# An average person asks you out on a date. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034 "2015-12-10T02:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/1 "2015-12-10T02:55:02Z")
A complete average person asks you out on a date. On a 1 to 10, they’re a 5. Average looks, education, personality. IQ is 100. Nothing particularly remarkable, unusual or different. Men, how would you respond? Women, how would you respond? ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/2 "2015-12-10T02:57:13Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Men, how would you respond? “I am already married, and thus will obviously not go on a date. The wedding ring on my finger should have tipped you off to this fact.” ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/3 "2015-12-10T02:57:21Z")
Ehh. I could take it or leave it, really. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/4 "2015-12-10T02:58:15Z")
Would depend on what else there was to do. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/5 "2015-12-10T02:58:26Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > “I am already married, and thus will obviously not go on a date. The wedding ring on my finger should have tipped you off to this fact.” The hypothetical, of course, assumes singleness. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/6 "2015-12-10T03:09:34Z")
I am a happily married male, and would politely turn the person (male or female) down. …but I’d be flattered by the asking. And if I were single and the other person was female, I’d have accepted (which is how I answered the poll). ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/7 "2015-12-10T03:28:32Z")
Assuming I was single, I’d happily try a date. Although, if they are truly average in every way, I doubt it would lead to much more. You want someone who is special somehow, right? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/8 "2015-12-10T03:34:27Z")
I’d say yes I’m below average so this would be a good deal for me ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/9 "2015-12-10T03:37:41Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I’d say yes > > I’m below average so this would be a good deal for me ☹ poor guy ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/10 "2015-12-10T03:38:02Z")
If single, sure. We might discover a lot we have in common. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/11 "2015-12-10T03:40:18Z")
Yes, yes, yes. Only one person in my life has ever asked me out. It’s a rare treat, and the novelty alone would be reason enough to accept. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/12 "2015-12-10T03:45:26Z")
No. It’s neither the looks nor education, but an IQ of 100? No way. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/13 "2015-12-10T04:08:32Z")
Is there poontang involved? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/14 "2015-12-10T04:22:32Z")
My last date was with a “1.” Entirely successful date. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/15 "2015-12-10T04:29:10Z")
Considering I’ve never gone on a date before, I’d gladly accept such a offer. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/16 "2015-12-10T04:39:12Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I’d say yes > > I’m below average so this would be a good deal for me > [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Considering I’ve never gone on a date before, I’d gladly accept such a offer. :(:(☹ poor guys ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/17 "2015-12-10T05:15:35Z")
Average looks, job, whatnot would be fine. Average IQ not so much. I’ll take a smart underachiever, we’ll have a lot in common. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/18 "2015-12-10T05:28:52Z")
I’m married. Even if a time-displaced Ann-Margaret from whatever year CARNAL KNOWLEDGE asked me out on a date, making it clear that dinner and a movie was code for a blowjob and coitus, I’d say no. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/19 "2015-12-10T06:08:14Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > On a 1 to 10, they’re a 5. Average looks, education, personality. IQ is 100. Nothing particularly remarkable, unusual or different. Yup. I could determine looks in an instant but I’d have to talk to them to determine the rest. Who knows, we might just hit it off…& maybe what **Ukulele Ike** said. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034/20 "2015-12-10T06:12:31Z")
Why not? The average person is something other than average in at least some ways. Maybe that average person’s ways of diverging from the average will match mine. You never know. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-average-person-asks-you-out-on-a-date/740034.md?page=2)