Listen here.

What are the interests you share with this classy lady?

WIN!

Mr Khan if she likes Paintballing, take her to that...its a nice way to bond!

Primary interest overlap is academic. We're both in the same internship program, and the same sub-segment of that program, as well as at the same internship proper, and in the same required class at the internship, mostly due to a mutual enjoyment of politics and international affairs. It helps that she's Canadian, so my more contentious views on US politics don't get in the way (Canadian-ness got me the first "date" in the first place, because she wanted to go out and see a service for Remembrance Day, but those are much harder to find here. Us both being in Washington made it easier)

overlap hits at odder points as well. One morning when i declared i was going to waste the morning reading fan-fiction because our boss hadn't shown up to give me the one thing i needed to work on yet, she commented on it, though it turns out her interests there lie in Harry Potter and CSI, which is quite far away from my One Piece and SWAT Kats, and that launched into a conversation about how bogus we both thought some of the stuff from Deathly Hallows was

Very socially similar to myself as well, given that she doesn't really drink (and doesn't drink for the same reason as me too: it all tastes the same to both of us: ethanol), never updates her facebook (though i one-up her on that as i don't have one at all), and shares many of my tastes in food.

Plus (though this was quite inadvertant on my part) she's seen some of the worst i have to offer in terms of personality, seen me at my most small-minded, contentious, and boorish, yet that hasn't driven her off. Not that i would expect anyone (let alone a potential gf) to put up with my bad side, but it very certainly helps

After the movie, ask her if she would like to do something, just you and her.  When you do this, make sure that you come across confident since women like confident men.  Make sure that it comes across as confident, but not arrogant since most women don't like arrogance.

And for crying out loud, don't be cheap with a woman if you ever expect to get laid.  After you get laid you can start being cheaper.

how did you afford a computer if you can't afford a ticket?

computer = academic necessity = parents

I don't have that much squirreled away. My last part-time job was sub-minimum wage, and i was lucky to get it

Mr. Khan!! I didn't know you were so green. This is fine.

Barring repetition, I'd just like to make a few points in general:

- Nerves. Some girls find it cute, so you can do no wrong. Others like to see confidence (not so much to be arrogant)

- Fear of rejection. It's only human to have this fear, but the only person who cares about it is you. If your friends laugh at you, it's because they are losers. Don't lime with losers. Any level-headed adult knows it's a part of life and nothing to look down upon. So it all boils down to how YOU feel. So, since it's just that, just remember that it's impossible to be liked by everyone in the world. No matter how much good you do, some ppl will always reject you. So then you must think, if rejection is so evitable in life, what's the point of getting worked up by it?

- Be blunt. Yea. Just go ahead and say what you have to say. BUT....with a smile on your face...the one that comes across as 'cute' but an underlying tone of 'seriousness'. The timing, is only something you would know.

Anyway there's already a lot of good advice in this thread. You should take it seriously!

Wow you kinda sound made for each other!