raverboy, for the most part, you're right. she should be flattered if anything but in my experience, alot of women think its just weird to have a customer/patient flat out ask them out while at there work. But knowing I am not a creep, who cares and just be blunt. One problem: I'm not scheduled to go back to the dentist for 6 months now. I think you may agree it would be weird to just randomly stop by the office and ask her out or even pop the line while sitting in the dentist chair with all the other assistants and doctors in close earshot ( Iguess I'm a bit shy in this regard and don't want to make her feel uncomfortable, which I think most women would feel uncomfrtable in this situ) . And isn't it odd to call her at work and ask her out ( she wouldn't even know me if I did this anyway).