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Touch her, then stop: Still not sure if she's interested? If you've made it to a second round of drinks, initiate contact by touching her arm several times during the next 15 minutes. Then abruptly stop all physical contact. If she's attracted to you, she'll fire a few strokes your way as soon as she realises you've stopped touching her. Touch is a very important part of courtship. If she touches you back, it's a good sign.

Approach the Amazon: Don't know how to break the ice with that gym babe? Ask her to show you how to do a particular exercise or operate a certain machine. She'll be flattered.

Deliver the perfect compliment: "You're beautiful" isn't a compliment. Neither is "Nice set of helmets". Compliment her on what she's made, not on what God's made. Try: "Lovely dress", 'Terrific report", 'Incredible insight", 'Great joke". And don't overdo it. Every compliment after the first one takes away half the value of its predecessor.

Bring a fake date: If you have a great-looking female friend, by all means show her off. There are few things more attractive to a woman than the fact that other women are attracted to you. In a study, when people were asked to judge men based on photographs of them with ‘spouses' of differing attractiveness, unattractive men paired with good-looking women were routinely rated most favourably in terms of status.

Find women with jobs: To locate a high proportion of good-looking (if somewhat bitter and humourless) women, eat and drink in the area surrounding the High Court. Law offices harbour an astonishing number of female lawyers, article clerks and legal secretaries. All of 'em eat. Runner-up: hospital cafeterias. (Nurses. Lots of nurses.)

Guess her age: Have her punch her age into a calculator. Then have her multiply it by seven, then multiply that product by 1 443. Have her hand the calculator to you. Her age will be repeated three times. Watch: 28 (age) x 7 = 196; 196 x 1 443 = 282828.

Image: Martin Beck/ True Love magazine

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Pick up tricks is corny! The best way to go is to become friends with a person and first get to know that person as a friend. Then you will also get to know what se likes and what she don't like. And you do not have to pretend that you like her habits or personality.
Ann on 28 Aug at 09:17

 


 
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