Pick-up lines: What sounds right may not work

By Lucy Parwot

HEY, do I know you from somewhere?
“No!” “I could swear we have met before.”
“Sorry, you must be mistaking me for someone else.”

And on and on the conversation goes, the guy trying to prove to you that you have met before.

Guys, can it be that hard to come up with something creative to say to a girl? Sometimes, a lady was probably waiting for you to approach her, after whispering to her friends that you look like quite the catch.

Then you open your mouth and she is looking for the exit.
First of all, stop trying to be someone else – it does not work.
Let us examine some lines that guys might think are all that, but will do zilch for the object of your affections.

“Do you want to flirt?”
Excuse me? If I say no, are you just going to walk away? Why ask in the first place? If you fancy flirting with me, go ahead and get on with it. If your game is any good, then maybe you will hold my attention.

But, a guy who comes up to a lady with a line like that will probably not get past the stage of her looking him up and down, and promptly sauntering away.

“Do you feel me?” Chances are that a guy who comes up with this line is one-track minded. Feel you? Dude, even if a lady wanted to, she is now thinking: “This is a guy who just wants to grope me.”

So, you are good looking and maybe even one of the hottest guys in the place. But, you just ruined it for her. If she wants to ‘feel’ you, deal a better hand. You would be surprised that even an acknowledgement of the fact that you are all that may do more wonders than this one-liner.

“I have been watching you and I like you.”
Someone call 999, we have a stalker on the loose! After that, I really do not need to explain why that line is a no-brainer.

“You know, I have always wanted to sleep with you.”
Again, a total loser. More than just having been watching the lady, a guy like this has also been making her the object of his fantasies.

A funny thing about this line is that many times, a guy will belt it out when he was actually making headway with her.

Then, he wonders why she seems to have lost interest in him suddenly. Yes, she may want to get intimate with you, but you will score more points when you do not say it immediately.

“Er, Stella, Carol, Lucy….”
A guy pretends to know your name and goes through a list of names, none of which are close to what yours sounds like. Excuse me, Mister, just ask for her name. If she wants to tell you her real name, she will.

“Hi, I am horny.”
This kind of line to a lady you have only just met reeks of a guy with no finesse. A lady worth her salt will only want to move in one direction – as far away from you as she can possibly get.

“My friend just wants to…”
This is such a Stone Age approach. Confidence is key. Using your friend says you are totally the opposite.

“Stop hanging with losers and get with me on the winning team.”
Inferiority complex? Must you compare yourself to another guy to get a lady?

This also sniffs of lack of confidence. If you really are a winner, a lady will see it.
I have to admit though, that this may only be true for some women and used on another calibre of women, it will work wonders for the man.

So, I leave it to the guys to catch the ladies and keep them, or be left clearing the dust after she has fled.