I'm socially retarded and missed an opportunity to ask someone on a date [Story]

This happened on Friday and I'm still kicking myself for it. This girl came into my work (an auto parts place) looking for some brake light clips and I was out by her car trying to figure out which ones would work best since we had loads of different one. we we're just chatting and she was flexing by telling me how much she knows about cars (which honestly half the stuff she was saying I had no clue about since I don't know jack about cars, I just know how to look things up and basic maintenance), how she likes to bargain hunt, and other little hobbies she likes. The whole time she's dropping hints that's she's interested and keeps just looking at me almost in awe meanwhile I'm more focused on trying not to sounding like a retarded child with the vocabulary of a 5 year old and fixing the light. It took me about 20 mins to figure out what would all work and the whole team she was one of the most patient and kind hearted people over ever met and I was debating asking for her number but thought she wouldn't be interested.

It didn't click until she left 5 mins after that she was dropping date hints (saying things like do you like coffee, my favorite place is ______, I've heard a lot about the new game of thrones episode but I haven't seen it yet been waiting to watch it with someone, etc.) . So now part of me wants her to come back, which most likely isn't going to happen. While the other part is like this is a lesson on how I shouldn't be retarded and need to notice hints like this sooner.



Submitted May 28, 2019 at 02:52AM

This happened on Friday and I'm still kicking myself for it. This girl came into my work (an auto parts place) looking for some brake light clips and I was out by her car trying to figure out which ones would work best since we had loads of different one. we we're just chatting and she was flexing by telling me how much she knows about cars (which honestly half the stuff she was saying I had no clue about since I don't know jack about cars, I just know how to look things up and basic maintenance), how she likes to bargain hunt, and other little hobbies she likes. The whole time she's dropping hints that's she's interested and keeps just looking at me almost in awe meanwhile I'm more focused on trying not to sounding like a retarded child with the vocabulary of a 5 year old and fixing the light. It took me about 20 mins to figure out what would all work and the whole team she was one of the most patient and kind hearted people over ever met and I was debating asking for her number but thought she wouldn't be interested.It didn't click until she left 5 mins after that she was dropping date hints (saying things like do you like coffee, my favorite place is ______, I've heard a lot about the new game of thrones episode but I haven't seen it yet been waiting to watch it with someone, etc.) . So now part of me wants her to come back, which most likely isn't going to happen. While the other part is like this is a lesson on how I shouldn't be retarded and need to notice hints like this sooner.
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