07T12:55:10Z")
What sort of car was it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/149 "2015-09-07T13:55:49Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Better yet - run up to the next Chevy you see and give them his number. Too mainstream. Find a guy named Tony driving a yellow Fiat. Flash him and give him your number. Trust me, it’ll work. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/150 "2015-09-07T18:50:59Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Well, what were your answers? Casual opening chit-chat is standard ‘get to know you type stuff’ and I wouldn’t read anything into it at all. I usually use those same questions when I go to a job interview and the interviewer finally asks ‘Now, Is there anything you would like to ask me?’. He sounds like a decent guy who likes to meet new people from the comfort of his vehicle. Lots of notable people have used that same strategy over the years. > > I would take the initiative and ask him out before someone else snatches him up. You could host a dinner and movie night at your place (provided you live truly alone). Guys like that usually like action comedy classics from their youth like Se7en or Silence of the Lambs. You can make comfort food like bean casserole and pick up a nice bottle of red wine. If things go well, it will be just like you become a part of him. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/151 "2015-09-08T17:16:09Z")
Why do so many people seem to think that meeting in a non-traditional way is creepy or weird? If a guy walked up to you in a bar or restaurant and gave you his number, he’s no more likely to turn out to be a serial killer than driving up and giving you his number. He was probably on his way somewhere that he couldn’t miss out on but wanted at least a shot ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/152 "2015-09-08T19:20:16Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > How would you like it if somebody judged you to be strange or creepy on the basis of one isolated incident? So for example, I’m at a bar and I see a cute guy and go over and talk to him, but through a misunderstanding and/or me being awkward, he thinks that I’m strange and creepy? I would be embarrassed, and I’d probably avoid him in the future, and I’d try to be more clear and less awkward when I’m talking to the next cute guy. If one person thinks that you are creepy, it’s not like it brands it onto your forehead so that now everyone thinks you’re a creep. If one person thinks you were a creep, then either they have some issue and they misread you, or there was a misunderstanding, or you unintentionally acted like a creep in that situation. Dust yourself off and try talking to other people. If a bunch of people keep thinking that you are a creep, then there’s something wrong in what you’re doing. > [@clairobscur](#): > > Because men hitting on women in bars and clubs pick them for totally non shallow reasons, and only propose to exchange numbers after long, deep and meaningful conversations… Obviously that’s not the case. But I would feel safer if a man hit on me at a bar or club or other more normal meeting place than if a man hit on me as I was out jogging. I don’t think men understand the precautions that women need to do to feel safe. It’s like the quote by [Margaret Atwood:](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Margaret_Atwood#.22Men_are_afraid_that_women_will_laugh_at_them._Women_are_afraid_that_men_will_kill_them..22) > [@](#): > > “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” If a man started talking to me a bar, we could both get a little sense of each other, our personalities, our interests, if we just talked for a few minutes. Obviously we wouldn’t have the full picture, and he could still be a creep, but I could get some idea. If a guy came up to me in a bar and handed me his phone number without us even saying a word, it would be weird, but not necessarily creepy. If any guy does start acting creepy, and won’t back off after I say I’m not interested, I will probably have friends with me at the bar who can help me out, or I can get help from the bar management, or I can walk with friends to another bar or one of our cars, or any number of other options. But if I’m jogging alone and a guy pulls up to me, I don’t know if he’s going to accept whatever I say, or if he’s going to follow me in his car, or maybe even hit me with his car, or anything else terrible. Those things may be unlikely, but they do happen. [I found this tumblr of various stories being shared of men reacting violently when women have rejected their advances.](http://whenwomenrefuse.tumblr.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/153 "2015-09-08T19:31:21Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > What you’re missing is that everyone is a stranger until you start talking to them. The question isn’t “how do you know there is a special connection?” It’s “how do you know there’s NOT a special connection?” If your thinking is that “how do you know there’s NOT a special connection?”, do you just give your number to every attractive woman you see? That would be a winning strategy in terms of pure numbers for finding NSA sex, which if that’s what you want, then that’s great. If the OP’s story is true, it sounds like that’s what this guy was going for. If you are looking for an actual relationship, it’s less likely to be a winning strategy. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/154 "2015-09-08T20:05:01Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Why do so many people seem to think that meeting in a non-traditional way is creepy or weird? If a guy walked up to you in a bar or restaurant and gave you his number, he’s no more likely to turn out to be a serial killer than driving up and giving you his number. He was probably on his way somewhere that he couldn’t miss out on but wanted at least a shot Typically, meeting in bar or restaurant offers an opportunity to talk to the other person, observe them and their behavior, and form a first impression. A drive-by-number-toss doesn’t provide any of that. Big difference. ---
**Author:** ![Gotlift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Gotlift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotlift)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/155 "2015-09-08T20:06:20Z")
Wait? So this dude gives you his number, you text him, he starts talking about sex in graphic detail in your first conversation, and you’re still interested and wonder what to do? Holy shit you kids work fast! I don’t even see where alcohol was involved. I think I was born 20 years too early! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/156 "2015-09-08T20:40:43Z")
This guy obviously just wants a hookup. If that doesn’t immediately turn you off, then PM me your number. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/157 "2015-09-08T21:39:47Z")
I think this is the start of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the **Chevy Cobalt™**. We’re introduced to the characters through random message board posts. Soon we’ll hear about their first date, when he picks her up in his **Chevy Cobalt™**. It ramps up over the next month and hits the airwaves in time for the MLB playoffs. He finally bangs her in the back seat of his **Chevy Cobalt™** during the World Series. ---
**Author:** ![Gotlift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Gotlift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotlift)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/158 "2015-09-08T22:24:06Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I think this is the start of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the **Chevy Cobalt™**. We’re introduced to the characters through random message board posts. Soon we’ll hear about their first date, when he picks her up in his **Chevy Cobalt™**. It ramps up over the next month and hits the airwaves in time for the MLB playoffs. He finally bangs her in the back seat of his **Chevy Cobalt™** during the World Series. Genius! But I think its a numbers game. Shes one of many like an axe deodorant commercial without actors. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/159 "2015-09-08T22:27:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by YogSosoth > Why do so many people seem to think that meeting in a non-traditional way is creepy or weird? If a guy walked up to you in a bar or restaurant and gave you his number, he’s no more likely to turn out to be a serial killer than driving up and giving you his number. He was probably on his way somewhere that he couldn’t miss out on but wanted at least a shot Joggers are off limits. They aren’t at a bar or restaurant where some human interaction is expected. Cruising around in a car looking for attractive joggers is creepy, I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924/160 "2015-09-08T23:15:07Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Typically, meeting in bar or restaurant offers an opportunity to talk to the other person, observe them and their behavior, and form a first impression. A drive-by-number-toss doesn’t provide any of that. > Big difference. True if the purpose was to get info about someone prior to dating them. However, if we’re simply talking about random people in an area, “bar people” are not inherently less likely to be weirdos than “car people”. > [@Procrustus](#): > > Joggers are off limits. They aren’t at a bar or restaurant where some human interaction is expected. Cruising around in a car looking for attractive joggers is creepy, I’m sorry. So at the worst, this guy is guilty of breaking social etiquette. But I don’t think its fair to think that’s creepy. I wouldn’t consider him cruising around looking for joggers either, that’s assuming too much. All we know is that he handed a number to a jogger and asked to be contacted. Nothing more need be inferred [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-gave-me-his-number-while-i-was-jogging-outside/729924.md?page=9)