Should I Ask An Older Woman Out On A Date? Options

Unusual topic? Maybe. Just curious as to what y'all think.

I can't really tell if she's interested in me or not, and I am 20 - I would guess she is 40 or 45. I can't tell if she would be flattered or merely laugh that a kid would ask her out. I don't mind being laughed at, but I have to see her somewhat often, so it could be awkward. I am immune to humiliation, but I'd rather not make her uncomfortable.

I know no one else knows what I personally "should" do; I just want some other opinions on my prospects. Can a 20-year-old ask a middle-aged woman out on a date? Is it done? Is it socially unacceptable?

I resolved at around age 5 not to have anything to do with people, and so far the only people I've really had to deal with are my professors... so I'm unsure about these things. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/13.gif) (My initial plan was to ask "wanna bang?"... but it has been suggested to me that this is a poor approach.)

This post has been edited by Vilhjalmr: Jun 16 2010, 03:34 AM

I resolved at around age 5 not to have anything to do with people

I'd imagine that there's an interesting story behind that. I'm curious, why?

I think being around people makes me stupid. I have to adopt 'an personification' of a some sort, temporarily squeeze my mind into it and/or block out certain areas, and be bound according to the social forms that I'm allotted by the mass of my surroundings and assume 'identification' with that for practical reasons. In itself, it's a painful procedure that I try to undo with varying success whenever I'm alone, but occasionally bits stick, and possibly become 'neuroses'--by my view of what that means, since popularity is not the determining factor.