Reply #4: Don't attempt humor? What else is there? [View All]

I'm not exactly the poster boy for romantic success, but seriously, I do at least know that people respond to humor. Example: I am 22 and I was waiting for the subway the other day sitting next to a *very* attractive young woman about my age. She wasn't "my type", but objectively she was very pretty. I don't flirt in public, but the situation was just too perfect. There was a much older man, who looked like a total sleezebag, ogling her and making everything uncomfortable.

After a couple minutes of this action, Mr. Sleezy comes up to this girl, and despite wearing a huge and highly visible watch on his wrist, asked her what time it was. After that exchange, he drifted back off. I waited for him to get a ways away and I leaned in on the lady in question and said "I guess that huge watch of his doesn't work in these situations". She laughed and had a big look of relief on her face that I had sort of broken the tension. You don't need to be Mr. Smooth to get a response from people.

Any "dating coach" who tells people not to try and have a sense of humor is just ripping people off. I'm no expert, but man, I'm neither suave, handsome, or a mountain man: if it weren't for humor, what would there be? Acting like a prick? Apparently...