Bonhomme said:
All right. No argument there. But then the title of the thread should be: "A Woman Tells You Why It's Not Necessarily A Turn-off To Buy Her A Drink!!!"
It did look like the outcome would have been the same had he not bought you a drink.
I doubt it. I doubt he would have gotten my attention that night. But who knows. I'll break that part down a little more for you.
1. Iqqi in love with all the HBGUY10s surrounding her. Is heavily gaming with 2 HBGUYs on rotation.
2. Somewhat random HBGUYlessthan8 slips in, buys my drink. This gets my attention from other two guys.
3. Before I can give attention back to other guys, guy who buys my drink uses the initial introduction time to woo Iq a little with his intelligence and personality.
4. Iq gets chance to run, what with her commitmentphobias and all. Does this guy expect me to stay with him now all night? Most guys want something.
5. Guy does not harrass or badger Iq at all. Iq's thought process: Does not seem to expect anything from buying Iq and friend a drink! Does not seem phased if I just go away forever and ever. Seems as if he did it because 1. He can 2. He wanted to get my attention. Not keep it just because he bought a drink.
6. Iq feels better about getting to know this interesting and confident and not bitter guy a little more. And is a little intrigued, to boot.
The point I am trying to make is one that is already understood by few and will never be understood by many. Drink buying really is not an art. It's just that so many seem to confuse it as something more than what it is.
Of course buying the drink for me is not what got him as far as he got. What DID was he got my attention in the first place by stepping in how he did, buying my drink (w/o asking by the way), and then following up with manly qualities I don't see often.
Some guys have this down naturally, they never even think they are doing something wrong because it is just not that big of a deal for them, like it seems to be with some. They don't think about it much at all!
My point is to maybe shed some light of the poor little doomed and confused souls on here who think that to buy a chick a drink is to sell your soul to the devil aka womankind! And forever live in a hell of AFCdom.
This is not the case! Just don't be the guy that buys every chick you see a drink, and don't feel like you are owed anything either!
I'm not saying that he bought me a drink = he got the Iq! Or that his intentions were or were not to get the Iq in the first place. I am not even saying anything about his overall intentions.
I think that if he DIDN'T get the Iq, it wouldn't have broken his heart or his wallet! Or his spirit!
I AM saying that he got my attention, and then my respect and interest, all starting
with the way he bought my drink....