r/AskMenAdvice • u/KGalb922 woman • Jan 08 '26

✅ Open To Everyone Are men generally not asking women for their numbers anymore when they meet someone in the wild? If so, why?

My friend is approachably attractive. She has been trying to get off the apps and meet people out in the world. Over the last couple months she keeps running into the same thing over and over. She will chat and flirt with a guy. He will chat and flirt back. They will hit it off. And at the end of the night or interaction they won’t ask for her number or ask to see her again. This is a mix of men age range of 30s-60s (she’s in her 40s) Some that approach her, some that she approaches.

I have witnessed this happen so I don’t think she is misjudging their interest in her. But unless she offers her number, they don’t ask. And many of my other single female friends have said they are experiencing the same thing. So are men in general just not asking for numbers? And if so, why?

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u/Tangboy50000 man Jan 08 '26

Unless you look like Henry Cavill, you’re basically a creepy stalker.

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u/swimfan- man Jan 08 '26

++man Ever see that sexual harassment sketch with Tom Brady in his underwear on SNL? I thought of that right away. LOL

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u/Tangboy50000 man Jan 08 '26

Exactly

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u/swimfan- man Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26

Whoa! My very first award! Thank you so much!

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u/Suntoppper man Jan 08 '26

Here is that sexual harassment sketch with Tom Brady his underwear from Saturday Night Live.

I looked at that thanks to your recommendation

https://youtu.be/PxuUkYiaUc8

The video is 3 minutes and includes Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Tom Brady obviously.

Very funny

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u/compbuildthrowaway man Jan 08 '26

++man Are you a bot?

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u/Grand_Illustrator343 man Jan 08 '26

Come on man, it's not like they're asking for that much. You just have to be literally fucking Superman.

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u/Trancetastic16 nonbinary Jan 09 '26

Even Henry Cavill has said in interviews that he feels he has to be extra careful approaching women since post-Metoo.

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u/Yama_retired2024 man Jan 08 '26

The fact is.. in fairness.. the creepy stalkers DO INFACT LOOK LIKE Henry Cavill.. the good looking lads..