talking to ladies (anyone, really)
“You can show off your “good mate” qualities by taking interest in whatever she’s doing. In the study, asking a women at a bookstore about the paperback she was looking at and talking to a woman at an art museum about the painting she was admiring were both scored favorably by women.
“This doesn’t mean you have to start reading Shakespeare or studying Monet to attract a woman. In fact, namedropping in the wrong situation — such as quoting Byron in a bar — will most likely make you appear pompous instead of intellectual. (Quoting Noel Coward? Okay, a little pretentious, but at least amusing.)
“However, you can use the “what are you reading?” strategy in places outside of the library. Just ask her a question or make a comment about whatever she’s doing, whether it’s the lecture you’re attending or what she’s drinking, Rabin says.”
from…somewhere.
