look.. when a girl is talking to you, you have to, and I stress HAVE to, assume that she wants you. She has SoME interest, otherwise she woudln't be wasting her time with you at the present moment. It's up to you to make the best of that moment.
anyway, asking a girl out. The trick is, you don't ask.
This is me.. and I actually get alot of heat for the way I feel about it, but hey, what can I do, it's me.
First of all, I seriously, don't have time, and even if I did, I wouldn't, to widdle my way around her schedule. I usually have 1, maybe 2 nights a week open.. she has to get in where she fits in.
I will usually tell her that I will pick her up on X date at X time. If she asks what we are doing I tell her she will see when she gets picked up.
If she makes up an excuse, I am actually nerved that she didn't accecpt my gracious offer. Unless she has a legit excuse, which does happen from time to time, I will say forget it and move on.
however, that hardly does happen. Most of the time I don't even setup dates.. I go on dates without even knowing it. I will meet a girl and we will be taking and I will say lets go, I am hungry, so lets go get a bite to eat. I grab my ****, she grabs her ****.. next thing you know she is following me to a resturant or she is with me.. bam.. date.
If you are at a bar, and you meet a girl, a simple change of venunes can count for a "date" if played right.
See, I have a problem with sterotypical "dating".. it's too much of a rat race. Anygirl, regardless if she likes you or not, is going to be more hesitiant becaus e now she is going on a "date" with this new guy, has a week or so to pounder what to do, what is he going to be like, am I going to like him.. a woman can think her way out of not liking you if she has enough time.
of course, there are different ways to play it. If I suggest going somewhere else (I never do it just to do it, I usually do it for a reason, like I really am hungry) I will tell her that I am a pretty busy person, so I don't know when I might be able to catch up with them, but I will get their number and try. Again, this doesn't happen often, but it's a low sign of interest.
A simple "hey, be ready tonight at x oclock, I'm picking you up to go somewhere" is fine enough, at least in my book.. if she doesn't like it, screw it