It’s just a way of preventing direct rejection. If I ask you out and you say no, you’re rejecting me and I feel bad. If I ask a hypothetical and you say no, you rejected the hypothetical, not me.
It’s stupid, but sometimes that helps people work up the courage.
“If”? What kind of question is that? You either want to go out or you don’t.
I think you dodged a bullet there.
It’s just a way of preventing direct rejection. If I ask you out and you say no, you’re rejecting me and I feel bad. If I ask a hypothetical and you say no, you rejected the hypothetical, not me.
It’s stupid, but sometimes that helps people work up the courage.