I sat next to this guy in one of my graduate courses who was (and continues to be!) an adorable nerd. We had chatted during class and at the end of class one day we were talking about what we were going to do that weekend. I think he had mentioned something about how it would be fun to watch a rugby match together. I…

I actually knew my wife for about 2 years before we started dating. If someone had told me we would end up together I would have laughed in their face. "Made of malice" was the term I used to describe her back then. She had a reputation for being sort of surly and stand-offish.

I was separated and went out alone one night, weirdly feeling both low on self-esteem and willing to take a risk. I sat at the bar of this cool place I'd always wanted to go in but had never tried. A blonde kid sitting next to me starts chatting me up, but his dark haired friend on his other side isn't saying much but…

The first time I hung out with my (now) boyfriend we were getting acquainted and he mentioned to me that he liked Guns N' Roses. So I told him I had Appetite for Destruction on vinyl and that he should come back to my place to listen to it. Worked like a charm, though I probably could've told him to come check out my…

I saw a cute guy on the train and decided to give him my number - a "why the hell not" moment. Luckily I had a pen, but the only paper I had was a Ferris wheel receipt.

I took this awesome class in college where we would read plays, go see them, and then have class the following morning to discuss the translation of script to stage. So one night when the class went out to see a play we had just read, this really cute guy (not from my class) said something off hand about the size of…

I asked a guy to come over to 'see my iPod'. He thought it was totally the best then we did it on my bedroom floor.

About a month ago I went to this charity dance. I no longer drink, so every dancing event I go to is as awkward as you remember your junior high dance to be. I was dumped on New Year's and am open to dating again, so I was on the prowl. I left my glasses in the car because my eyes are as blue as the sea after a storm…

After downing two generous glasses of wine, I was introduced to this tall, gorgeous ginger man. Very swoon-worthy, killer smile and fantastic body. We feel a connection and start a flirty conversation, interrupted only by Wasted Friend, who keeps fluttering by to rip open his snap button shirt (she clearly had a…

I snagged my current partner by ripping open his shirt and then inviting him to bed.

I was 27 and had never asked anyone out in my entire life - always the askee never the asker. I had just broken up with a boyfriend of about 3 years (another first - always the dumpee never the dumper) because I had growing feelings for the new roommate of a friend of mine. I spent about a month wondering if he'd…

I messaged my current boyfriend on OkCupid first with the pickup line "You have great taste in TV and I dig your beard."

i want to play!

Not truly a pick-up, per se. In highschool I started sleeping with this dude, who I met at a party. There was a long gap between the party and the sex, and when we started having sex, I asked why he decided to try to get with me, and he said "Well when I looked out the window [at the party] and saw you rescuing worms…

New Years Eve 2010: party hit a slow point, approached a friend of a friend, cheers-ed him and asked, "wanna go make out?"

It was my 18th birthday.

I was running laps on the track at the gym when I noticed a gorgeous lady on a treadmill and decided I needed to talk to her. However, I wanted to wait until there were less people around her so that it would be less awkward and embarassing.

On a business trip 14 years ago, was crushing on a coworker from another office location I had just met. We had to carpool to a client office, and I had been given a Mustang convertible for my rental car. I tossed him the keys, said , "Wanna ride with me", and we celebrate our 13th anniversary later this year.

The first time I went to the bone zone with my current boyfriend was after he walked me home when we first met. I told him I had dried pineapple pieces if he wanted to come upstairs (he had already told me he hates pineapple). He ate some. We hooked up. Good times.

I hope a secondhand pickup line counts.