This one is where ASF really paid off.
I got a ride home with HB8.5Energy, a totally thin cute party girl. A mutual friend had introduced us, so we felt pretty comfortable together and had a lot of kino on the skating rink. When she dropped me off, I asked for her number. She said, "Give me your number. I never give guys my number." THen I did something I never would have done before ASF. I said, "That's funny, I never give girls my number either," and walked off.
The next day I wondered if I'd been totally rude. But rudeness worked. I got this message on my answering machine: "Hey Chris, guess who? It's the girl who's not going to give you her phone number. I was thinking about it, and I perhaps didn't come across as very good yesterday because it's just a natural reaction when guys in the past have asked me for my number. But thinking about it, it was rude, and you're good and I know you're not being creepy and have some ulterior motive...If I came off bitchy, that's not what I wanted to do. I had a lot of fun and I'm calling to give you my number, if you still want it. I had such a long day, but I kept thinking, 'I gotta call Chris, gotta call Chris.' It's been on my mind all day." And then she gave me her home phone AND cell phone. (She must have gotten my number from our mutual friend.) So, chalk one up for ASF, because I know that if I had just given her my number like an AFC, she NEVER would have called.
