This is a throughway. May I get your feedback and thoughts on my attempt to ask a girl out? And feedback on if there were actually any signs that the girl is interested in me or not.

So, I am a waiter in a very casual restaurant in a student city. I'll start with that I would never ask a girl out at my table who unless I see clear signals of interest from her.

So, I had a table with 4 girls. They came to the place in what seemed like a just an ok mood. I started with the question "You look like girls who love to part" and it just took off. Lots of talking, laughs, jokes about beer and nationalities and etc. They were fun and there was one girl in particular that I really liked and who I thought sending me signals:

  1. First of all she always made an extra attempted to look me in the eyes, always smiled and laughed at my jokes. And she did it more than other girls at the table. I want to notice that It was hard to get a prolonged eye contact with her because I was always standing on her left or right. But she would always lift her head to look at me every time I came to the table for whatever reason.
  2. At some point of our conversation we were talking about favorite dishes outside of my restaurant. And I made an attempt to pay more attention to the girl I liked and direct my questions to her specially (sort of more aggressive hint that I'm interested in what YOU like and not others). What I interpreted as a sign is that other girls were pretty swift to pick up my hint and started talking with each other about something else and "left us one on one". I took it as a big hint from them because it is close to impossible to isolate two people for one on one talk at such a small table unintentionally. And since it takes deliberate effort to do so, I thought her friends know her intentions and are trying to help her and me out.
  3. I was also joking that "I should probably visit you in your home country" and she laughed at it (I tried to create an image of "you and me" here).
  4. Then after seeing all these signals, as I though, I tried to think how and when will I ask her out? The best bet was either while she is walking to the exit after the end of the dinner. Then, I would get her attention with some quick comment and then ask her out OR she would give me an opportunity to do it. And lo and behold, she went to the restroom at the end of the nigh. I clearly saw it as an opportunity so, when she were coming back to the table I took the shot aaaaaaaand I got "I have a boyfriend" rejection.

Anyway, any thoughts, suggestions, comments? I would really appreciate your feedback. Were their any signals from her? I feel like signals is my weak spot now.