# Poll for the single men.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [July 7, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240 "2009-07-07T19:51:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/1 "2009-07-07T19:51:59Z")
Men, what do you think when a woman makes eye contact and smiles at you in a public place? Is it:
[LIST=a]
[li]“She totally digs me.”[/li][li]“She’s just being nice.”[/li][li]Something else? (Please specify.)[/li][/LIST]
Check here to see what the women said. Please answer before you click that link.
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### Author:  [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/2 "2009-07-07T20:23:30Z")
I almost never think A. B is most common and sometimes, when my face is breaking out in acne because I got lazy with my Proactiv, I think she’s noticing the zits. If she recoils in terror shortly after the eye contact and smile, it’s definately C.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/3 "2009-07-07T20:25:11Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#):
>
> Men, what do you think when a woman makes eye contact and smiles at you in a public place? Is it:
>
> [LIST=a]
> [li]“She totally digs me.”[/li][li]“She’s just being nice.”[/li][li]Something else? (Please specify.)[/li][/LIST]
c. “I wonder who she has mistaken me for.”
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### Author:  [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/4 "2009-07-07T20:28:32Z")
First thought is always:
C: Who is sitting beside me?
After that, if I am convinced it is me she is looking at, it is a cross between A & B. I’m not going to presume she is totally digging me, but I will at least presume she is slightly interested. I’ll then hopefully end up with a phone number, and never call it because I convince myself the next day she was not interested. Or I will call 3 weeks later by which time she is dating a friend of mine. That’s only happened 4 times.
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### Author:  [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/5 "2009-07-07T20:40:06Z")
C. Bemused indifference.
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### Author:  [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/6 "2009-07-07T20:41:07Z")
It depends on the type of smile. Sometimes I’m pretty convinced she actually digs me, sometimes it looks like she’s just being friend. It also depends on what sort of mood I’m in that day.
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### Author:  [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/7 "2009-07-07T20:46:14Z")
a or b
I tend to hope it’s a but plan on b. Even if she’s not attractive I still want her to think that I’m attractive. In most setting it will at least get me to ask for a number or ask about a boyfriend.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/8 "2009-07-07T20:48:00Z")
It could be any one of them.
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### Author:  [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/9 "2009-07-07T20:50:56Z")
Under normal circumstances, B. If there was something overt in her expression I would probably go to C (Is my fly open? Is she on drugs? She’s gonna go for my wallet!) rather than A.
I have on a couple of occasions thought A when a woman repeatedly put her hand on my thigh. On these occasions, the correct answer turned out to be C.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/10 "2009-07-07T20:51:48Z")
In your particular case, **tdn** , it’s a.
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### Author:  [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/11 "2009-07-07T20:52:13Z")
Somewhere between A and B, but leaning towards B.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/12 "2009-07-07T20:55:51Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
>
> In your particular case, **tdn** , it’s a.
The weather here is bumming me out. It makes me want to ask God what the fuck a cubit is, and if I really have to collect all those damn animals. And the thing is, I have a date tonight and I really wanted to be in a great emotional state when I show up.
Thank you thank you thank you!
(Where’s the kissy smiley when you need it?)
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/13 "2009-07-07T20:59:02Z")
(smiles at tdn in a public place) 😃
Good luck with your date.
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### Author:  [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/14 "2009-07-07T21:00:27Z")
> [@tdn](#):
>
> The weather here is bumming me out. It makes me want to ask God what the fuck a cubit is, and if I really have to collect all those damn animals. And the thing is, I have a date tonight and I really wanted to be in a great emotional state when I show up.
>
> Thank you thank you thank you!
>
> (Where’s the kissy smiley when you need it?)
That Iranian woman again?
Or a different woman, you pimp! 😉
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/15 "2009-07-07T21:01:46Z")
Different. Much much cuter.
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### Author:  [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/16 "2009-07-07T21:03:36Z")
> [@tdn](#):
>
> Different. Much much cuter.
Damn man! How much do you charge for lessons? 🆒
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/17 "2009-07-07T21:06:17Z")
[Fixed link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=523686)
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### Author:  [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/18 "2009-07-07T21:10:49Z")
> [@tdn](#):
>
> … And the thing is, I have a date tonight and I really wanted to be in a great emotional state when I show up…
Good luck! Will you report back to the boards on how it went?
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### Author:  [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/19 "2009-07-07T21:12:45Z")
> [@Baby\_Driver](#):
>
> Good luck! Will you report back to the boards on how it went?
… with pictures.
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### Author:  [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-the-single-men/502240/20 "2009-07-07T21:27:03Z")
What I think she means - A
What she actually means - C - there’s the guy who I’ve got a restraining order against. I’ll nail his ass in court now!
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