or... he was trying to flirt with her in his awful way because a) if he succeeded that would prove he is ultra-manly or some such nonsense or b) it was safe to be "rejected" and it would not be his fault because he is creepy, it was because she was gay. jmoOh!
I missed this bit about her being gay.
Ooops!
I thought "girlfriend" means just a girl who is a friend in this context hahaha
(Eng is a foreign language for me)
Well, it changes the situation if he was aware of her orientation.
Maybe he saw her as a kind of challenge?
His mind is a puzzle to me.
But honestly,
this line about "coffee invitation"is a classic in dating
JmO