So my friends and I were discussing about how to approach a girl that a person likes, and he brought up that the direct approach is the best way to do it, and by direct he meant going up to the girl after introducing your self and telling her how you feel and doing the whole let go out saying. I disagreed said that approach is bit broad and can be overwhelming for a girl to hear that in high school. So I would like to hear your guys opinion on the matter because I'm quite curious to hear of how people play in the way of flirting. Also for all the ladies out there would you want a guy that you think is cute or not to be direct with you?

Idk, I think the direct approach is good. It oozes confidence, which is attractive. As long as it's not made weird like 'I've been watching you for a while' or even that there are proper fleshed out feelings there (not only is this potentially creepy, but you've lost all advantage of the direct approach anyway by sharing that it's taken a while to get the confidence to go up and speak), then it's really quite flattering.

Then again, the girls maturity may come into play quite a bit... If she is immature, just don't do it.

dredging out your feelings in the only bad part of your friend's plan in the direct approach

1. Introduce yourself
2. Ask about her
3. Find common ground
4. Converse
5. Ask her out

I suggest the 'hundred in the face is worth one in the sack' theory. If you walk up to the next hundred cute girls you see and skip all of the pleasantries you will get some number of indignant angry responses, up to and possibly including the classic slap in the face...but in a hundred you will find at least one.

Toning this down somewhat, if you just skip most of the pleasantries you will find that at least one in twenty are approachable, possibly as high as one in ten...and even just skipping most of the pleasantries you can run through twenty to find a winner in pretty short order.

If your sights are set on one particular girl you are on your own and probably doomed.

Being very direct works best. Just walk up to her and ask "Would you like to bear my children?"

You'll either get a great success or screwdriver in the forehead, but its a 50/50 chance!

It depends on how ugly you are.