Women asking men isn't just a modern thing. I'm 52 this year and how I wish a girl would have asked me on a date when I was sixteen.
Women are a far better judge of chemistry than any man. Chemistry is about smell and it is to do with the immune system. Seriously a man with a good sense of smell is still inferior to any woman (unless she has severe head injuries).
A female should NEVER ask a bloke out on a date.......NEVER.
Through a natural biological phenomenon called "flirting" she makes her intentions known. Romance and flirting are prerequisites that the female sex has lost.
i waited for two years for a guy in our group of friends to ask me out and he never did.
In the end, i asked him.
It was difficult because i knew that if he rejected me, the atmosphere would change and i maybe wouldn't be able to stay in their company.
so i think i was very brave!
As a guy I have always dreaded the idea of having to make the move. Never felt it was fair, after all we aren't all extroverts who don't care what the response is. High time the ladies took over I say.
Sqad I think you are assuming all men are as manly, gallant and have natural empathy with the fairest sex. Regrettably we aren't all as lucky as Mrs Sqad
'He has shown interest' ... that's good yes? If Rodge is getting good body language from him then I would go for it ... I don't think it's desperate to ask someone out at all, although it requires a little confidence.