Hi miss, can we be friends?

Philippines
January 24, 2011 10:58am CST
[b]I was walking out of the mall to the Bus terminal when this guy called my attention. I think he's still a student. I stopped on my tracks for a while and then he asked me, "Hi miss. Can we be friends?". I was a little shock of that sudden encounter and quickly said no then started walking fast. He followed me for a short while and asked me, " Can I just ask your name please?". I ignored him and continued walking. I can still hear him calling me but I continued walking, pretending not to hear. I was thinking that there might be something fishy about it. I wanna think that I might have caught his eyes while I was walking, and he might have thought that I was pretty (). But what the hell?! You can't just stop a girl from her tracks just so you can ask if she can be friends with you or just ask her name. I was thinking that He has his friends nearby, and they are betting. Or he's a fraternity newbie who is undergoing an initiation. What an @sshole![/b]
11 responses
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
25 Jan 11
Hi. That's the wisest thing to do in that kind of a situation. Just politely say no and walk away fast. Asking for someone's name isn't that bad in itself. It's the manner in which they asked which makes it questionable. By the way, not all fraternities do unrefined and ungentlemanly stuff like that. Mine doesn't :)
@agrim94 (3805)
• India
25 Jan 11
Hi sophiaraine, Yes i can agree with you that you can not stop girls in way and ask them for friendship. But i got a question, that a guy doesnt know you nor he and you have a common friend who can introduce then how is going to say hi and try his luck with you? Also here online on yahoo chat or facebook or myspace we can send request letter to any girl but if we do it in real life it is considered very rude. I dont know what to make out of it.
• Indonesia
25 Jan 11
I hate that kind of people. I live here far from home, so you could say I live alone here. Everyday... let me repeat.. EVERYDAY there is a guy greet me with, "Hi lady, where are you going?" At the first time, I only replied it, "I'm going to work". but the next day he greeted me again, "Hi beautiful, where are you going?". He asks that question again and again everyday and I am really bored of it. Then when I go home after work, he ask me again, where have I'd been, etc. It's irritating me. One day he asked me my name and i ignore him. Everyday and every time he asks me, I ignore him and I walk fast just to avoid him. I kinda afraid of that kind of guy.
• Mexico
24 Jan 11
Hi sophiaraine: I think that was creepy. You never know what were his intentions and it's not polite to ask a girl you don't know if you can be friends. It's intrusive and disrespectful. I think that those two options are probably what happened. Thanks God he doesn't try to call your attention doing something disgusting. ALVARO
@lizmik143 (137)
• Philippines
25 Jan 11
If that ever happens to me, I will stop and talk to him not because I love to but because of his insistence. There is no wrong if he only wants my name. I can give a fake name but if he asks for my number, that's another story. If he was just purely friendly that was fine.
@cva007 (25)
• India
24 Jan 11
No,he should not done like that;nowadays girls were coming out of home and enjoying their rights,but it causes problem too.They should know whether they are busy are going fast of some work!!!
@ladygator (3465)
• United States
24 Jan 11
Yeah, I agree with you. I am not one to talk or become friends with some random guy that wants to strike up a conversation with me. I am a bit older and married, but I didnt go for that even when I was younger. I always thought it rude to talk in such a way. I cant stand people to act just any kind of way just because they feel like it. I also teach my boys to never approach a lady that way.
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
24 Jan 11
Dear Sophia generally such elements are known as 'Eve Teasers' who have no other work except teasing the girls. they may be doing this thing either for a simple fun or in some cases they may have malafide intentions! In any case a stranger approaching and wanted you to be his friend is some thing very strange and suspicious ! I feel that the guy must be having some ill intentions about which it is better not to talk about as we are hearing and watching about such things very often now a days on TVs. The girls are made easy prey by such people who can be criminals also so to be on safer side please always carry a mobile phone and have the police number stored in it along with the emergency numbers which can be accessed in case of emergencies! Now, coming to the end of your discussion if he is really a fraternity newbie undergoing initiation then his enthusiasm should be nipped as the bud before it takes into the form of a poisonous fruit and then an ivy! Next time if any thing happens like this please inform the local Police to teach him a lesson and also to mend his life in a proper direction! Thanks!
@2004cqui (2812)
• United States
24 Jan 11
No matter what his motives were he is a PREDATOR! Immediately take these actions! Take the situation seriously! Pull out your cell phone and call 911 or what ever the emergency number is where you live, on the way to the nearest security officer. Report it. Take the advice of the security and emergency personnel period. Do not think this is cute or think someone thinks you're pretty. This gets young ladies kidnapped or killed all the time! These people would rather help a living, breathing person than roping off a homicide site any day! If it is some kind of prank it is still hugely illegal, except in Mexico. Kidding.
@jujunme (2501)
• United States
24 Jan 11
There was obviously something very wrong with this guy and you did the right thing by walking away from him.Normal people just don't go around asking someone they don't know to be their friend and ask them their name, even if they found them attractive The fact that he kept calling your name after you walked away is kind of frightening, almost like he was desperate for you to respond to him or stop and talk to him. We need to be so careful in who we talk or respond to nowadays, since you never know what can happen if you give someone like this any kind of attention. All i can add is, i hope you never run into this nut again.
@JohnMach (550)
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
Well, you are pretty. Is that you on your avatar? :) I'd like to be you friend too so I will invite you as one. Please don't be snob. :D I tend to do that too especially if the girl made me fall in love then and there.