I'm sure many of you have seen many similar posts, but I would like to ask for my own situation. As the title hinted, I am debating whether it is a good idea to ask a guy out. Not to sound obnoxious, but I don't find a lot of people that intrigues me, but I was told that maybe if the guys that ask me out doesn't interest me, I should ask one out that does. So I work in a building with multiple divisions. There is this guy who works in a different division but occasionally comes in to talk to his friend who sits two seats away from me. I didn't notice him the first few months, but one day, I made eye contact with him and realize oh, he's kind of cute, but that was it, or so I thought. A few weeks ago, I went to his division to work on a project collaboration and he did something that was very unique and not often found in my field of work, which caught my attention. I asked his friend, who is in my division about him, and he told me that he is single and at the moment looking around, but didn't seem to have found anyone in particular. I asked him about the concept of asking him to hang out and he told me that I could hint at him, but it would not be a good idea to just ask him because it might come out too strong. Also, he would be leaving in a year, so I should really consider. He then contemplated that it probably wouldn't be the worse idea and that if I did ask he'd probably say yes, but just because he is a nice guy, and also another reason, but he avoids giving me a reason. We've only had a handful of small encounters. Once, he came into my division one day while I was talking to my coworker and walked around the room before he approached us and asked us for a stapler. Another time at a divisions mixer, we made work conversations in a group. And while I was collaborating with his division, he came by to help with some of the initial problems, we made some small talk and he told me a little bit about himself. Would it still be a good idea to ask? Then again, I'm not exactly sure how I would ask him to hang out since we aren't in the same division. Also, if I end up not being interested, I don't want to lead him on and hurt him.