# Help me approach this lady! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-approach-this-lady/333945 "2005-12-03T21:35:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-approach-this-lady/333945/21 "2005-12-12T22:20:40Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > I agree with that. Don’t treat her as an “old woman,” treat her as you would any woman. I would also agree, treat her as you would any attractive woman you want to score with. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-approach-this-lady/333945/22 "2005-12-12T23:46:38Z")
> [@sj2](#): > > …grab some flowers (do be sure there is no baby’s breath crap in there)… Could you elaborate here? Does Baby’s Breath have some significance that would be inappropriate in this situation? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-approach-this-lady/333945/23 "2005-12-12T23:51:07Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Could you elaborate here? Does Baby’s Breath have some significance that would be inappropriate in this situation? I think some people object to the way babies are handled while their breath is being collected. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-approach-this-lady/333945/24 "2005-12-13T00:19:34Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > :rolleyes: OK, OK…it could be a cup of coffee or something. I think the point was that he should make an overture by suggesting they go someplace together. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-approach-this-lady/333945/25 "2005-12-13T01:28:22Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > Yes, use this line and be prepared to be met with a response of, **"Thanks for the offer, pup, but no thanks."** > > I certainly hope, SHAKES, that your response was not meant to be as offensive as it sounds. Fish…barrel…please. Well, I’m just speaking from personal experiences here. I know when I was in my 20’s I hooked up with AND was flirted with by LOTS of older women like the op describes. So yeah, I stand by my fish barrel comment. Sorry if it offends you that I think that 40yo women are horny and might like to score with some younger lad. In my eyes it’s nothing derogatory, it’s just how things are. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-approach-this-lady/333945/26 "2005-12-13T02:14:03Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Could you elaborate here? Does Baby’s Breath have some significance that would be inappropriate in this situation? 'cause it is just [vile](http://krisfloral.topcities.com/Arrangement_Carnation_Centerpiece_2b.jpg) and tacky. I have always hated it…since I was a kid and had to wear a wreath made of this crap for 1st Communion. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-approach-this-lady/333945/27 "2005-12-13T05:18:40Z")
Ok Ashton, here’s what you do. Go jack up your car in front of her beauty shop (provided it doesn’t suck) and start pretending to fix it with no shirt on (provided you aren’t disgusting). When she comes out, make some double entendre’s having to do with auto parts or lube jobs and such. If she wanted a mature guy, she wouldn’t be flirting with you. She’d be after some guy her own age. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-approach-this-lady/333945.md?page=1)