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Asking someone for their number?

Droopy

Droopy

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Does anyone shy away from asking people for their phone number? At what point during the friendship do you ask them and how? Do you have to be friends for a certain amount of time before it would be acceptable to ask? What if it's a female that you are looking the number of but not in a dating type of way? Is it acceptable to ask over Facebook? lol

Anyone help?
 
I do not think I would go as far as asking on facebook. I don't know. Kind of informally I would imagine. Like if you are comfortable enough to be friends, just ask when there is a genuinely lateral conversion. If all else fails, use Facebook. I think having the nerve to actually phone is the hardest part!

Good luck! Hope it goes well for you.
 
Interesting question...as I have been thinking back, I think I have always freely given my number to people, but rarely recall asking for theirs.
 
Well I managed to get the phone numbers of two female associates whom I haven't seen in ages. The other I talk to on MSN sometimes but haven't got her number yet. I have been using the numbers to organize social outings with them and my other friends. It wasn't as hard as I initially thought it would be (given the fact they were merely associates and I hadn't talked to or seen them in ages).
 
I don't ask for peoples numbers, unless I've known them for two months. I also don't give away my number, unless I've known the person for two months.
 
I heard it can be easier to get an email address, first, especially with girls. It seems to vary a lot so I'm not sure there's general rules about it!
 
BruceCM said:
I heard it can be easier to get an email address, first, especially with girls. It seems to vary a lot so I'm not sure there's general rules about it!
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Yes, that actually is very much true but I normally take my time before I start with the emails and the phone numbers.
It's easier just to get to know the person before you can decide to ask or they ask?
 
I have a TERRIBLE time asking people (especially females --potential dates--) for their numbers. I just get too anxious. But there have been times when I really wanted their number so I could text message them rather than talk face-to-face (it's so much easier for me, because I can analyze what I say before I send the message), but couldn't bring myself to ask. I've even gone so far as to find it myself without asking them at all. Which they usually interpret as "creepy". =/

Even if I'm friends with a girl for quite some time, I find it equally difficult to ask them on a date or for their number.
 
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