Great thread . Fascinating and responses from some of my favorite members , namely Slim and the Chairmen . (Go Yanks , hurry up Judge !)
Y'all have been waiting for me to weigh in here, eh?
Oh, you meant AARON Judge?
Never mind.
A few random thoughts here.
1. No man is the same. Strategies that work for some will not work for others, etc. Not an original observation.
2. No girl is the same. Well, that's not true. There are only 12 types. But 12 is a lot of strategies to figure out and keep straight. Some girls like cavemen. (And hey, the Neanderthals were underestimated. The guys in Lascaux had some artistic flair too). Some girls hate cavemen. Some switch back and forth depending on where they are in their estrous cycle. Go figure. This is a good thing btw. A successful species needs a mix of alphas and betas to survive and thrive. So if the girls only fucked alphas, Darwin tells us eventually we'd only have alphas and civilization would soon implode.
3. SOOOO many directions we could go with "enjoying her cannoli". Though the Godfather quote is of course the obvious one.
4. BK Basketball Metaphor Time (TM). Nutopia is the Miami Heat. This was an extremely unlikely run. He made it to the Finals/dinner, so the home crowd really ought to give him a hearty round of applause for getting this far. But just because you win 3 series you shouldn't have won (well, maybe 2, as a pessimist, I thought they had the edge on the Knicks all along), doesn't mean you're on your way to beating the Nuggets and getting past the Joker. You never really had a shot, but you gotta give it your all and play the game out. Too bad they and you all ran out of gas. {I feel like "Joker" should represent something here, but haven't figured out what that is yet}.
5. There were some adjustments you and the Heat might have made to improve the odds, so here are some suggestions. Though again, even with improved odds, this probably wasn't happening anyway. But it might have extended the series and led to some more memorable highlights if not quite to holding the trophy in the end.
6. I gotta agree on questioning the choice of Little Italy. A little too cliched. Based on the Chairman's good intel, she likely is only allowed to play in Manhattan (and perhaps Flushing area?) So take her out of her comfort zone to a world she hasn't been to yet. Brooklyn. Show her things on her last night she's never seen before. If not all the way to Brooklyn, at least walk her across the Brooklyn Bridge (if she hasn't yet). Captain, will she say "yes" to going to Brooklyn? Or will she hear Daddy's voice in her head telling her to not leave Manhattan south of 59th Street? Maybe Brooklyn is an acceptable amount of rebellion? By now there must be glossy magazine spreads (or internet equivalent) in Korean travel media explaining that Brooklyn no longer necessarily equals instant death and has a couple of places a young Korean exchange student might want to see.
7. Granted, as a Korean exchange student, she may not have known yet how trite Little Italy is, and could have been charmed. But if she was at NYU for a semester, she must have already tried some American cannoli, so to speak, so figure out what else she hasn't seen yet in NY.
8. Yes, yes. She's leaving tomorrow. But you STILL were a bit premature. And goodness, yes, that last move was rushed and awkward. Very much like the last Jimmy Butler 3-pt attempt with 17 seconds left in Game 5. Shouldn't have made that resolution to make your move by dessert. She can sleep on the plane, so you've got at least until Before Sunrise*. You are now Ethan Hawke. Granted a little creepier, though maybe not much creepier than Ethan Hawke in 2023.
9.To UM's point about just making a test move without asking.....at some point take her somewhere where you have to cross a busy street - grab her hand to lead her "safely". Canal or Bowery would have been adequate in this situation, but going back to the Brooklyn Bridge, the area around the entrance to the bridge on either side is preferred. That shit is dangerous.
10. Alternative/additional agenda item: East River Ferry. Last ride on a Saturday night is 9:45 from Fulton St. Best if you're on the verge of missing it, but then rush to catch it and barely make it in time. Adrenalin rush! So there's your high five somebody mentioned. Staten Island Ferry isn't a bad choice either if it's too late. Then she she's stuck with you for well over another hour.
11. I'm just making shit up now, but as the night runs long and she starts to get tired, as you're on your way back from Staten Island, leaning over the railing looking at the approaching night skyline with the wind blowing....offer a hand massage. (I don't know: somebody check if there's some sort of hand massage that might counter fatigue). Seems like a quasi-plausible non-threatining-ISH way to ratchet up the physical contact.
12. After that, well you're on your own. I've never gotten past the hand massage level myself. Wait, no, I once did. And then I married her. But I didn't get laid that night. And to be fair, that particular girl I married that time was not 45 years younger than me. Though she was getting on a plane the next day.
*This was also ostensibly the plot of Groundhog Day. He also only had one day/one night to bed Andie McDowell. He just had infinite chances.
Anyway what the fuck happened after busking in SoHo? Or rather, did any fuck happen after busking in SoHo?