Girls, How can a guy know that a woman is approachable?

[Anonymous]

When I see a very attractive girl, it is very hard to gauge how open she is to talking with a random guy on the street. How do we really know you're approachable?

[SueShe]

I can only speak for myself but I abhor being approached by a stranger, whether on the streets, in a café or anywhere else.

The reason is simple. We all know what the ultimate goal of that approach is. A stranger would never approach a girl if it was not to ultimately get under her skirt. Even though, nobody wants to admit it openly, it is the final aim of any approach by a stranger. One does not initiate a conversation because one wants to talk about the weather in Sydney or the time of the day. That just does not happen.

[SecretsofKB]

To be honest with you, being approached randomly by a stranger on the street is something I feel like most people aren't open too.

Personally, I want to be left alone while I'm walking unless I know you.

[PrettyPriya]

I highly advise against approaching a girl that is alone on the street.

[Asker]

Thank you.

[PrettyPriya]

Yep! I would say best bet is a scenario like the following. You are sitting in a coffee shop. You notice a cute girls sitting there reading. You go over and say "Hey, I noticed you are reading ________. I really like that book/genre/author/whatever".

If you get a positive response. You can offer to buy her a cup of coffee and see what happens. Just make sure when you approach any girl you are doing it in a non threatening way that she won't feel cornered.

[CrazyGirl2]

Usually when we give you a flirty or seductive look, and especially if we touch our hair while looking at you. And looking at you without breaking eye contact when you look at us, is a very good sign. If we look away immediately, we may have just seen you and was thinking “god, of all the guys in here I hope that guy doesn’t come over here, then you look at us, and we immediately overt out eyes. If that happens DO NOT approach her.

[purplepoppy]

Approaching on a street just screams rapey. Do you really think any girl us so desperate for a man she'll say yes to a guy who stops her in a street? If you Want to approach women do it in a setting where people socialize with each other.

[Am909090]

I think approaching as a total stranger is hard and generally women aren’t very receptive to it unless it’s in the kind of setting you might expect to get chatting.

If you were going to do that as a guy though I would suggest being as non threatening as possible, starting the question with an innocent question eg where something is and taking it from there.