I know for a fact I would be thinking: what the hell, just say that, why do you keep asking me if that's what to say, I already told you. It would never even cross my mind that someone could like me.
I like to think that I have just missed so many signals with my obliviousness over the years, but in reality, I think there were probably even less than the SETI project has gotten. Speaking of that, 6EQUJ5 is a pretty good way to describe Ray.
She needs to play it off and tell him, "alright, I got it," then invite him out for coffee as thanks for the advice.
At the coffee "date," reiterate on the conversation a bit and repeat "I like you." If he still doesn't get it, she needs to grab the daft bastard by the collar and kiss the fool.
Ladies, this is as much a warning as it is advice, many of us are absolutely daft bastards. We may need it explained to us in excruciatingly painful detail and even then...
It doesn't mean we don't like you, it just means that we might not have consitered it. Some of us will probably like you right back, if we can just get that point hammered into our thick skull.
Best comment of the day, everyone else can go home.
At the coffee "date," reiterate on the conversation a bit and repeat "I like you." If he still doesn't get it, she needs to grab the daft bastard by the collar and kiss the fool.
Ladies, this is as much a warning as it is advice, many of us are absolutely daft bastards. We may need it explained to us in excruciatingly painful detail and even then...
It doesn't mean we don't like you, it just means that we might not have consitered it. Some of us will probably like you right back, if we can just get that point hammered into our thick skull.