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j_j87
Well on saturday, i went to Yates the bar and i found myself in a situation in which i had no idea on how to approach a girl and make conversation although there were plenty of opportunities.

I would appreciate any advice on this problem from both boys and girls.

It depends what the situation was! I shouldn't give advice because I have terrible luck with guys, but normally if we're in a group chatting and he looks interested or nods at something someone's said I'll just chat tohim quietly on that point. If everyone's silent then just ask...I dunno...what course they;re doing, or how they're finding uni or something. Even really lame, cliched questions are ok - better than an awkward silence.
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j_j87
Well on saturday, i went to Yates the bar and i found myself in a situation in which i had no idea on how to approach a girl and make conversation although there were plenty of opportunities.

I would appreciate any advice on this problem from both boys and girls.


My girlfriend says ...

1. Unless you're the cocky type, avoid cheesy chat up lines - especially ones like 'you must be a parking ticket 'cos you got FINE written all over you'. Ahem.

2. Don't go up to girls dancin' like you've got 63 left feet - and NO --your hands can't randomly wander under the waistband of their jeans after a whole 3 seconds of dancing together... unless you're dancing with Jodie Marsh that is...

3. Try not to appear desperate - girls don't like to feel as though they're 24th best to the other 23 girls you've already tried it on with in the past 4.5 minutes

4. Compliments are good, but not to the extent where it's kind of cringy... telling a girl she's the most beautiful in the world when you're blatantly seventeen billion times over the limit is just not gonna work guys... try and seem relatively sober and say something smarter like 'you know that top really flatters your figure - you obviously have a great dress sense' ( Hint: girls who are bag/shoes/jewellry addicts like to be complimented on bags/shoes/jewellry )

Overall, the main advice would to be moderate - not too cocky, not too shy, not too drunk, not too pushy, not too anything... but couple that with just being yourself. At the end of the day, girls are pretty clever beings, and they'd much rather you didn't put on any sort of act.

My gf loves me. :smile: