Top 5 Worst Ways To Approach Women

Meet the fabulous Simone.  I’m so honored to have her guest posting today!  Make sure you forward this one on to your friends-it’s that good! xo Liz

Before meeting my boyfriend, I dated extensively and often found myself in some pretty bizarre situations. Whether single or in a relationship, there is one thing I’ve noticed that always remains true: some people do not know how to approach the opposite sex…at all. People will do and say some pretty bizarre things in hopes of meeting other people.

As a “Public Service Announcement” of sorts, I’ve made a list of the “Top 5 Worst Ways to Approach Women” that I am here to share with you guys:

1. Insult her: I know you’re probably thinking “Of course you shouldn’t insult people if you want them to like you!” but it happens. Once, while out for drinks with friend, a guy came up to me, noticed my jeweled statement necklace and said “Nice necklace. It looks really old. Did your grandma give you that?” When I curtly told him “its vintage” and refused his offer to buy me a drink, he got angry and stormed off. Whatever he was trying to accomplish here didn’t work!

2. The Drive-by. If you’ve had a car full of guys drive by you and yell “HEY! HEY YOU! YOU LOOK GOOD!” (or something much less appropriate) you’ve been a victim of the “drive-by”. The “drive-by” is more a nuisance than anything else. I don’t understand it. Has driving by and yelling at girls ever worked for anyone?!

3. Use reverse psychology: Some guys will pretend to not be interested in a woman in order to distinguish themselves from other guys who would typically fawn all over her. Once, while talking to guy I’d just met, he mentioned that he’d met a lot of pretty girls from my area of the country. I figured it was a good time to mention that I had a boyfriend. His response: “Aw, how sweet. You thought I was hitting on you. I’m totally not hitting on you”. HE WAS TOTALLY HITTING ON ME. And yes, he did distinguish himself…as a creep.

4. The “Me Tarzan, You Jane” approach: We’ve all experienced this: you’re at a club dancing, having a good time when all of a sudden, a random stranger grabs you or starts grinding up on you like some kind of rabid animal. THIS IS NEVER OK! Tarzan may have been a man of the jungle but he knew never to try and grab Jane’s boobs when she was dancing to her favorite Jay-Z song. The only thing this approach will get you is a knee in your groin.

5. Creepy lines: Pick up lines should automatically be thrown out the window. Lines are corny and tired. Don’t use them!

I know that you lovely people all possess common sense and therefore would never use any of these tactics. It’s up to you to help spread the word to the less enlightened: if you are doing any of these things, you’re doing it wrong.

So, the question is, how should you approach the opposite sex? Easy! Be yourself! The only pick up line that’s ever worked on me is “Hello, my name is ______”. I call this the “Jerry Maguire approach” and yes; the last guy who used it “had me at hello”.

Simone is a freelance writer and blogger based in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of Skinny Dip – a cheeky blog about love, relationships and sex.