It’s the end of the date and he’s walking me to my door. I'm enjoying the conversation and I'd like to keep chatting. So, before he can go in for the awkward, post-date smooch, I casually ask, “Wanna come in for a drink?”

What We Mean:
“When I ask a guy to come in for a drink, I just mean I don’t want the date to end,” says Amanda, 30.

“I really mean just that. A drink,” says Marnie, 28.

What Men Hear:
“If a girl, after a date, asks you to come in for a drink, it means, ‘Let's fool around,’” says Sharad, 31.

Steve Nakamoto, author of Men Are Like Fish, explains that not all men think that an invitation for a drink is an invitation for sex. He says that when some guys hear those words, they simply think that “everything must be okay and things will continue in the direction they were going on the date.”