NO! And I’d like an apology. It was an abduction joke. No mention of rape.
I wouldn’t say always, but then I wouldn’t say never.
If that guy waited tables where I ate, I’d find a new restaurant.
For the last time, it wasn’t a rape joke. I would never, NEVER make a rape joke.
Abduction jokes, now them I find funny as all fuck.
This is true, I didn’t see **kayaker **mention handshaking at ALL in his post.
Okay, okay, I consent already!
Seriously. Creepy come on leading to abduction joke = funny (ok, ymmv).
But rape? Rape is seldom funny. Seldom. Rarely. Maybe even never. I do not endorse rape. Abduction? Sure.
ETA: we cool, hermette?
Well thank goodness you weighed in to let me know.
No, no, you don’t get it.
It’s stupid, and you don’t like it! Joke!
Well, mine did imply murder.
We cool bro’ 
But from a feminist point of view, why would someone be abducting a lady they were sexually attracted to, without rapey-thoughts? Or would the hypothetical someone be assuming the lady would be wooed by his manly white van 
Edit - oh, I just noticed post 101. You still after that apology?
I just reread the OP. He said she was “cute” and “dining alone”. No where did he mention sexual attraction!
As far as the OP’s thoughts are concerned, “rapey” is not a word recognized in Scrabble.
ETA: apology accepted.
Why would whether or not they made me feel special have anything to do with whether I would want to go out with them? And why would I feel that the person was interesting when they are just making me talk about myself?
I honestly think it’s one of those things where women and men just think differently. Or at least I think differently than you: I don’t care whether you think I’m special, and really don’t understand why I should. And interesting means you telling me stuff I don’t know, not you being fascinated by what I say.
The main reason I would respond badly to a compliment is that I just have a hard time believing that the woman actually means it. I know what I look like, and, say, “sexy” is not it. If I were sexy, than telling me that wouldn’t bother me at all.
Eh…
I suppose it depends on the pool of competition, no?
I’d say do it. But at least be there when it happens. Otherwise, you don’t even get to introduce yourself and I doubt she’ll take the initiative to follow up on it.
Oh, and money talks.
Your advice to offer a wad of bills to the woman in exchange for a sexual romance is top shelf, of course. Unfortunately, both the original poster and the object of his affection perished suddenly in a freak Dungeness crab swarm three months ago. It was both tragic and delicious.
God rest ye, merry gentleman (and woman). May they get their bone on in heaven (after the appropriate cash exchange, of course).
It’s equivalent to buying a drink at a bar, not soliciting her for sex. Lighten up, please.
ETA: I haven’t read the thread. Looks like there’s drama. I’m responding only to the OP.
God, you’re right. Why am I always so serious all of the time.
Thank you for showing me the way. I honor you and I cherish our friendship.
Do you wanna know how I got these scars?
Got you.