Academic Magnet is hosting a semi-formal dance  which is   unconventional because it is a “Sadie Hawkins” dance, meaning the girl is to ask the guy. 

Asking someone to a dance can seem nerve wracking, but it can be made much easier if you know how to ask your interest properly. As a seasoned love expert, this is where I come in. Staff Writer Ryan Pace and I have orchestrated a short list of ways you ladies can ask the person of your dreams to this event.

A simple phone call:

There’s nothing more that a guy will love than hearing your choked up, nervous voice on the phone inquiring about his plans on the night of January 28th. This alleviates the need for facial interaction, so you can further avoid the awkward conversations until the night of the dance.

Bribery:

Maybe you’ve got some money to your name. Guys are huge gold diggers and will surely accept your offer if you slip them a few twenties. Nothing says love like a relationship born out of monetary compensation.

Blackmail:

Perhaps you and this lucky boy have been “a thing” for quite some time. Has he said or done anything remotely controversial that he wouldn’t exactly like other people knowing about? Well, if he starts getting cold feet about you, be sure to let him know you can distribute that picture of him flexing in the mirror with skinny jeans on in case he doesn’t comply with your demands.

Food:

It has been said that the best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Men are very simple, requiring only the most basic of fast food to survive. Just keep that in mind as this looming social event approaches.

Guilt:

Experience a recent traumatic incident? Well, you want to know the best part about tragedies? They are leverage. Sure the boy may say no, but will he say no when you’re sobbing uncontrollably about the death of your dog? Probably not, unless he’s a heartless scoundrel, which may be an indicator he’s not the right boy for you anyway. But what do I know, maybe you like the apathetic type.

So now you know. Getting a date isn’t so hard; just be straightforward, confident, and manipulative; he will absolutely say yes.