SPECIAL SERIES : [X]Press Magazine Issue Three: Toys and Technology
What Not To Do When It's New
The don'ts of new romance from a woman's perspective
 

Can Mr. Wrong turn into Mr. Right with a few tips? Maybe then he would be able to go on to the next round without getting a huge "Game over, please try again." Okay stud, you got her attention, now all you have to do is figure out how to keep it. Listen up, loser.

1: Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty: Drop the lines, be genuine. Don’t walk up to every girl and say the same thing. It’s just plain annoying and obvious. No, my legs don’t hurt from running through your mind all day and my dad wasn’t a thief either. Be honest and sincere. “Lines are tired,” says UC Berkeley student Robyn Stewart.

2: Scrub a dub dub, jump in the tub: Don’t wake up with what you had on last night—crust in your teeth and nose, bad breath—and expect to take someone out. Showering is a must. Haven’t you seen the Axe commercials? Two words: Listerine and clippers. “I don’t want long dirty fingernails touching me,” says San Francisco State University student Leah Glover.

3: No white tees and Nikes please: At least act like you care, even if you’re sloppy every other day of your life. If you are wearing your gym shoes that haven’t been white since tenth grade, you know you’re wrong. We really don’t want to see your ass either. I mean, thanks but no thanks.

4: I know your mom didn't raise you like that: Don’t walk so far in front of a girl that you have to stop so she can catch up. Try to walk at the same pace and have her walk on the inside of the sidewalk. Open doors whenever possible. Always say "please" and "thank you," and pull her chair out, as well. Little details like these are simple tests that determine the quality of a person.

5: Don’t talk about it, be about it: Don’t talk about how much you have or what you’re going to have in the future. It’s irritating and we really don’t care. If you’re really that cool, we’ll catch on.

6: No baby mama drama: We don’t want to hear about your baby mama, your ex, or your stalker. And we definitely don’t want to get a call from one or all of the above. It’s pretty obvious you aren’t being completely honest if someone is going to drastic measures to call the numbers in your cell phone to find out what or who you've been doing.

7: No toilet talk: No one wants to hear how many kids you had to drop off at the pool or what you had to blow out. How are we supposed to think of you romantically if we are imagining you taking a dump?

8: Check please: Never, under any circumstance, expect her to pay, or accept any money from her. It is very important to pay for everything in the beginning. If you are broke, aim for a low-cost date like getting ice cream, coffee or a drink. If worse comes to worse, just say you’re sick and reschedule, but never ask her to come over and “hang out.” After a girl has been shopping all day for the right outfit or lip gloss, the last thing she feels like doing is sitting in your dirty room watching a selection from your pirated DVD collection.

9: What did the five fingers say to the face? Slap: You can look but don’t touch. “Don‘t assume it's okay to put your hands where they don‘t belong,” says Melanie Morales, a 23-year-old college student. And under no circumstances is the tummy an exception. No matter how skinny a girl is, chances are she hates being touched in her stomach area.

10: Less is more: Don’t kiss us with so much passion we end up in the emergency room from suffocation and blunt tongue trauma to the throat. If she ends up dead, no second date.

Congratulations clueless, you have made it to the second round. You passed "Go," so collect your $200 and buy her some flowers, dammit!

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