"hey can i get your screenname?"

[twankerr]

Phone number is the easiest to get. Ask what you are doing they are doing this weekend. No matter what they say, say you're doing xxxxx until yy:yy. Then say you'll call them when you are done, at which point you are simply amazed by the fact you don't have their numbers. Proceed to ask for number. Very simple, human interactions.

[James282]

When I was in college, I was in a similar situation and feeling really gay because I normally have no problem at all asking a girl out etc..but she was a girl I knew from work and it was a similar thing, there was no way for us to NOT see eachother for the semester if things were weird. So I just made a joke out of asking her for her screen name. One funny thing is that pretty much everyone is embarassed to say their screen name. Casually make a joke about this sometime in a decent context.

"Ever notice how even the most confident people mutter their screen names when you ask them? Hey, what's your screen name? 'Uh..SkiTheSlopesFast112...' 'peanutbuttergirl, it's a long story...' Everyone is at least LITTLE embarassed about their screen name."

This was a really long time ago, so that's not exactly what I said, but it worked like a charm and we both laughed about how stupid our screen names were. She IM'd me later that week to ask what was going on that following weekend.
-James

[tbach24]

Okay here's a somewhat more specific example:

I'm talking to a girl I've just met and will see around campus quite a bit, but not really have much a chance to really talk to more than a "hey-hey" passing thing. We get along and all that stuff. I'm interested in her but I'm also interested in about 50 other girls so it's not that big a deal. When we're wrapping things up would it be alright just to be like "can I get your screen name?" even just thinking about it just seems weird.

Consider these variables:
1. She's in a lesser grade
2. She's in a higher grade (much more important than age in hs)
3. She's in a couple classes with you
4. You've already talked to her a lot (ie gotten to know her)

I don't paticularly want to really ask any of these girls on a 1-on-1 sorta thing (yet).

[tbach24]

Good stuff. Twankerr's plan too.

[peachy]

if a guy asked me for this...i wouldnt answer him and just walk off...no matter what he looked like

[Bradyams]

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Is it wierd that I don't have a screen name? I hate instant messaging.

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Let me guess. You don't watch TV either?

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No I don't, but that's mainly because we decided to not get cable TV.