What would you do? because i find it difficult to talk to a stranger in the middle of the street. so i always ignore and walk on, would you do the same?
2007-02-16 05:22:07 · 37 answers · asked by Zaina 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Honey, at my age I would be so flattered, I'd jump his bones right there!
No really, didn't your mama tell you not to talk to strangers?
2007-02-16 05:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by Grandma Shorty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about, "Well, you just did talk to me, so have a nice day now!"
In the US, it seems like a line, and a potentially dangerous one at that. When I was in China, I was a bit of a spectacle with my Blonde hair and didn't mind when I was told that (however I had 2 interpreters and another person with me at the time, too). I even shook his hand and said she-she (thank you).
It weirds me out when a man talks to me more than "hi, how are you," when I am alone and on the street. I don't necessarily react in a rude manner or show fear, but I don't stop and banter with them, either!
2007-02-16 06:19:19 · answer #2 · answered by mamacatto2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering one of the most common questions on these boards is "how do you meet guys" I would say sure, and see what he had in mind. If he's just a horny creep you can always walk away, but he may be a nice person. Saying HI is how people meet, after all. Amazes me how girls will sit together at a table and pick apart all the guys in the room, then later complain they never got asked to dance!
2007-02-16 06:19:14 · answer #3 · answered by barefoot_always 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even when I was single I ignored them. You don't know if the person is handing you a line or not. There is a lot of crazy people out there, meet your prospects in a more secure location, not on the street. I personally know someone who stopped to talk to the person yelling at her and she was dragged off. She was raped and beaten in the middle of the day. Play it safe, ignore the idiot.
2007-02-16 05:35:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh, hey listen, if you can afford a smile and a thank you, jsut do it and then move on.
We Aemricans are so goddmaned uptight.
Now, if you're in a dnagerous city, and I were a cop who saw you do that, I'd talk to you myself and see if you're not from around or need to see a shrink or be arrested for self-endangerment- jsut kidding.
But really now, in Europe, women know how to be complimented by little things like this and just move on.
Now in a rural place and not Long Island, NY, I know to do this and it's a breeze.
2007-02-16 05:28:36 · answer #5 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it were a stranger I would first try to figure out if it were a very nearsighted woman or... well it has happened, I not the woman that is....
If of the right sex and so on, I would, being a man, speak long enough to ask if they were simply mental or barking mad.
Handsome prince I am, beautiful, well, that is a bit of a stretch!!
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-02-16 09:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You take you life in your hands when you speak to strangers on a street. I saw a newscast where a girl was just walking by a guy and he grabbed her and took her behind an empty garage. It was all captured on a city web-cam. Use your imagination!! Men who don't know you will use any flattery to attract your attention. Maybe "you" don't consider yourself beautiful or you would not have had to ask this question........You would already know. Beauty is skin deep. Real beauty is within.
2007-02-16 05:29:27 · answer #7 · answered by bum-fuzzled 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I talk to people I don`t know in the street all the time - but only in daylight. If some one came up to me and I was Beautiful then I would suggest coffee in a public place and get to know him
2007-02-16 23:52:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would keep walking but look back and say thanks but I'm in a rush. I have ignored people in the street before but only because I knew they were going to ask for money or something, on both occasions they shouted abuse at me so I think its better to acknowledge people but don't put yourself in danger by stopping to talk.
2007-02-16 08:58:56 · answer #9 · answered by JK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Telling a stranger that she is "beautiful" or pretty sounds like a line, and good looking women hear it ALL of the time (so they are tired of it).
Why not just walk up to her an make a funny remark about something nearby, or ask her opinion on something specific about male female relationship (such as who should pay on a date), or ask her opinion on the latest Hollywood gossip or scandal (tell her that you are trying to settle a bet with a friend)?
Or just plain "hi, nice day, isn't it?" will often do just fine.
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The problem with your approach is that it is too artificial. Next time, just talk to her as if she were some man that you were trying to meet (he is a human being after all). If you are calm and sound natural, people will talk to you. If you act nervous and use artificial lines, women will think of you as a freak and run away (some people will act rude no matter what you do, so don't take it too personally).
2007-02-16 05:33:20 · answer #10 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As long as there are other people on the street at the same time. it is OK. However, you need to follow the same advice given to children; do not give your address or phone number. If you desire to talk, go to a crowded restaurant or coffee bar. Do not go to secluded places.
Now, this is proper etiquette.
2007-02-16 16:34:49 · answer #11 · answered by Sasha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋