Hahaha. I paid a little extra attention to a girl I fancied and asked her to lunch with me a few times a week to gauge if there was mutual interest: the conversation goes great every time, there's shared laughter, body language and non-verbal cues are coordinated, all the signs are there, and then... I make my move to ask her out. BAM! She says we're just friends in a sneak ninjamove karatechop and kick to the head into the abyss in front of everyone, and totally dodges the answer by trying to set me up with one her friends; that was adding insult to injury. I quickly stomped out that fire by laughing and telling her we're not friends, nor would I want to waste my time pretending to be one. Then, I ordered another round of beers for everyone at our table