Good way to ask a close friend out?

[Daniel_]

Well, I'm not sure if anyone quite remembers my last posts, or if you've even read them, but I really like a close friend of mine. I have decided to just fucking go for it, take a leap of faith. However, I was wondering if I could get any advice on how to make it not so awkward afterwards if she says no.

Some things about her is.. Well, she has a kind of a "Don't fuck with me" type of attitude/personality. She is easily annoyed, but can be a very fun and outgoing person when she is with her friends. She likes heavy metal/Screamo music, stuff like Escape The Fate and Disturbed.

Some things about us, well we talk a lot in school, we've hung out outside of school, however not alone, and we were with a big group of friends. We joke around with each other often, meaning like I'll mess with her some and she'll be like "Go die!!" and laugh, but like you know, playfully.

So yeah.. I've liked her for quite a while but I didn't want to ask her out because I thought that if she said no that it would make things awkward between us...

So the basic question is, How can I ask her out in a way that if(when) she says no, it would be the least awkward between us afterwards?

[Cudder]

Well I only skimmed over that but you should go for it. And if she says no just be like oh that's cool, let's just be friends. That's what happened when I asked this girl out. She said no but she wasn't being mean or anything

[Hank Hill]

Well I only skimmed over that but you should go for it. And if she says no just be like oh that's cool, let's just be friends.

Same opinion. However, make sure you ask her in person, if you do it over text/phone kind of thing, then it's easier to say no than if you ask her personally. It should all be fine, just don't complain if she does say no (which she shouldn't) :)

[Art_dude]

Sorry bud, but you can't outsmart awkwardness. Be prepared to suffer through all of it's fantastic manifestations until you're 18.

The bottom line is that she's your friend - if she really cares about you, then she won't let something like you asking her out, get in the way of it (assuming she says no). Here's the thing with awkwardness: it's bullshit. I always hate how people are so deathly afraid of it as if it's some type of life crippling event. It won't be awkward unless you MAKE it awkward. If she says no, then fine. As Fat Mac said, "oh that's cool, let's just be friends." If that's not enough to quell her own insecurities of feeling awkward, that's her problem.

[Clawhammer]

*Ahem*
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Just go for it, and don't put your foot in your mouth.
Don't sweat it, just because she might say no doesn't mean she'll hate you. I don't see how anybody would taking getting asked out as an insult.