{"id":141953,"date":"2026-04-21T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/uk\/?p=141953"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:15:14","slug":"reasons-you-should-ask-him-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/uk\/reasons-you-should-ask-him-out\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Reasons You Should Ask Him Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s daunting and feels weird. Us girls aren&#8217;t used to this kind of responsibility, but maybe it&#8217;s time we step up to the challenge. Sometimes, it&#8217;s best to not leave these things to fate, so here&#8217;s 10 Reasons You Should Ask Him Out. (scary, I know). I went around and asked some elite singles what they thought it meant to psyche yourself up and ask the big question.<\/p>\n<h2>1) &#8220;You making the first move means he doesn&#8217;t like you&#8221;. (or does it?)<\/h2>\n<p>Definitely not. From what I&#8217;ve seen and experienced, no one (and I mean NO ONE) likes to make the first move. It&#8217;s terrifying, often embarrassing and awkward. But someone has to do it. He might be shy (and thinking exactly what you are) praying you&#8217;ll step up to the challenge. Annoying I know. But don&#8217;t wait around for him to pluck up the courage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h2>2) &#8220;If I ask him out he&#8217;ll think I&#8217;m less feminine&#8221;. (huh?)<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard this A LOT and it&#8217;s crazy. Why can&#8217;t women ask men out? Is it some unwritten rule? Is it considered wrong? Often men appreciate the gesture and actually think more of you when you&#8217;re not afraid to just ask. It doesn&#8217;t make you seem &#8216;manly&#8217;, who told us this??<\/p>\n<p>(Disclaimer: I&#8217;ve been guilty here too, I can&#8217;t deny it, and I STILL don&#8217;t understand why)<\/p>\n<h2>3) &#8220;I&#8217;ll seem too desperate&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Again. Someone has to do it. It doesn&#8217;t make him seem desperate or needy so why should it make you? Asking people out on dates in natural and VERY normal, this stigma of thinking you&#8217;ll seem desperate is frankly unhealthy and I am not for it.<\/p>\n<h2>4) &#8220;He might say no&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>OBVIOUSLY. But that&#8217;s the whole point! If it&#8217;s meant to be,\u00a0it&#8217;s meant to be, and if not, then at least you tried. Although we&#8217;ve all heard it a hundred times (and sounds incredibly cliche), you really have nothing to lose. Guys ask girls out all the time and the answer is no, it&#8217;s no biggie.<\/p>\n<h2>5) &#8220;It might ruin our friendship&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>This is a tricky one. If you&#8217;re friends first it&#8217;s hard to know when you should cross that line. Unfortunately,\u00a0 this could (i hate to say it) ruin your friendship, or\u00a0<em>change\u00a0<\/em>it. So make sure you\u00a0<em>really\u00a0<\/em>like him and have thought it over.<\/p>\n<p>Orrr, of course, it might have the opposite effect and you could end up together forever (yay!). Most relationships start off as friends after all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h2>6) &#8220;None of my friends do it&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Be the maverick of your friendship group! Pave your own path!!!<\/p>\n<p>You really never know, your friends might follow in your footsteps.<\/p>\n<h2>7) &#8220;I could be reading the signs all wrong&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Yes. Or you might be bang on the money. This is always a risk when asking people out. If you do turn out to be wrong at least you can put it to bed and move on.<\/p>\n<h2>8) &#8220;It might emasculate him&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Trust me. They&#8217;ll be grateful.<\/p>\n<h2>9) &#8220;Boy&#8217;s are supposed to be in control&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Sorry, what?!?! You should feel just as equally in control as he does. If you feel\u00a0<em>controlled\u00a0<\/em>then he&#8217;s not the one. Get out of there.<\/p>\n<h2>10) &#8220;Being assertive isn&#8217;t sexy&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Oh but it is. Put yourself out there. Know what you want, and own it. Trust me, being unsure and nervous definitely isn&#8217;t sexy.<\/p>\n<p>Dating is a tough game. It can go either way, sometimes good and sometimes bad, but I think it&#8217;s time us girls started changing the &#8216;norm&#8217; and put ourselves out there. Take control of the situation if you want it bad enough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h6>Featured Image Source:\u00a0https:\/\/datelicious.com.au\/awkward-dating-moments\/<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s daunting and feels weird. 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