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Robyn Lee

How to Keep a Man Interested: 3 Bulletproof Ways

rblackbook - cat staring at fishMen lose interest all the time. It’s a fact. One day they are completely into you and the next day you’re wondering what you did wrong to make him become so distant. It’s natural for men to pull away a little, whether you are first dating or even if you have been in a relationship for a while.

You want to avoid taking this and micro analyzing your relationship, which can cause even further distance between you. Instead, use these 3 targeted strategies to bring him back where he should be, with you.

Used effectively, these strategies will serve the purpose of not only getting him to become interested again, but will have him wanting you even more, because you will be operating differently than most women he has ever dated.

Before I get into 3 things you can do to keep your man interested, I want to share with you one of the biggest mistakes women make when their man starts to lose interest and become more distant.

When he starts calling, texting, and contacting you less, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is to start a campaign proving to him that you are still interested in him. This means calling him more, sending sweet texts about how much you miss him, or any other number of things you may do to show him that you are still interested.

Don’t do this, this will most definitely cause him to pull away even further and maybe even stop all contact with you all together.

One strategy to move him towards stronger interest is the complete opposite of this method.

1. Give Him Some Space

The best thing to do when he starts to pull back a little is to allow him his space. Trust me, I know this is tough but it this strategy works so well and I still use it with my husband to direct his attention back to me.

Allowing a man his space actually helps him to draw closer to you.

If you can’t seem to get him off your mind during this time, plan time with your family and friends or do something you enjoy doing to keep your mind off him.
Implemented correctly, this strategy is extremely effective.

The next strategy is more of a warning flag of what not to do. If you are doing this, eliminating this type of talk about yourself will help draw him closer to you.

2. Eliminate the Negative Self Talk

Sometimes you may get in the habit of putting yourself down. For instance, you might share with your boyfriend that you think that your thighs are huge or that you can’t believe that you said something so stupid. Putting yourself down does not benefit anyone, it makes you look less self confident and your boyfriend feel really uncomfortable.

If you need to vent, call up one of your girlfriends for a quick pick me up. Excessively talking about your perceived defects makes him start to believe you.

One of the things that attracts us to other human beings is their confidence in themselves. No one wants to be on a losing team or a team that doesn’t believe they can win.

The last strategy involves diversifying your life, so he maintains his strong level of interest.

3. Diversify Your Life

This is most important, if you want to keep your man interested, be sure not to depend on him solely for your happiness. This can be difficult if you find that you enjoy spending time with him.

You don’t want to become needy, depending on him for all your enjoyment. So you have to work hard at developing other areas of your life to maintain some balance.

When you are needy you put a lot of unwanted pressure on him. So have fun with your friends, go out with your family. Don’t make it a habit of canceling dates with friends or family because your man wants to see you. Make him work around your schedule, he will be happy that you have more on your plate than just him.

How To Tell If A Guy Likes You

3 Things He Will Always Do…If He Really Likes You

how to tell if a guy likes youYou’re probably not a detective. But it seems like it takes detective skills to figure out if a guy likes you nowadays. If you are dating someone and you are confused about his feelings for you, it can be really frustrating. Should you continue spending time thinking about him or should you just move on?

There are also specific instances where he likes you but will not approach you. This could be because of several reasons, but the most common is that he isn’t sure if you like him. Men hate rejection just as much as women and if you aren’t giving him those clear signs that you like him, he is less likely to approach you.

And sometimes it just seems like he is playing games, that he is intentionally making you hot and cold for some reason beyond your understanding. You were clear about what you wanted, so why is he playing childish games?

Take a look at my advanced attraction techniques, I share the secret to captivating a man, making him fall in love and keeping him around…and that’s what’s important, right?

We’ve all been there, trying to determine if it he likes us enough to start a relationship or if it is just a little crush.

Here are some sure-fire ways to tell if he likes you

Actually, figuring out men isn’t all that difficult, you just have to know their language. And it’s completely different from the female language. If you are willing to get out of your comfort zone I am going to show you three fool-proof methods to determine if he likes you.

1. This is What He Should Be Assuming…

Does he make dates with you in advance? Men who are interested in a woman assume that other men are interested as well. If he’s interested he won’t chance calling you the same day of an event or the day he wants to take you out to ask you to accompany him.

If he does, he will acknowledge that it is last minute and understand that you might not be able to accompany him.

Rarely if Ever Do This, You Will Regret It!

Even if you are really into him and like him a lot, rarely should you accept an offer on the same day. Make your schedule for the week ahead of time and if you planned to curl up and watch a movie on the sofa or go out with a few friends, honor your plans to yourself and let him know you have already made plans. Otherwise you risk being too easy.

A lot of women mistakenly think by denying a man what he wants that he will lose interest. The opposite is actually true. His interest grows when he has to continue pursuing you.

But be careful not to play games with him. He will see right through them and you will be the one ultimately hurt in the end.

2. Have You Met This Person?

Has he introduced you to his family or friends? I’m not talking about his buddies that he chases women with; I’m talking about people who are really special to him.

If he’s bad mouthed his mom or tells you how he can’t stand his dad, him introducing you to them doesn’t say much.

Side Note: if he is doing this you don’t want a long term relationship with him anyway. – – > Usually, Men who don’t respect their families will have a tough time respecting you also.

You will want to meet the people who are special in his life. If he has a little sister that he talks about like she is a little princess and he introduces you to her, chances are that he is into you.

If he tells you how much he loves his grandmother and then he introduces you to her, this is a good sign that he likes you as well.

Want to learn how to do the right things to make a guy fall in love with you? Watch the Guy Magnet Video for tips on how to navigate a relationship correctly that leads to commitment.

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3. Will he wait for you?

Some women will get offended if a guy waits too long to be intimate with them. They feel that he isn’t attracted to them or he doesn’t want a relationship with them. Understand that if you are feeling this way, it comes from your own insecurities and not the actual truth.

The truth is SOME men will wait to be intimate with a woman they deem as special.

On the other hand if he is making sexual advances on the first date, you can pretty much be sure that IS his FINAL goal. And once he gets it he will move to the next.

This is different from a man wanting to be intimate a few dates after. If you are uncomfortable with his advances, let him know you aren’t ready to take that step yet. A man who has feelings for you beyond getting you into bed will RESPECT your wishes to wait.

You should not get offended if a man wants to become intimate after dating for a while, he is just saying that his body is attracted to yours. If you are not ready, or you don’t have a commitment (imperative before becoming intimate), you should let him know that you aren’t ready for that step.

A man who is thinking more long term will respect your decision.

The Calling Test

When you are dating someone and unsure on whether they are truly interested in you or not, it can be tempting to continue calling to try to gauge their feelings, resist the urge.

Men run on a different clock then women. If you are dating it will be EASY for him to go a couple of weeks without calling. He can usually fill up his time with work, hanging out with friends, etc.

If after a couple of weeks, you don’t hear from him, don’t take too much offense.

If you want to call and ask his opinion on a subject or to just talk about how much fun you guys had the last time you went out, that’s permitted.

But under no circumstances should a call be made to scold him on why he didn’t call or to ask him his feelings for you, if you do this you are pretty much saying it’s ok if I don’t see you again.

The Biggest Mistake

One of the biggest mistakes you can make with calling men is calling him to ask him out. There was a guy I once dated and I always called him to ask him to go places with me.

It was very confusing for me because he ALWAYS said yes, but he never called me to ask me out. This is one of the most frustrating feelings is trying to determine if someone is going out with you because they can’t say no or if they are really interested in you.

So, if you want to avoid that awful feeling, it is best to allow him to call you and ask you out again. Then you can be sure that he is interested in going out with you. And his attraction will grow because he is doing the chasing.

If he goes 8 weeks without calling you, you can pretty much throw in the towel and continue or start dating other men. Guys usually WILL NOT call to tell you they are not interested. So you will have to take this as your final clue.

 

6 Hacks for Flirting With Men (3 Absolute Don’ts Included)

3 Ways Women Flirt That Actually Turn Men Off | 6 Steps To Doing It Right!

flirting with menFlirting with men is really simple, but only if you know how to do it effectively.

There is a lot of inaccurate information about flirting circulating around and you don’t want to get caught up in the “quick fixes” of flirting.  Quick fixes involve being confident and just asking the guy out (I’ll get to why this doesn’t work), wearing seductive clothing (you’ll get him but for a short time only), and playing hard to get (if you really aren’t hard to get, he’ll figure it out).

I’m not here to teach you any black hat techniques that use trickery or seduction to get a guy to ask you out.  These techniques only work for a short time.  But if you are looking for some solid, organic (real:) methods to flirt that flat out work and last long term, you’ll want to read on.

6 Steps To Flirting the Right Way

Tip #1: Do you have this?

Alright, I have to be very honest with you on this point. It will be very hard to complete this flirting technique if you don’t feel good about yourself. It will be necessary to have confidence when flirting because through your smile a man can sense nervousness and how you feel about yourself. You want to give off the vibe that you are comfortable in your own skin and that you are a “prize” to be won.

Another reason why you will have to have confidence is because every man you smile at will not smile at you back. Maybe he is married, maybe he is in a serious relationship, maybe he is just not that interested, maybe he’s gay, maybe you didn’t notice his girlfriend walking directly behind him. The possibilities are endless.

And that is ok, when you have confidence you understand that you are still a bombshell and obviously him not smiling back is a problem of his and not yours.

Tip #2: At your best

It’s just a fact, the better you look the better you will feel about yourself. The more comfortable you are the more relaxed you will be. When you are walking around in clothes you don’t feel good in, it will be difficult to flirt. Have you ever noticed that your attitude changes depending on what you are wearing. That is why schools make kids wear uniforms, because putting them in that dress says it is time to work. That is why people where business suits, when you are dressed in that way you know it’s time to work.

So when you are flirting you want to feel sexy and feminine while still being completely comfortable. This doesn’t mean going out and buying new clothes it just means looking the best you can.

Mega Tip: Men love women who wear dresses and skirts. Because not a lot of women wear these outfits nowadays. Men like women because they are women. They love to see curves and legs. That’s what makes you different from them. This doesn’t mean dressing with all your assets out. It just means looking nice and feminine.

Tip #3: What’s your decision?

The first part of this flirting technique is deciding who you want to flirt with. If you want you can go ahead and choose the easy target at first. But eventually you will have to choose the man you really want. You don’t want to make it a habit of flirting with guys you have not interest in. You run the risk of confusing the man since you clearly gave him the “green light” and go ahead.

Tip #4: Catch him

When you decide which guy you want to flirt with, you will need to catch his eye. Give him some eye contact while giving him a warm smile. The smile should say “welcome”. Be careful not to grin or cheese. You want him to know that this smile is specifically for him. Hold eye contact with your warm smile for a good 3-5 seconds. I know this may seem like a long time, but you want it to be obvious that this smile is for him.

Tip #5: Look Away

Next you will have to look away slightly. Either tilt your head down a bit or look at something else briefly, not your watch. This should be done for a couple of

seconds and then look up again and give him another smile. If he is really interested he is probably already interested in you.

Tip #6: Let him lead

The final part is probably the hardest. When he approaches you, let him lead the conversation. Let him do the talking. Let him ask you for your contact information. Trust that he will know the right things to say.

This technique works time and time again for women.

Flirting Really Isn’t Difficult

Flirting is not all that difficult to do if your ONLY goal is to get the guy to come over and talk to you. Just flash him a warm smile and if he’s into you he’ll come over and talk to you, period. But what really hurts is attracting him and not knowing how to talk to him when he approaches you, not knowing how to have an effective teasing conversation on the phone so that he automatically asks you out, and not knowing what to do and say on dates when you go out to make him want to call you back.

The Flirting Technique That Has Worked Time & Time Again

I’ve always been interested in how people meet and it’s not uncommon for me to ask someone how they met their mate.

I remember a time when I asked my granddad how he met my grandmother. His answer was really straight-forward and simple. He told me that a lot of women smiled at him but when my grandmother smiled at him, he smiled back.

And when he told me this, I really have to admit I thought he was kind of crazy, it couldn’t be that simple to meet someone. I had tried for years to attract the type of man I wanted without avail.

As I began delving deeper into relationships and actually helping thousands of women with their relationship issues I found very early on why this technique worked for grandma.

You see, my grandmother wasn’t the type of woman to turn heads, she wasn’t super skinny or super attractive. She didn’t wear the latest trends nor was she super sociable. She was just an average woman who knew an extraordinary secret. Maybe by accident or maybe she knew what she was doing.

My grandfather on the other hand was actually a very handsome man. He was very fit and and unlike my grandmother, he did turn a lot of heads. A lot of women most likely threw themselves at him to no avail because at the end my grandmother got the ring.

But what is amazing is how my grandmother’s simple flirting technique actually works as well as it did back then as it does today. See, I’m kind of like my grandmother, not super attractive, not really sociable either, although some might disagree. And the thing about it is I like a lot of men who are “out of my league”. I like men with muscles and an attractive face although you could probably search for hours on me and not find one trace of a muscle. I also like men that dress nice although I could probably count the number of “nice” outfits I have in my wardrobe on one hand.

So one day I just decided to mess around and flirt. The first time was in a coffee shop. I said if I’m going to put myself out there I’m going big. Go big or go home, right? So I saw this attractive man in a suit come into the coffee shop. I looked him in his eyes and gave him the warmest smile. He looked at me and gave a flirtatious smile back. I didn’t implement the second part of the flirting technique that causes a man to approach you because I was in a relationship but it amazed me at how great it worked. A simple smile and this tough man in a business suit who walked into the coffee shop was rendered defenseless with my smile.

flirting with men
Since then, I’ve done it a couple more times, without the second part of course and found it to work time and time again.

Why is this?

Well, you have more power than you think as a woman. With a simple smile, done the right way, you melt a man’s heart. He becomes sort of defenseless and you get into the heart of a man. Really it seems kind of unfair because once you effectively catch his eye he really can’t help the actions that follow. He will want to approach you and see you again. He won’t want to miss the opportunity.

You see, a lot of women go through the day not making eye contact with men, let alone smiling because of low self confidence or they feel they need to do more to flirt. But flirting is simple. You can modify this technique for whatever situation you are in. You can use it at work, while at a nightclub, or even at a library.

Allowing the man to approach you starts a relationship the right way because he is doing the pursuing. A lot of relationships fail because the woman is trying to pull the relationship along by trying to “convince” a man why she is right for him. It just doesn’t work. Men will always want to be the one who pursues and most likely be turned off by women who throw themselves at them.

14 First Date Talk Tips (Dos & Don’ts You Need to Know)

Going On A First Date? Here’s The First Date Advice I Absolutely Swear By

Style: "Agfa"Don’t mess up the first date.

Rarely do you get a second chance if you don’t say the right things

But what is good first date talk?

What is ok and what is definitely out of bounds?

Note: Honestly, a lot of women do and say the wrong things on the first date. The most important thing you should remember is to relax and let him create the experience for you. If you want to know exactly how to do this, I recommend visiting this website, how to flirt effectively to get him to ask you out again.

There are some things you should (and shouldn’t) include in your first date talk  if you want any chance of having a second:

DO

  • Give them a little bit of information about yourself – tell them what you do for a living, some  activities you might enjoy or what your career aspirations are for the future.
  • Ask your date questions about what they do for a living, what they enjoy doing in their spare time – sports they enjoy, hobbies they have or other interests (you can draw from this information during uncomfortable silences – more on this in a moment).
  • Show interest in what your date is saying. With first date conversations, ask questions (without interrogating), use regular eye contact and smile often.
  • Turn off your cell phone – there’s nothing worse than being part way through a conversation when your date’s phone rings.
  • Find a topic you are both interested in and talk about that. It could be that this common interest will be the beginning of something beautiful!
  • With first date conversations, avoid talking about politics or religion – these are better left for a date in the future.

DON’T

  • Go somewhere noisy where you can’t talk and get to know each other.  Isn’t the point of a first date talk to get to know each other?  Going to dinner somewhere quiet is usually a good destination for a first date.
  • Tell them your entire life story, including the intricate details of your last relationship and why you broke up and how horrible your ex is, and how your cat died when you were seven.  Leave this conversation for another time, a long way into the future!
  • Talk the entire time about yourself – nobody likes someone who is completely self-absorbed.
  • Use your phone or send text messages to a friend during your date – unless it is an emergency.  You are there to get to know your date – not to catch up with friends.
  • Interrupt your date when they are speaking.  It is rude and really doesn’t give a good impression.
  • Talk about your future together – it’s your FIRST date!! Give it a chance!  Doing this is a surefire way to scare your date off!

DATER BEWARE: Your first date talk might not be all that interesting but don’t let that deter you from having a second date, unless you have just dated a complete jerk.  Sometimes it takes time to get comfortable enough with a person to be your complete self. Try a couple of phone conversations before your second date.

MEGA TIP: First date talk should always be light and fun. Don’t worry about what the future holds, just enjoy his company.

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How To Give A Man Space and Keep Him Close To You

“When I have dated in the past, I have been so excited that the guy was interested in me like I was interested in him that I realized I may have been smothering him.

I felt if I gave him a foot of space, he would go somewhere else and not come back. Which seems to happen to me more often than not.

I’m having trouble meeting men who will stick around. Things aren’t looking up yet. I’m using dating sites. I’m not a club person and I don’t have a lot of money to go out. What do you suggest I do to get a date and to keep him interested?”

Guest Poster: Marvin Barrett

Marvin helps single women identify and avoid dating non-committal men and find their Mr. Right. He coaches women to identify the best places to meet the right men for them, read the signals men display when uncommitted and how to attract the right guy to approach them. Learn how to meet and find the right man for you.

First things first.

If you give a man a foot of space and he decides to go elsewhere, good riddance. He’s just saved you many months or years of pain. If you can’t give a man a foot of space without fearing he won’t come back, then he ain’t right for you – period!

So don’t get too hung up on that.

However, for your own benefit, you may want to look at why these men are bailing out on you at the first sign of space.

Is it because you come across needy or desperate? Are you sending out needy and desperate signals? Believe it or not, men can generally tell when a woman is insecure and has a “I want a man today” complex. Just as women can tell a guy who’s motives are just about sex, it shows in their behaviour. Could this be happening to you?

Are you picking up “low value men”? One potential problem may be that the men you’re attracting may be insecure people also. Men who prey on a woman’s vulnerability. (e.g players, womanisers, losers etc). These men typically like women who they feel are needy. It boosts their ego and it is easier work for them.

Where or how are you meeting these men? Often, where we meet people can influence the way we interact with them. As a result, we tend to associate certain thoughts and feelings towards the people we meet along with the environment we met them in.

The same guy could meet you in two different places and have two different perceptions of you. In order to identify ideal places to meet your Mr Right, you’ll
need to have a firm picture in your mind of the type of person he is and what is likely to interest him, so that you can position yourself in those places. By the way, these do not need to be places that cost you money either.

Let me just round off a few key tips for you to think about when it comes to keep a man interested:

1. Have interesting things to talk about – nothing worse than an attractive woman who has got very little to add in a way of conversation. The best things to talk about are generally things you’re passionate about and love learning more about. Avoid boring mumbo jumbo like jobs, tv, gossip etc. I know it usually is of interest to most women for several reasons but before that show you have substance.

2. Show Your Sense of Humour Often – In my experience and hearing from other men, men love to be around women who know how to have a laugh and can engage in banter. If you can do that, you’ll go a long way in making a man feel comfortable and alive in your presence.

3. Don’t always be available to him – I know this seems a bit like “game playing” and maybe it is. After all, relationship building should be fun otherwise what’s the point right? Carry on with your life. You had a life before he came into it, so don’t forget that. Keep yourself occupied, don’t always be available to meet him on his terms. Switch it up occasionally. Basically, don’t become too predictable otherwise you won’t represent a worthy chase in his eyes.

The key to keeping people interested in anything life, not just relationships, is to keep things fresh. Do things differently every now and then. Take a break from it and return to it more keener. When you’re together, be engaged. Be present. Be curious about the dynamics between you. Share your stories and experiences with enthusiasm and passion and listen to his with the same. To me, it’s the very simple stuff that matters most but it’s the simple stuff that is often overlooked.

Last and not least, have fun. Don’t forget your worth and value either. Whilst you want to keep him interested, show that your also a woman worth being interested in also. The 3 tips above will help along your way and keep you focused on the right things.

 

Two Behaviors That Cause Men To Pull Away

Two things that will cause good men to pull away after initially being interested:

Guest Post by James Taylor

Neediness

You will appear needy to a man if you seem overly nervous or tense when you are in his presence, or alternatively if he feels that you are trying hard not to screw things up and are desperate for him to like you.

What these things tell a man is that the relationship means too much to you.

As a woman, you have probably been in the situation where you had the “Uh-oh” response to a guy who was obviously too into you, too early. This is exactly what I’m talking about here, but in reverse.

The appearance of being needy is often the outward manifestation of an inward condition, in which you feel lack in your life and need a man to come and rescue you (eg. by taking away your loneliness, making you happy and giving you security).

The thing is that you often don’t even have to verbalize this neediness as it can come out in your facial expressions, body language and actions (eg. as nervousness and desperation as I have just mentioned).

On the other hand, people who are not needy come across as a lot cooler. They seem more relaxed and less concerned as to whether things work out with a potential partner. They certainly don’t depend on this or any other relationship working out for them as they already have a good life and don’t need any other person to make them happy.

I have a saying that I’ve come up with, which is the following: “You are only ready for a relationship when you don’t need one.”

When you have no need in your life and come from a place primarily of giving and trying to enlarge another person (as a parent does with their child), you will appear very attractive. [But don’t make the crucial mistakes of giving in order to get or giving too much up front, otherwise things won’t go well for you.]

And if you find someone else who is coming from a similar place (don’t settle for anything less, otherwise you will end up being used by guys) with whom you have a lot of common beliefs, values and aspirations in life, this is the basis of a loving relationship that is going to last for many, many years.

This is because there are then two compatible people who are already complete and whole human beings, who are seeking only to give their unique gifts to each other and help the other person grow and live to their potential.

There will therefore be a healthy balance between giving and receiving, lots of love is likely to flow, and everyone will happy. The two people complement each other such that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts (ie. it is a win/win scenario).

However, people who are genuinely needy are a drain because they are usually trying to get a lot more than they actually give, and their needs are always paramount. And when these needs are consistently not met they will often blame their partner or act like a child (eg. have tantrums).

When you appear needy to a guy, he feels that if he develops a relationship with you, you will end up suffocating him in life. In other words, he thinks that instead of it being a win/win relationship it is will be a lose/win one – with him being the one to lose.

If you are feeling needy at the moment, the way to stop being needy is to work on your own self-esteem and take responsibility for your life. Make the decision to like who you are and create an amazing life for yourself that does not rely on having a man around to support you in any way.

The paradox of this is that once you don’t need a man in your life, men will invariably turn up from nowhere and offer you everything you could ever want. This is why people sometimes say that you are more likely to find someone when you’re not looking for anyone.

Having a Strong Agenda

The second big thing that can make guys pull away is the woman appearing to have a strong agenda right from the get-go. This can take the form of things like marriage, children, living an extravagant lifestyle, or her being a very inflexible person (everything is “my way or the highway”).

For example, women who are ready to settle down and start a family as soon as possible can turn a lot of guys off.

This does not mean that most men never want to marry a woman and have kids – the majority of men do want to have a family. But they want to do when they’re ready, rather than feel pressured into it.

Furthermore, they don’t want to feel that they are being used. They want a woman to actually love them for who they are, not just what they can do for her (be a means to fulfill her agenda).

What a strong agenda means to a man is that he is going to forced to sacrifice his dreams and desires in life for what the woman wants. Obviously, this would not be too appealing.

In addition to this, men are far more attracted to women who are laidback and just want to have fun, which is a much more feminine way of viewing the world.

What I teach women is that one of the most effective ways to attract masculine men is by just being a feminine woman (since the feminine attracts the masculine and vice versa). [If you would like to learn more about being a feminine woman who is highly attractive to men, please check out my article, “How to Be Sexy” ]

But being goal-oriented (having an agenda) is a masculine way of operating, rather than a feminine one; and therefore it is not going to help you been seen as attractive to highly masculine men.

Okay, I understand that everything I’m saying here may sound a bit unfair, as though the man is forcing the woman to fit his agenda (while not allowing her to have one of her own).

But a better way to look at this is that for a mutually beneficial and fulfilling relationship to exist, both people need to get what they want out of it. [Ideally, there will be a lot of common wants if the man and woman are compatible with each other.]

Also, we must keep in mind that it is not romantic to approach the beginning of a relationship as though you are negotiating some business deal.

This applies to a man too; he should not be bringing a strong agenda to the table either – otherwise you’re probably going to be turned off him as well.

For example, when a man displays the clear agenda of only wanting to get laid, many women would end the relationship right there (and rightfully so).

[Incidentally, sleeping with a guy early on is also a big reason why men pull away after only a few dates. This is because either sex was all they wanted (they leave once they achieve that goal), or they don’t view you as special since you gave up the most intimate part of yourself too easily.]

Right, so my advice is to relax any strong agenda that you may have and focus more on being a fun person who has a lot to give a man. Even if for example you want a child and don’t have a lot time left, it is going to be counterproductive to push such an agenda hard – men are just going to run.

This of course doesn’t mean that you have to completely hide what you most want out of a relationship – there will be time to discuss the more important things a bit further down the track (without being pushy).

Putting It All Together

There are obviously a lot of similarities and crossover between neediness and presenting a strong agenda, as they both relate to having a focus on what you can get out of a relationship as opposed to what you can give.

The main difference between the two of them however is that neediness relates to needs and a strong agenda relates more to a person’s wants.

The bottom line though is that you don’t want to come across as trying to get too much from a relationship with a man, otherwise you will not appear so attractive and there is a very good chance he will pull away. It is far better to be seen more as a giver rather than a taker.

Therefore, I suggest that you work on developing a great life of your own which doesn’t depend on having a man around. And also when you are dating, learn to relax a bit more and just enjoy the process of meeting new guys without bringing too many expectations to the table.

Once you get to this place, you are then going to start hooking really great guys and will have the new problem of making a decision as to which one you like the most and want to continue seeing!

About our Guest Poster:

James is a dating and relationships author and coach who specializes in teaching women how to attract the man of their dreams, make him fall madly in love, and then  keep him interested over the long haul. He runs a website Attract Men Easily which provides cutting-edge information on these topics.

 

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