# "Why doesn't that ever happen to me??" Well, it happened. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428 "2001-07-06T01:31:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/1 "2001-07-06T01:31:23Z")
A group of eight (yes, that’s EIGHT) women came on to me yesterday. And not in any subtle way, either. I was sitting in a park with some friends after a show, and this woman came up to us and introduced herself. She was like, “i’m with this group of women over there, and (turning to me) they’re curious about you. Are you single? Straight? Well, i’m neither, which is why i have no problem doing this, but they are.” So she led me over to her friends, they handed me a beer, and we started talking. Alas, my skills at making conversation with total strangers rank right up there with my skills at pissing in rainbow colors over the Great Wall of China. That, combined that the only ones that were really outgoing enough to keep the conversation going were the first woman and her partner, means that things really didn’t go much of anywhere. Okay… things weren’t _that_ bad. It wasn’t like they were all like, “eww! Get out of here, putz, and send your friend over while you’re at it.” We had a brief conversation, friendly enough, and then i went back to my friends. Shortly afterwards, they all left, holding hands. (okay, to be honest, i didn’t really find any of them particularly attractive. But still… _eight women came on to me!_ :D) ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/2 "2001-07-06T01:41:56Z")
How could these women _not_ notice you is more the question in my head. You’re an amazing, beautiful, wonderful human being and it shows. Now stop developing hopeless crushes on faraway women! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/3 "2001-07-06T02:26:44Z")
Hi zyzz. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/4 "2001-07-06T04:51:25Z")
Well hell, that’s nothing! I remember the time _eighteen_ women came on to me. I was at this party, and I’d had a few drinks and was telling some rather ribald jokes, when - oh, wait, actually that was the time _I_ came on to eighteen women. Never mind. Oh yeah, and I’m with **Rasa** : it doesn’t really surprise me much either, **zyzz**. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/5 "2001-07-06T04:56:51Z")
**zyzz** , don’t look now, but I think **woodstock** is flirting with you! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/6 "2001-07-06T04:59:35Z")
**Rasa** , I’m just flirting with him in the hopes he’ll throw some of his leftovers my way. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/7 "2001-07-06T08:19:00Z")
Did they have big hooters? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/8 "2001-07-06T12:58:09Z")
\ Hey, I killed **seven** with one blow! \ ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/9 "2001-07-07T02:31:21Z")
Zyzz, you dont give yourself enoiugh credit, mah man. I’m not surprised either. You are a handsome guy…and I find you interesting :D. Do you like me? yes no ---
**Author:** ![askol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@askol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askol)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/10 "2001-07-07T02:48:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Do you like me? > > yes no Remember folks, lesson #1 of ‘Flirting for Shy Folks’ is to **not** include the _no_ checkbox. Things work out much better that way. askol ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/11 "2001-07-07T09:04:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Alas, my skills at making conversation with total strangers rank right up there with my skills at pissing in rainbow colors over the Great Wall of China. wow! that would be impressive! ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/12 "2001-07-07T12:35:28Z")
In 33 and a half years, no one’s ever come on to me. I must be a real uggo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/13 "2001-07-07T17:39:00Z")
**Doob** , you forgot the maybe checkbox… you never know, he might switch teams someday! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-that-ever-happen-to-me-well-it-happened/71428/14 "2001-07-07T22:44:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zyzzyva \* > \*\*(okay, to be honest, i didn’t really find any of them particularly attractive. But still… _eight women came on to me!_ :D) \*\* Hey, if they averaged out to be at least a 1.25 each, you could have said you had sex with a 10!