There’s a saying that pleasing a woman is very hard, to an extent that saying is true. They say the way to a man’s heart is through his belly but there’s no known route to a woman’s heart. Unfortunately for guys, our attempts at cool often come as aloof, our generosity as extravagance, and our intelligence as pretentiousness. You can avoid the following mistakes, and step one is figuring out what exactly it is you’ve been doing wrong, like…
1. USING CLICHE PICKUP LINES
‘Baby are you a lizard, cuz Agama eyes on you’, Don’t use them. Sadly there is a finite number of pickup lines in this world and chances are, a girl has already heard what you’re about to tell her.
2. OVER TEXTING
If you start obsessively texting a woman with whom you’ve gone on a handful of dates (or just one), you’ll scare her. She will literally drown in your waterfall of texts.
3. UNDER TEXTING
On the other side of the coin, pretending that you don’t give a crap via the ten-hour text delay won’t work in your favor either. Use texts as they were meant to be used—for practical communication purposes.
4. ACTING OVERLY CHIVALROUS
If you put your jacket in a puddle that she’s about to walk in (too much Hollywood movies), it could be endearing, but it also could make you look like a lunatic.
5. TALKING TOO MUCH ABOUT YOUR EDUCATION
Though potential employers may think it’s great that you graduated from UNILAG (and maybe U.I), your new date doesn’t need to hear you repeat old UNILAG stories all night long.
6. WOOING HER WITH CASH
First off, do you want to attract a gold digger? Secondly, if you’re in Lagos (or Abuja), chances are this woman will meet ten other guys with more money than you in a matter of minutes if she steps into the right bar, making this not the smartest angle from several perspectives (the most important being that you should be hoping to avoid shallow women).
7. BOASTING ABOUT YOUR ‘D’ SIZE
This is naturally unflattering and may result in disappointment; from her end and yours (when you realize you’ve been wrong to brag about your genitalia all along).
8. GOING FOR AN ‘OVER KISS’ ON THE FIRST KISS
Trying to impress the new lady in your life with looping, probing tongue moves during your first kiss could feel invasive to her.
9. OVER FLATTERY
Who doesn’t love to be told she’s beautiful? Who doesn’t hate being told she’s gorgeous every other second in lieu of any real conversation on a first date?
Source: Famakin Opeyemi