Reply To: Awkward Social Dynamics Challenge #3 – The male friend arrives

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@ purple lake – yea, that’s one way ….just watch carefully how they interact for clues

@ Some guy uk – Hahaha….you’re kidding !!! she actually called the poor dude “gay best friend “ ! ; I think she really liked being approached by you and wanted the interaction to continue….

On a serious note, that is a good idea, asking if you’re interrupting a first date…..I’m gonna try that one next time this happens to me……Thanks

Some other suggestions / thoughts

If its still not clear after a couple of minutes of conversation, I might tease them a bit “ you two make such a lovely couple “ and see where they take it from there…..but “interrupting a date” accomplishes the same idea

If they are on a date , then I just move on , better to see what else is available out there…

If they are on a second date and they’re not presenting clear signs of being attracted to each other, then the other guy is dangerously close to becoming an orbiter and we probably have some room to push it…..

I’d stay in the conversation a bit more, do lots more teasing and qualification …. I might do the email /card trick that Lee suggested, which would be a low key way to get in touch