Have you ever asked out a man?
Did he accept?
If no, did you remain friends?
How many men have you asked out?
I have never been turned down, dated a few of them for several months and ended mutually, still friends with those guys. Of the others I asked out, one ended on a weird note, two ended very badly. Though I don’t blame how they ended on the fact that I asked them out, just noting the outcome for posterity.
Grand total asked out: Seven.
Grand total I’ve been asked out: Once. Married him. Apparently, I needed to be chased. 
Oh, Lordie, I started asking men out back in the '70s. Some said yes, some said no; no resultig trauma.
Have you ever asked out a man?
Yes.
Did he accept?
No.
If no, did you remain friends?
We were friends before, we remained friends afterwords.
How many men have you asked out?
Just the one (I’m not counting online dating ones.)
I think this is a skill I need to develop. If I wait for guys to ask me out, I tend to wait for a very. long. time.
My previous boyfriend I initially asked out (he called me later that night and asked me out in return). So I didn’t get turned down, though he didn’t really accept right away either. Only guy I’ve asked out, and we broke up for the same reason we weren’t sure about going out in the first place–I lived in Nova Scotia, and he lived in Newfoundland.
Actually, that’s a lie, I asked my first boyfriend out too, but it wasn’t my idea and didn’t really go anywhere. Again, broke up for the same reason I wasn’t sure about asking him out in the first place–just wasn’t interested in him that way.
In both cases, I decided shortly after the relationship ended that I didn’t like either of them. I don’t have hard feelings towards either of them now though, although I don’t talk to them either.
Have you ever asked out a man? Yep
Did he accept? Nope.
If no, did you remain friends? The first one, yes. The second one, no.
How many men have you asked out? 2.
My ex (who I nearly married). I haven’t talked to him in three years. Good riddance.
But the asking him out part went quite well.
As a man (well, male anyway, still a teenager) I’d like to say HOORAY to all of you for taking the burden off of us sometimes! You all rule. Not that you didn’t already that, i’m sure 
Already know that, that is…clearly when it comes to grammar, I do not rule :smack:
I’ve either asked out or we’ve sort of mutually agreed to do something together such that I honestly don’t recall who suggested it the vast majority of men I’ve gone out with (which is still a shrinkingly small number.) The one guy who I can actually pin a moment he asked me out on, I didn’t realize we were actually going on a date, I just thought he wanted company at the movies.* I’m so freakin’ romantically clueless that me asking them out is the only way I’d ever find out if a guy is interested. The number of men who I’ve ended up on date-like-events with is something under ten. The old-style asking-out model didn’t apply to most of them, we just agreed to do something. This is easy when it’s things like agreeing to go get drunk at the on-campus tavern on a Friday after classes, it’s inevitable that it will happen, who’s going to be there is the only variable factor. My first boyfriend I very definitely asked out because it was clear he was too shy to ever do anything about it.
*No, seriously, asked me out, paid for my ticket, bought popcorn and did the old “yawn and arm around the shoulder” trick and I’m still not entirely convinced it was a date.
I’ve asked out a guy once. I got turned down for math and physics. Oh well …
I’ve been asked out twice and accepted both. The first time led to a pretty crappy short lived relationship. The second to my current life of sin,
I only get romantically involved with people I have known for a while first, and have an established level of trust. Kind of the opposite of that “if you wait too long she’ll only think of you as a friend” thing. It isn’t some arbitrary rule I made up one day, I just don’t find myself attracted to someone until I get to know them. If you count initiating a relationship/romantic interest with someone you already know as “asking out”, there are quite a few fellows that could apply to.
For the record, I’ve been asked out a few times but I’ve never accepted. Nothing personal against any guys, just not comfortable with someone who’s seen/known me for all of maybe ten minutes professing that kind of interest.
All of them have reciprocated, thus far, but obviously not all the relationships have worked for their own reasons. I’m still friends with all my exes except two; one is deceased, the other had too many of his own monsters to deal with and couldn’t handle remaining friends.
Ask him out? Hell, I asked him to marry me. He said yes.
Have you ever asked out a man? Yes, twice
Did he accept? Yes, both times.
If no, did you remain friends? N/A, since they said yes. But nowadays I’m still friends with one, and would spit on the other.
There would be a third incident, but he managed to get in first by a matter of minutes. We’re still together, getting married next year.
The difficulty with a gal asking out a guy is that the guy can be so stunned he says yes just for the novelty value (assuming you’re not already friends), not because he’s actually interested in you. Still, since you or he can always ditch each other later, there’s no lasting harm in it.
This quote piqued my interest. I’ve never heard it before. Is it some old, standard motto, or did Eve just “invent” it. I Googled it and learned there is a cookbook with the same name, FWTW.
I’m male. There has only been one time, in my entire 35 yrs of life, that a woman asked me out first. She had to persist, but I eventually gave it a shot. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out, for other reasons.
I wish more women would be willing to initiate the “ask-out.”
It kind of irks me that so many women have become agressive in virtually all areas of modern life, but many still insist on waiting for us men to do the pursuing and asking out. Ugh. Come on ladies! You can do it! What’s the hold-up?
More guys should go on an “initiative strike”. Indicate your interest but not overtly Give more women more opportunity to do the ask-out.
Have I ever asked a man out on a date: No.
Have I ever asked a man to have casual sex: Yes.
Did he (well actually they) accept: Yes.
Did we remain friends: Yes, with the ones I saw again, nope with the ones I didn’t.
Do keep in mind that I was 19 when I met my husband 4 years ago, and that prior to meeting him I’d had one relationship that lasted longer than a month…lots of one night stands and friends with benefits though.
Have you ever asked out a man?: Yes.
Did he accept?: No.
If no, did you remain friends?: No.
How many men have you asked out?: Three.
I was turned down enough (laughed at, even) that I stopped making the first move. Too humiliating. Afterwards I became the butt of a joke between the guy and his friends (“You know AFG? Yeah, she actually asked me out! I’d never be seen with her, what a loser, etc.”).
Maybe I’m in a somewhat different sort of situation, but…
I’ve recently subscribed to a popular, well advertised match making service (rhymes with cBarnemy) and I’ve been officially matched with over 100 guys in less than three weeks. To narrow down those who I think might be a good match with me (discounting things that I don’t want in a guy, like addiction to sports, or someone who “spends all my free time golfing”), I’ve suggested to a lot of them to meet in person. So far, quite a few have taken me up on it, and we’ve met.
Of course, there is another guy in my life, who I really, really, really like (not from cBarnemy), and I called him up on Friday to suggest a date. We’re meeting for lunch tomorrow.