I think sometimes you can be clueless about friendly relations. Until it moves into a more intimate level, I think you can stay clueless. Meaning that both men and women will keep y0-y0ing around until one of you says something that
is intimate. Like anything as simple as, "I love how you smile at me" or "I love the way you look at me with those green eyes".
I know of a few men/classmates of mine from school that never asked me out because they were either afraid or shy to make that move or step over the edge and just ask. And there were a few guys that I admired in school but was too shy to make a move myself!!
When I expressed this later, they were floored because they had no clue. Same with those guys that never asked me out! Heh. I always say, "Gosh, why didn't ya???" There is always either a shrug of shoulders or they laugh and say things like I was intimidating!! That always has me laughing pretty hard!
I am not intimidating!
Either way, sometimes you just have to bite bullet and go for it!!! Let us know how it goes Slim!