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Alex in Edinburgh is living out a megamix of Before Sunrise and You’ve Got Mail:
Recently, I met one of the loveliest girls I have ever met in my entire life. Sadly, we were only together for 5 minutes before fate dragged us our separate ways. I live in Edinburgh and she lives in Newcastle.
Not giving up, I added her on Facebook and sent her a friendly message, to which she responded with a friendly message. So far so good.
I’d be thrilled to get to know her better, and perhaps develop a friendship or something more… In person this would be normal and straightforward, but we’re too far apart for that.
So, answer me this:
How do you seduce someone (who is a bit shy) when you only have Facebook at your disposal, with only 5 minutes of real-life chemistry to fall back on?
I know this sounds like a tall order, but I’m quite desirable and she seemed to find me pleasant when we were together.
‘Quite desirable’ indeed! It’s remarkable this girl hasn’t stormed over the Scottish border to break herself off a piece of that.
Facebook is certainly not the only means at your disposal. Edinburgh and Newcastle aren’t that far from each other; it’s worth an hour-long train journey to spend an afternoon together, to see whether said chemistry can be sustained for longer than the time it takes to boil an egg.
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Answer Me This! Podcast 
April 6, 2011 at 9:15 pm |
COMPLETELY one upped – do what Brian says. You win Brian.
Lets hope her family aren’t all trained ninjas.
April 6, 2011 at 9:09 pm |
Forget the Facebook old chap, she’ll see straight through it. Here’s what to do –
(1) Find out where her parents/parent/close family members currently reside
(2) Pay/persuade/beg/allow 2 or 3 friends to don balaclavas and stage an armed robbery at said abode with much shouting and nastiness etc
(3) Burst in upon the horrific scene and after a carefully rehearsed fist fight, overpower the intruders and see them off, saving the close family members and earning their undying gratitude
(4) Ensure that word of your heroic deeds reaches the object of your affections
(5) JOB DONE
April 5, 2011 at 7:48 pm |
Well, dude, if it takes but an hour, you are indeed ‘quite desirable’, and you wanna have a try for this girl, try a bit of social foreplay followed (if she seems amiable and open to further discussion) by a ‘It’d be great to see you, and Ive never been to edinburgh, fancy showing me round the city?’ or countryside, or whatever.
If it works, then it works!
GO FOR IT 🙂
Wow I can see why Olly wanted to be an agony aunt, that was SO satisfying.