Though there is a lot of dating advice on the net, it’s usually in the form of ‘pickup advice’, i.e. advice for men to pick up girls often using pick up lines. Now there is a conceptual problem with this method, namely that men are usually seeking the attention/favors (or whatever fancy word you’d like to use) of only one female! Often, this ‘pickup advice’ also ends up proving detrimental for men, since most women can see through these gimmicks very easily. So much so that even if a woman seems interested in a pickup line, men find themselves perpetually wondering ‘Did she actually buy it, or is she just playing along?’
So how do you impress a girl and make her fall for you?
Point one: you don’t try to ‘impress’ a girl. Power is largely a male preoccupation and women seldom ever subscribe or succumb to it. Though woman fall for all kind of guys – funny guys, intense guys, strong guys, short guys, tall guys; they do not fall for a guy because he impresses them. What you need to do is be yourself and let her know the kind of person you are; for this, you’ll need confidence.
Women like men who behave like themselves, and especially like those who are proud to be themselves. This is exactly the reason why sugar daddy – sugar babe relations are so much in vogue today; God knows that older guys seldom, if at all, have something more impressive to flaunt than their younger counterparts, but what they do have is an ample amount of confidence obtained through many years of grind. No surprises then that women tend to get into these relationships even though they risk losing out on the physical front. Oh, and a little bit of advice, the thing we term ‘charm’ is nothing other than the manifestation of self-confidence.
Self-confidence is just one part of getting the girl you always wanted, though it is a rather large part. Apart from confidence, you will have to make her take notice of you. This brings us to perhaps the biggest step a man has to take – the first move. If you’ve never spoken to her, gird your loins and go up to her, “Hey, I’m Jack, I thought it’d be nice to know each other,” is a great start. On the other hand, if you and the girl speak on a day-to-day basis, maybe you could suggest something like, “Would you like a drink after work perhaps?” However, be prepared for an answer in the negative; it’s not for no reason that they say that the first step is the hardest step.
The proposal
Once you’ve used your charm over her and made the first move, things should come to a stage where you will either want to take the next step and make her your girlfriend, or you’ll realize that the both of you just aren’t compatible with one another. If the latter happens to be true in your case, you just shrug your shoulders and move on (‘plenty of fish in the sea’ remember?), like you’d have done if the first meeting didn’t work out too well.
However, if you intend on making her your girlfriend, you’ll need to ‘ask her out’. You don’t need to fall on one knee, etc.; the romantic poets were dealing with an entirely different species of women when they wrote all those masterpieces; your 21st century woman is different. She likes an honest guy who can live up to the promises he makes. Don’t promise her anything you can’t fulfill later; keep it simple, honest and realistic and she’ll understand you. If you go over the top, she’ll just let you fly by. Truth and simplicity are languages of the heart, and that is exactly what she wants you to offer.