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		<title>How To Stay OUT Of The Friend Zone!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chase Christopher</dc:creator>
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<p>The <a title="Friend Zone Damage Control" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/friend-zone-damage-control/">friend zone</a> is not a place that you ever want to find yourself when you are interested in a woman. This aspect of dating can easily change you from a potential date to a person that gets the occasional hello.</p>
<p>Avoiding the dreaded friend zone is essential to keeping the spark alive in your budding relationships. If a lady only wants to be your acquaintance, then you need to cut her loose. However, there are ways that you can keep yourself from falling into this familiar path in the future. Here are some dating tips to help you stay out of the hated friend zone in the future.</p>
<h3>Accept The Fact That She Is Not Interested</h3>
<p>There are women out there that will never be interested in pursuing a <a title="Top Things Men Do To Screw Up A Long Term Relationship" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/relationship-advice/top-things-men-do-to-screw-up-a-long-term-relationship/">relationship</a> with you. Accept the fact that she is not interested. While this is not something that any guy wants to do, it’s a one of the best dating tips out there for finding a woman that is interested in having a relationship with you.</p>
<p>If you are clinging to a woman who has put you in a friend zone, you are wasting your time trying to woo her back. This is one aspect of life where being a quitter actually has its advantages. Nip it in the bud before you start begging and pleading for another chance.</p>
<h3>Work On Yourself</h3>
<p>Do you work out? Do you eat healthy? One of the best ways to gain <a title="Q&amp;A: How To Gain The Confidence To Ask A Girl Out (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/qa-how-to-gain-the-confidence-to-ask-a-girl-out/">confidence</a> is to improve yourself before you try to date somebody. If you meet a lady that you like and you really want to impress her, give yourself a couple of weeks to improve various aspects of your life before you pursue her.</p>
<p>Two weeks can do a lot to somebody’s physique and eating healthier can give you the energy that you want throughout the day. Having more energy will show through your personality and the way that you carry yourself. Feeling good about yourself is an attractive quality for women, so act accordingly.</p>
<h3>Meet New People</h3>
<p>Getting stuck in a friend zone can occur when somebody knows you all too well. If you have been chummy with a lady for a long time, she might not think of you as a potential date. There is a reason that a staple of the most common dating tips is to meet new people. Meeting new people is exciting and allows you to play off of your own mystique.</p>
<p>Going out and meeting newer women will get you out of the friend zone and put into the hot seat of being a potential <a title="Top Things Men Do To Screw Up A Long Term Relationship" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/relationship-advice/top-things-men-do-to-screw-up-a-long-term-relationship/">long term relationship</a>. If you know the woman you like really well, this could also make her very jealous. While you should not do this with mal-intent, it is an effective means of getting her to think about you as a date instead of a &#8220;bud.&#8221;</p>
<h3>Learn To Flirt</h3>
<p>Some guys think that <a title="Flirting With Text Messages – 3 Texts A 3rd Grader Could Have Written" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-videos-tips/flirting-with-text-messages-3-texts-a-3rd-grader-could-have-written/">flirting</a> is something that you’re born with, while others think that it can be learned through certain dating tips. The friend zone is dependent on being able to flirt. Teasing her a little bit about things that don’t matter is a great way to flirt with her.</p>
<p>Don’t tell her that her eyes are too far apart, but picking up on something little could get her laughing. Start small and work your way up to making more sexualized comments. Once you have achieved this properly, she should be looking at you in a whole new light. Be bold with her and you will never end up as an acquaintance again.</p>
<h3>Slight Touches</h3>
<p>Slight touches can be a great way to emphasize that you are not looking for a platonic relationship. Touching her arm as you laugh with her or putting your hand on the small of her back as she goes through a door are some of the best ways to show that you are sexually interested.</p>
<p>If she does not respond to these methods or responds negatively, back off immediately. The last thing that you want to do is make her uncomfortable. If she touches you back then you’re in the clear. Women do not touch guys that they don’t want to date.</p>
<p>Being in the friend zone can be one of the most frustrating aspects of dating. Getting out of it is tough and some methods work better than others. Turning yourself from a platonic relationship into a <a title="Q&amp;A: How To Ask A Good Friend To Go On A Date (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/qa-how-to-ask-a-good-friend-to-go-on-a-date-video/">date</a> is not always easy, but it is possible in most situations. Follow these guidelines and you should start to see a vast improvement of her perception of you.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan and Jennifer</dc:creator>
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<h3>Be The Kind Of Guy Who Never Gets In The Friend Zone In The First Place</h3>
<p>The best &#8220;dating tips&#8221; you could ever get about staying out of the friend zone is to never be the kind of guy who gets put in it in the first place. These guys are wimpy and weak, where guys who <em>don&#8217;t </em>get put on the &#8220;friends only&#8221; list are strong and confident &#8211; the <a title="6 Ways To Be The Alpha Male She CRAVES" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/6-ways-to-be-the-alpha-male-she-craves/">alpha male</a> type. The trick is to not be afraid to make women feel beautiful and sexy, and to not be afraid of showing a girl that you like her &#8211; like <em>really </em>like her. Don&#8217;t pretend that you don&#8217;t have a sexual or romantic connection to a girl &#8211; instead, just tell her! Be honest and confident about your feelings. Don&#8217;t apologize for who you are, and don&#8217;t act like her best girlfriend.</p>
<h3>Show Interest In Her</h3>
<p>If you like a girl, the best way not to get on her &#8220;friends only&#8221; list is to show that you&#8217;re interested in her from the get go. Don&#8217;t be too scared to admit that you have a sexual attraction to this girl &#8211; and be okay with that. If you think that it&#8217;s wrong somehow, or you&#8217;re not supposed to like her &#8220;that way,&#8221; you&#8217;re paving your own road to the <a title="Friend Zone Damage Control" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/friend-zone-damage-control/">friend zone</a>! It&#8217;s normal and perfectly okay to be sexually attracted to a woman and for her to know that! In fact, it&#8217;s perfectly normal and okay that she be sexually attracted to you too &#8211; but she won&#8217;t be if you&#8217;re hiding the fact that you even want to be more than friends.</p>
<h3>Make A Move</h3>
<p>Don&#8217;t just wait and sit on the sidelines like a &#8220;best friend&#8221; when you could be out there with the girl you want to be with. Take that first step and make that move! Whether it&#8217;s to let her know that you exist (that&#8217;s a great first step), to start flirting with her or even a bolder move like leaning in for the <a title="3 Clumsy Ways To Make Your First Kiss Romantic" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/kissing-how-to-kiss/kissing-tips-3-clumsy-ways-to-make-your-first-kiss-romantic/">first kiss</a>, you need to go ahead and do it. Stop thinking about doing it, planning to do it or making excuses as to why now isn&#8217;t the right time. Just put yourself out there, take the risk and make a first move!</p>
<h3>The Importance Of Building Sexual Tension</h3>
<p>When a girl starts to think of you as more than just a buddy is when she begins to feel that undeniable <a title="How To Use Sexual Tension To Get Immediate Results (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/seduction-videos-tips/how-to-use-sexual-tension-to-get-immediate-results-video/">sexual tension</a> between the two of you. To get girls, you have to become a master at creating, shaping and using sexual tension. While some guys don&#8217;t find this difficult at all, other more &#8220;left brained&#8221; guys (you know, scientists, engineers, accountants, etc.) have a more difficult time accessing their more creative side to build sexual tension.</p>
<p>You can get more in touch with the right side of your brain, take up poetry or an art class &#8211; anything that engages your right brain. Do something creative that allows you to think differently than you normally do.</p>
<h3>How To Build Sexual Tension And Get Her To Think Of You As More Than Just A &#8220;Buddy&#8221;</h3>
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<li>Start slowly &#8211; you don&#8217;t want to rush in too quickly and blindside her. Compliment her, tell her that she looks beautiful or stunning &#8211; don&#8217;t say &#8220;hot,&#8221; or &#8220;sexy&#8221; because this will turn her OFF immediately.</li>
<li>Get in her space. Touch her and when you do, let the touch linger just a little too long. Don&#8217;t be creepy about it, but you don&#8217;t want to end it until just after it becomes slightly awkward. <a title="Flirting With Text Messages – 3 Texts A 3rd Grader Could Have Written" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-videos-tips/flirting-with-text-messages-3-texts-a-3rd-grader-could-have-written/">Flirt</a> with her.</li>
<li>Move at her pace, but take it just a little farther. This allows you to push her limits a little bit, but not way past where her limits usually are. You&#8217;re just going <em>slightly </em>outside of her comfort zone.</li>
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<h3>Show A Side Of Yourself That She Hasn&#8217;t Seen Before</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re already in the friend zone, these dating tips can be particularly useful if you want to get yourself <em>out </em>of it.</p>
<p>Show the girl you like a side of yourself that she&#8217;s never seen before. You&#8217;re an interesting guy, with passions and hobbies too, right? Don&#8217;t always be talking about her and what she likes or wants to do. Show her your motivation, drive and passion. Let her know that you&#8217;re a guy she could be with and have fun with!</p>
<p>Also, you want to <a title="How To Get Her Addicted To You (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/how-to-get-her-addicted-to-you-video/">make her laugh</a> and feel happy. This is a huge deal, because women remember the way you make them feel more than they remember your name, what you do for a living or even what you look like (although she&#8217;ll probably remember all three if you make her feel absolutely amazing).</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Q&amp;A: How To Ask A Good Friend To Go On A Date (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/qa-how-to-ask-a-good-friend-to-go-on-a-date-video/">Dating</a> is difficult when you feel like you&#8217;re more than friends but just aren&#8217;t sure. It&#8217;s easy to meet someone and begin a friendship with them, only to start feeling more for them than you originally did as you get to know them. However, taking a friendship to dating can be intimidating, because sometimes you&#8217;re not really sure how the other person feels.</p>
<p>If you ask your friend out and they don&#8217;t feel the same way as you, you risk ruining the friendship because things will be different after you let them know you have romantic feelings towards them. It&#8217;s better to know (for the most part) if you and your friend are actually more than that &#8211; so how can you tell if you and your &#8220;friend&#8221; should start REALLY dating?</p>

<h3>She&#8217;s Going To Want To Spend Time With You</h3>
<p>If the girl you&#8217;re interested in has romantic feelings for you too, she&#8217;s going to want to spend as much time with you as possible. She&#8217;s going to make excuses to see you and be around you.</p>
<h3>She&#8217;s Going To Be Okay If The Conversation Turns Sexual</h3>
<p>If she&#8217;s into you, she&#8217;s not going to shy away if the conversation turns towards <a title="6 Types Of Sex You Need To Try – Tonight!" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/6-types-of-sex-you-need-to-try-tonight/">sex</a>. If she&#8217;s not and just wants to be your friend, she&#8217;s going to shy away from sexual conversation and stick to topics that are completely platonic. So test her out and bring up a topic that is just a little sexual to see how she reacts &#8211; does she shy away from the conversation or does she actively participate in it? If she actively participates in a sexual conversation &#8211; and even takes it a little further &#8211; it&#8217;s a safe bet that she digs you.</p>
<h3>You Will Feel It</h3>
<p>The energy with friends isn&#8217;t the same as the energy you feel when you have an actual connection with someone. If you&#8217;ve ever felt that feeling before, you know exactly what it is &#8211; there&#8217;s no mistaking it. Guys who have never had this connection with someone may not be sure how it feels &#8211; but rest assured that you really will know when you do feel it. Pay attention and be looking for that &#8211; if you&#8217;re not experiencing that real connection, you&#8217;re most likely really <a title="Q&amp;A: How To Stay JUST Friends (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/qa-how-to-stay-just-friends-video/">just friends</a>.</p>
<h3>Is She Into The Next Step?</h3>
<p>To find out if the girl you like is into taking the next step with you, you have to realize it&#8217;s not all about what she says. You have to pay attention to her <a title="5 Tips for Sexy Flirting – That Doesn’t Go Too Far (Video" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-videos-tips/tips-for-sexy-flirting-that-doesnt-go-too-far-video/">body language</a>, because she may not be saying anything that lets you know she&#8217;s into you at all. Her body language will, however, tell you whether she&#8217;s digging you or not. If she is, she&#8217;s going to make excuses to get in your space, making eye contact with you and laughing and having a good time with you. Here are some easy ways to tell if she&#8217;s ready for you to make the next move.</p>
<ul>
<li>She starts dropping hints for you to make a move</li>
<li>When you <a title="Flirting With Text Messages – 3 Texts A 3rd Grader Could Have Written" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-videos-tips/flirting-with-text-messages-3-texts-a-3rd-grader-could-have-written/">flirt</a> or are being playful, she reciprocates and shares in the witty banter</li>
<li>She opens up and seems to want to talk about more personal topics</li>
<li>She&#8217;s happy to see you or talk to you</li>
<li>She finds excuses to touch you or brush up against you</li>
<li>When you touch her, she doesn&#8217;t back away &#8211; she may even lean closer to you</li>
</ul>
<h3>Don&#8217;t Wait Too Long!</h3>
<p>If you feel that energy and everything seems to be lining up, don&#8217;t wait too long to make a move. Just make it! Ask her out! Don&#8217;t wonder whether she&#8217;s really into you or not, or second guess yourself. So many guys second guess themselves so much that the girl they like &#8211; and who likes them back &#8211; thinks that he&#8217;s not interested in her! If you feel that romantic connection, go for it! If you wait too long to <a title="Dating Tips: How To Ask a Girl Out – In Person, On the Phone, Or Text (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/dating-tips-how-to-ask-a-girl-out-in-person-on-the-phone-or-text-video/">ask a girl out</a>, you may end up missing the moment entirely.</p>
<h3>Relax And Have Fun</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re so keyed up and worried about figuring out whether a girl likes you back or not, you may miss key signs that she really does like you. You definitely want to be aware of those signs so you can make the next move if you sense she&#8217;s into you too. So take a deep breath and relax! Have <a title="Q&amp;A: How To Gain The Confidence To Ask A Girl Out (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/qa-how-to-gain-the-confidence-to-ask-a-girl-out/">confidence</a> that you&#8217;ll know when things feel right and that she&#8217;ll give you plenty of signs to lead you in the right direction. Have fun and wait for that special connection to happen!</p>
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		<title>Will Friends With Benefits Work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>He Said/She Said with John &#38; Jenna</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="6 Types Of Sex You Need To Try – Tonight!" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/6-types-of-sex-you-need-to-try-tonight/">Sex</a> can be hard to come by if you&#8217;re not in a relationship &#8211; so can you be in a &#8220;friends with benefits&#8221; arrangement? Will it work?</p>
<blockquote><p>Does a “friends with benefits” arrangement ever work? That is to say, can it stay purely friendly and sexual? I’m thinking of “diving in” with one of my best guy pals. I think we’d be a hot match in bed but I don’t want to lose his friendship.</p></blockquote>
<h3>What She Said:</h3>
<p>A “friends with benefits” agreement can work, with some trust and communication. It can definitely provide a fun outlet for sex while you both wait to meet people with whom you’d like to get serious.</p>
<p><em><strong>Will It Take An Emotional Toll On You?</strong></em></p>
<p><a title="How To Have A Hot Sex Marathon" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/how-to-have-a-hot-sex-marathon/">Hot sex</a> is awesome – and good for you! However, emotional health is an equally important component. If your best guy pal is into taking the leap, make sure to have a talk to set physical and emotional boundaries. What those will be are up to the two of you, but here are a few suggestions.</p>
<p><em><strong>Practice Safe Sex</strong></em></p>
<p>Getting sexually involved with someone is always a big deal, even if you plan to keep it casual. Ideally this means getting tested for <a title="Q&amp;A: Can I Get STD’s If We’re Both Virgins? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/qa-can-i-get-stds-if-were-both-virgins-video/">STD&#8217;s</a> before becoming physical, as well as using protection once you embark on this new part of your friendship. You’ll both have to take emotions into account as well. You’ll want to discuss how much you’ll be hanging out, if there will be calls in between, as well as rules for dating other people.</p>
<p><em><strong>Reserve The Right To Change Your Mind </strong></em></p>
<p>You’ve said you don’t want to lose his friendship, so be sure you’re clear why you want to turn your connection sexual. If you’re secretly looking to fall in love, this is the wrong way to go about it. How will it feel when one of you meets someone else? If the thought of him with another girl makes you catch your breath, hold off on the casual sex and ask him out on a proper date.</p>
<p>If you’re truly attracted to him with no emotional undertones, you’ve got a clearer situation on your hands. <a title="What’s The Best Time To Have Sex?" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/what%E2%80%99s-the-best-time-to-have-sex/">Having sex</a> with someone, especially over a period of time, usually creates emotional attachment. Be aware of this and check in with yourself often. If you feel you’re in the clear emotionally, go have fun!</p>
<h3>What He Said:</h3>
<p>Sure, it works. For a while. FWB is like a milk carton, it is only good for a while, then it will expire and go bad. You have to throw it out before then. Trouble is, FWB doesn’t have an expiration date clearly posted on it, and a milk carton does. Know that this is for the short term and quit while your ahead.</p>
<p><em><strong>It Might Get Weird </strong></em></p>
<p>If you don’t end it early, one of you will develop feelings for the other and thus kill the whole FWB arrangement, and then it will get weird. Or one of you will find a serious relationship partner outside the FWB situation you’ve got and the other will get <a title="Q&amp;A: Jealousy Over Past Lovers (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/break-up-and-divorce/qa-jealousy-over-past-lovers-video/">jealous</a>.</p>
<p><strong><em>Have An Exit Strategy </em></strong></p>
<p>You can do this, just not for very long. Have ground rules and a firm exit strategy in place before you enter the bedroom and you should be fine. If you don’t, you’ll pay for it. Sure, it may be an awkward conversation, but well worth it. Sure you can drive your car without insurance, and you might not get in an accident, but what if you do? Do the leg work first. You’ll be glad you did.</p>
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		<title>How To Cope With Unrequited Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Wang</dc:creator>
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<p>So how can you get over your heart break and your lingering feelings? You owe it to yourself to move forward. It’s important, not least of all because you might miss out on the person you should really be with while you’re mooning over the wrong guy or girl.</p>
<h3>People You Can&#8217;t Pursue A Relationship With</h3>
<p>It can be pretty difficult to see the forest for the trees when you’re head over hills for someone. When that individual doesn&#8217;t love you back, however, you need to have a reality check with yourself. Sometimes there are obvious reasons why you shouldn’t pursue a <a title="Relationship Advice: Addressing Your Partner’s Annoying Habits" href="https://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/relationship-advice/relationship-advice-addressing-your-partners-annoying-habits/">relationship</a> with someone. No matter how attracted you are to them, if the object of your affection is married or in a happy relationship, you need to back down and look elsewhere.</p>
<p>If the person is your boss, your direct report, your current teacher or student, it’s inappropriate to pursue them until you no longer work together directly. When there are overt roadblocks like these, it can be easier to convince yourself to move on. But sometimes the only reason to move forward is because <a title="Q&amp;A: How To Stay JUST Friends (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/qa-how-to-stay-just-friends-video/">your crush just wants to be friends</a>. Worse, maybe they don’t want anything to do with you at all. In either case, it’s in your best interest to spend a decent amount of time away from this person while focusing on your own happiness.</p>
<h3>How To Deal With Rejection</h3>
<p>You need to harness optimism in this situation, but it needs to be the healthy and not harmful kind. Move away from wishful thinking regarding the guy or girl who rejected you. There’s no point daydreaming that your <a title="Q&amp;A: What You Should Know Before Getting Married (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/engagement-marriage/qa-what-you-should-know-before-getting-married-video/">married</a> flame will suddenly leave their spouse for you, or that they’ll wake up one morning and realize they actually are in love with you.</p>
<p>Harness that source of hope inside yourself and direct it toward better things. Don’t sit at home and sulk night after night. Instead, enlist the help of your friends to make sure you get out of the house and have some fun. Don’t waste your time looking forward to an impossible relationship. Look forward to your fun weekend plans, to your morning run, or to completing that big project at work. Relegate thinking about love to the background for now, and you’ll find you’re able to take a step or two forward.</p>
<h3>Moving On</h3>
<p>The most important reason to move on is that there truly are other fish in the sea to <a title="Q&amp;A: How To Ask A Good Friend To Go On A Date (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/qa-how-to-ask-a-good-friend-to-go-on-a-date-video/">date</a>. If you’re busy fixating on one person, you’re missing all the other people out there who could easily be a better fit for you. If you’re out in the world enjoying yourself, you just might bump into Mr. or Ms. Right, and then you won’t give a flip about Mr. or Ms. Rejection anymore. So don’t close yourself off to the world, and don’t cling to false hope.</p>
<p>Instead, embrace the knowledge that there could be someone else out there a thousand times more perfect for you. Go out and live your life to the fullest, and you just might find them when you least expect it. There is no point in puppy dogging around after a lost cause. If they don’t see the value in being with you, they’re not worth it anyway.</p>
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		<title>Friend Zone Damage Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vin DiCarlo</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When dating, beware of the &#8220;<a title="Leaving the Friend Zone – How to Actually Ask Her Out On a Date (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/leaving-the-friend-zone-shyness-ask-her-out-on-a-date/">Friend Zone</a>&#8221; &#8211; we have all been in it, and it sucks. Despite all the glorious positions you can be in with a women, there is one that no man wants to be in. When placed in it by a woman, you lose all romantic interest in her eyes. You become a sexual non-entity with the arousing powers of her own brother, or a lampshade. Once you&#8217;re there, she&#8217;s not going to be interested in dating you.</p>
<p>As you gain more experience with women, you will find yourself in the friend zone less and less and will learn many ways to preemptively stop yourself from winding up in it. However, that is not what I am going to get into with this article. Instead I am going to share some ways that you can remove yourself once being placed in it.</p>
<h3>Be Willing To Lose The Friendship</h3>
<p>The first step to getting out of the friend zone is that you have to be willing to lose her completely. One thing I have learned in my years managing <a title="Relationship Tips &amp; Advice" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/relationship-advice/">relationships</a> with women is that two people who are platonic don’t sleep with each other. You will not be able to go after her if you are afraid to lose her, doing so will only plant you deeper in it. So what’s the most important step?</p>
<h3>Make Yourself Less Available</h3>
<p>One of the main reasons you probably got placed in the friend zone in the first place (instead of dating her) is because you made yourself overly available. You constantly made plans to hang out with her without making a move. The longer you hang out with a girl without <a title="Sex Tips: 5 Ways To Keep A One Night Stand From Being Awkward" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/seduction-videos-tips/sex-tips-5-ways-to-keep-a-one-night-stand-from-being-awkward/">hooking up</a>, the higher the chance you will be placed in it. So what do you do? Get away from her. Distance yourself and for a little bit stop making an effort to hang out with her. If she is a real “friend” she should be making an effort to hang out with you. You’re soon going to realize that she probably won&#8217;t be setting up a time to hang out anytime soon.</p>
<p>As time goes by she will become in touch with you. If not, you can slowly re-engage but this time with a different approach. For example, do not be her <a title="Frantic Girlfriend! How Do I Overcome My FEAR of Sex? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/fear-of-sex-frantic-girlfriend-how-do-i-overcome-my-fear-of-sex/">therapist</a>. Do not give her advice for how to deal with her problems. If you need listen, only do so mockingly. You are no longer a shoulder to cry on and have no need to feel sorry for her problems. She is a big girl, she will figure it out.</p>
<h3>Keep Your Options Open</h3>
<p>In the mean time you should be talking to or dating other girls. Not to make her jealous, but to create other opportunity for yourself. Only once you have emotionally removed yourself from the girl you are in the friend zone with, will she start chasing you. Also, this is a great time to work on staying out of it with new girls.</p>
<p>Time is beneficial to you here and use it to your advantage. I’m talking about going months without being in touch. It may seem harsh but if you want her that bad, this is what it takes.</p>
<p>After making yourself scarce to her you have opened up a window to change the frame of the relationship. Start sending her mixed signals by escalating touch and showing interest in dating her. Do not be afraid to start <a title="Phone Flirting Tips (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/phone-flirting-tips-video/">flirting</a> with her. You have not talked to her for a while, you want to come back seeming like a different, more sexual person.</p>
<h3>Change Your Goals</h3>
<p>You want to be coming from the mindset that you want her, but it does not matter if you get her. Remember, you can’t be afraid to lose her. In fact if you are doing any of this to just try and “get her,” it is not going to work. Stop trying to get her. It may take a few months to get out of the mindset where you are trying to be the guy for her, but only then will you be able to start dating her. And at that point it is up to you to decide if you really want her.</p>
<p>If you honestly have a strong friendship with a girl and you really don’t want to ruin it with dating, then you need to accept you will never hook up with her. But you need to ask yourself, is your spending time with her just another hope for you to hook up out of some miracle, or is for your own enjoyment. Remember, people who are platonic don’t sleep together. But if they do, they can become friends that <a title="What’s The Best Time To Have Sex?" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/what%E2%80%99s-the-best-time-to-have-sex/">have sex</a>.</p>
<h3>More On Getting Out Of The Friend Zone:</h3>
<ul>
<li>You have to be willing to say no to her.</li>
<li>You can ask her advice about a girl you are seeing, but more importantly talk about the sexual aspect of it. Make her see you as a someone who enjoys <a title="Sex - Articles, Videos, Tips &amp; Advice" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/">sex</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you are someone that finds yourself getting into the friend zone, say things along these lines when just getting to know a girl:</p>
<ul>
<li>&#8220;I speak my mind and it can sometimes get me in trouble, but that’s just who I am.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Don’t play games cause you won’t be able to keep up with me; honesty is what I am attracted to.</li>
</ul>
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		<dc:creator>Dan and Jennifer</dc:creator>
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<blockquote><p>Question: How do you know if a girl likes you and if she does, how can you ask her out? I have a very close friend I would like to date, but I do not want to lose her as a friend. The reasons why I think she likes me is because she has told me how ugly she thinks﻿ she is and how she will never find love. We are very close and I do not want to lose her as friend. Please help!</p>
<p>&#8211;YouTube Viewer</p></blockquote>

<h3>Let Her Know How You Feel</h3>
<p>Honesty is the best way to go on this one. Pretending that you don&#8217;t like her as <a title="How Do I Tell My Best Friend I Want to Be More Than Friends? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/how-do-i-tell-my-best-friend-i-want-to-be-more-than-friends-video/">more than a friend</a> or saying that you just want to stay friends because you think that&#8217;s what she wants or you&#8217;re afraid of ruining the friendship isn&#8217;t going to do either of you any good at all. Tell your friend how you feel about her and be completely honest. Let her know why you like her and why you want to be more than friends. Don&#8217;t ask for a response right away, because putting her on the spot to accept your romantic invitation may lead to a &#8220;no&#8221; because she just needs time to absorb the information. Just let her know that you&#8217;re telling her how you feel and you simply wanted her to be aware of it. Let her take it from there if she wants to. If she doesn&#8217;t make a move, you can continue being friends.</p>
<h3>How To Interpret Her Body Language</h3>
<p>You may be wondering if your friend has been showing you romantic affection for awhile and you haven&#8217;t been picking it up. If a girl likes you, she&#8217;s going to give you a lot of <a title="Guys: Body Language Basics For Seducing Women" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-and-seduction/guys-body-language-basics-for-seducing-women/">body language</a> that shows that she&#8217;s sweet on you. She may touch you often, face you when you speak or constantly laugh at your jokes. She may want to be close to you all the time or may want to hang out all the time. Pay close attention to your friend&#8217;s body language, because often you will be able to tell if a girl likes you simply because of the way she acts towards you.</p>
<h3>Show Her Affection</h3>
<p>If you like your friend romantically, it&#8217;s important that you show her affection as well as telling her the truth about how you feel. Show her with your body language that you like her. Hug her, be close to her and <a title="What Women Want" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/relationship-advice/what-women-want/">compliment her</a>. Compliments always go a long way for a woman! Laugh at her jokes and be there for her. If you&#8217;re good to her, sooner or later she will see that you&#8217;re a great choice for her. But she&#8217;ll never choose you if she doesn&#8217;t know how you feel about her!</p>
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<h3>Are You Really Ready For Committment?</h3>
<p>It&#8217;s a common belief that &#8220;like attracts like&#8221; and those looking for serious relationships will actually be attracted to each other. If you&#8217;ve just gotten out of a long, <a title="Q&amp;A: What’s The Best Age For Your First Committed Relationship? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/qa-best-age-for-your-first-committed-relationship-video/">committed relationship</a>, you may subconciously just be looking for friendships right now and not know it. If you&#8217;re only attracting women who simply want to be friends and have casual sex with no strings attached, take a moment to think about if that&#8217;s really what you want too. It&#8217;s okay if you&#8217;re not ready for a serious relationship and having fun with friends is a great way to get yourself back in the dating game. Sit down and really consider what you want at this time. Are you really looking for another committed relationship or are you attracting the kind of people you subconciously want to date right now?</p>
<h3>Don&#8217;t Rush It</h3>
<p>There&#8217;s no rush when it comes to dating after ending a <a title="First Serious Relationship… Should We Date Other People?" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/relationship-advice/first-serious-relationship-should-we-date-other-people/">serious relationship</a> with someone. Even if you were the one who ended the relationship, the body, mind and soul still needs to grieve for the loss and take time to adjust to a new lifestyle. Things are very different for you now, and it&#8217;s important to give yourself time to absorb it. That doesn&#8217;t mean isolate yourself, but you may want to be careful about jumping right into another committed relationship. Give yourself time to think about the relationship, but also allow yourself to think about what you want now before you take the next step.</p>
<h3>Attracting The Kind Of Partner You Want</h3>
<p>When you&#8217;re really ready for a committed relationship, trust that you&#8217;ll start attracting people who feel the same way you do and are also looking for a committed relationship. Focus more on having fun now, and let whatever happens happen. Time has a funny way of healing old wounds and paving the way for new and better things in your life if you let it. Constantly trying to attract a partner who wants a serious relationship when you don&#8217;t &#8211; even subconciously &#8211; will only put more stress on you and make you feel like you&#8217;re not &#8220;dateable&#8221; material. Don&#8217;t worry about it! Just have fun and build new <a title="How Can I Turn A Friendship Into Something More?" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/how-can-i-turn-a-friendship-into-something-more/">friendships</a> and nurture old ones. Take this opportunity to make your life what you want it to be right now and in time, the right person will come.</p>
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<p>Here are some tips to keep your fun from turning into disaster: First, remember to pay attention now or pay later. Keep your wits about you. Second, be honest with yourself whether the fun you&#8217;re having is worth the consequences, whatever they might be. Third, remember to <a title="Q&amp;A: Help! My Boyfriend Doesn’t Want To Use A Condom! (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/sex-intimacy/sex-tips-advice/qa-help-my-boyfriend-doesnt-want-to-use-a-condom-video/">use a condom</a>! In the meantime, here are the answers to a couple of your questions.</p>
<blockquote><p>I met this girl at school and ended up falling for her. However, at the time she had a boyfriend who was moving to France. I saw her a couple of times before they officially broke up and then asked her out on a date. She said yes, then flaked on me twice (both times legitimate-ish reasons such as her grandparents’ anniversary do and something else).</p>
<p>We eventually went out a couple of times and texted each other a bit, then suddenly after our second date when I kissed her goodnight on the cheek she didn’t text me for over a week and just ignored my email (I tried to contact her three times). Then she started to talk again and we have seen each other about every two weeks since. I have kissed her on the cheek a couple of times and once on the lips, but that’s it.</p>
<p>When we are out we have such a good time and get along great, and although there is not much physical contact she flirts back. She has since then invited me to go on holiday with her and her family. I’m just not sure where I stand. Are we going out? Her old bf is in a relationship but she isn’t going out with anyone else and never talks about other guys with me. On Valentine’s Day I gave her a card and chocolates, and she gave me the same. She lets me pay for coffees and other things like that. But my question is: Who am I to her, a friend or a boyfriend?</p>
<p>—James, UK</p></blockquote>
<p>Ah, James, it&#8217;s so cute to hear about people giving each other cards and chocolates on Valentine&#8217;s day… if those people are kids! You&#8217;re an adult now, so it&#8217;s time to start using your words to say what you mean, and to find out where you stand. All you have to do is ask her what she wants, and be straightforward about what you want. She&#8217;ll appreciate you not playing games, and in the process you&#8217;ll learn whether there&#8217;s any mileage in pursuing her or not. But here&#8217;s a tip: if you&#8217;re not getting any clear signs from her, chances are it&#8217;s because she&#8217;s not that into you, so prepare yourself.</p>
<blockquote><p>Every time I meet someone and we wind up liking each other, it always turns out she just wants me as a friend. Even though they all tell me they would date me. Is there any way I can stop winding up the “best friend?&#8221;</p>
<p>—Nick, US</p></blockquote>
<p>There are so many benefits to having a girlfriend, including all the public displays of affection, hugging, kissing, and the wonderful feeling of having someone you&#8217;re exclusive with. To get that, you need to look at what you&#8217;ve done so far, and compare it to what you should be doing if you want to get that extra step further. Knowing what to do differently can be tricky with women, mostly because our concern for our own safety over the past two millennia has prevented us from having the liberty to come out and say exactly what we want.</p>
<p>Ensuring success in <a title="Dating Tips &amp; Advice - Articles, Videos, Tips &amp; Advice" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/dating-tips-advice/">dating</a> is not that different from ensuring success in any other area. You have to define what you want, make a clear plan for getting it, and execute your plan. Remember that what you want is a dating relationship with one girl who meets your criteria &#8211; not friendships with a lot of different girls. So find a girl that you&#8217;re interested in dating, and ask her on an actual DATE. Girls are keenly aware of the the difference between a date and just hanging out, so if you use that specific word, she won&#8217;t be in any doubt as to your intentions. After a few dates, she should have given you a real kiss, or at the very least some very clear signs as to whether or not she&#8217;s into being <a title="Here’s How to Make the Transition from Friends to More Than Friends a Little Easier" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/heres-how-to-make-the-transition-from-friends-to-more-than-friends-a-little-easier/">more than friends</a>. </p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you like someone and they&#8217;re already involved with someone else, your first instinct may be to simply let it go. But what if they&#8217;re giving you signals that they like you too, and you really would like to date them? Can you &#8220;steal&#8221; them away from their current relationship or should you still let [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you like someone and they&#8217;re already involved with someone else, your first instinct may be to simply let it go. But what if they&#8217;re giving you signals that they like you too, and you really would like to <a title="Q&amp;A: I Like This Girl But She Can’t Date – Ideas? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/qa-i-like-this-girl-but-she-cant-date-ideas-video/">date</a> them? Can you &#8220;steal&#8221; them away from their current relationship or should you still let it be and move on?</p>
<blockquote><p>Question: I know this girl who I really like and I think she likes me too. She gives me these signs like laughing at everything I say, complementing me on my clothes, and smiling charmingly at me &#8211; but she only does it with me. Here&#8217;s the problem &#8211; she has a boyfriend and he treats her like shit. She&#8217;s like a pet to him, but I&#8217;m not the kind of guy who steals a girlfriend. I really like this girl though. What do I do?</p>
<p>&#8211;YouTube Viewer</p></blockquote>

<h3>Make Sure You&#8217;re Reading The Signals Correctly</h3>
<p>One of the biggest misunderstandings between men and women is interpreting <a title="Feeling Shy with the Hotties? Ten Can’t Miss Flirting Moves" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-and-seduction/feeling-shy-with-the-hotties-ten-can%e2%80%99t-miss-flirting-moves/">flirting</a> and friendliness the wrong way. If you like someone, you may be all too eager to assume their polite smiles and friendly conversation means that they like you as more than friends. If someone who is already in a relationship is giving you these signals, make sure you&#8217;re interpreting them correctly before you make any kind of move. Make sure you&#8217;re not stuck in the &#8220;friend zone&#8221; and she&#8217;s not just using you to vent about her current relationship.</p>
<h3>Relationships Aren&#8217;t Ownership</h3>
<p>When we&#8217;re involved with someone, whether we&#8217;re dating or married, we tend to put these labels on our significant others as though we &#8220;own&#8221; them. Human beings can&#8217;t be &#8220;owned&#8221; by anyone though &#8211; we are free to spend our time with who we choose. If someone is in a relationship but wants to hang out with someone else and have a good time, they are perfectly within their right to do so. You are also free to spend time with them as well, regardless of their current relationship attachments. Although we are free to spend time with who we want at our own discretion, there can be consequences to those actions. Their partner may choose to end the relationship if they&#8217;re uncomfortable with the situation and they are, of course, free to do so as well. But remember that no one can &#8220;own&#8221; or &#8220;control&#8221; anyone else and force them not to spend time with someone or to <a title="6 Reasons People Stay In Relationships" href="Feeling Shy with the Hotties? Ten Can’t Miss Flirting Moves">stay in a relationship</a>.</p>
<h3>Follow Your Heart</h3>
<p>When it comes to <a title="Dating Tips &amp; Advice" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/dating-tips-advice/">dating and relationships</a>, it&#8217;s important that you follow your heart and you allow the person you&#8217;re interested in to do so as well. All may end well with a new, happier relationship but there is also the possibility that the other person&#8217;s heart leads them to stay in their current relationship for one reason or another. The most important thing here is to be true to yourself, and communicate your feelings honestly with the other person without being critical of them or their current relationship. What happens after that is anyone&#8217;s guess, but being true to yourself is an incredible feeling regardless of what happens later.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<blockquote><p>Question: A few weeks ago, me and a good friend of mine setup to have a date. I have some affection towards her and I thought she felt the same way. Two days before our date, I confessed my love to her. On the day of the date, I called her up to see if she still wants to go; she didn&#8217;t pick up. Then the next day I called her to see if she still wants to go out today and she said &#8220;I don&#8217;t think that is a good idea.&#8221; So I get the idea and drop it. We still talk once in a while now, but not as much and intimate as before. But then last week, I asked her out to dinner and she came. I&#8217;m confused, what should I do?</p>
<p>&#8211;YouTube Viewer</p></blockquote>

<h3>Labeling The Relationship</h3>
<p>Often, people who are dating are too quick to put a label on the &#8220;<a title="Relationship Tips &amp; Advice" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/relationship-advice/">relationship</a>&#8221; they have, and want to know where they stand when it comes to being with someone. This goes for both guys and girls though &#8211; it&#8217;s a common belief that women do this more than men, but it&#8217;s actually about equal between the sexes. Unfortunately, when one person in the relationship is pressing to define it, the other person gets scared and starts moving away emotionally. It doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean that they don&#8217;t want to spend time with you or don&#8217;t like you, but it may mean that they just want to go slowly and let the relationship go where it needs to on its own.</p>
<h3>Backtracking</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;ve <a title="I’m In Love With My Best Friend. How Do I Tell Her? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/love-and-romance/in-love-with-the-best-friend-video/">confessed your love</a> to someone and they start giving you the slip, you may think you&#8217;ll never repair the damage that was done. That could be true, but not always. The thing to do now is to back off and let them take the lead. Don&#8217;t start calling all the time or continue to try to get them to go out with you. They may like you, but they may just need some time to air out. Take a few steps back and let them call you. Be polite and friendly when you see them, but let them make the moves. If you do want to ask them out, suggest going to a casual lunch or bowling. Whatever you do, make sure they don&#8217;t feel pressured in any way and they just might come around.</p>
<h3>Letting A Relationship Develop On Its Own</h3>
<p>When you start dating, it can be tempting to move along quite quickly, especially if you feel like you&#8217;re ready to settle down. Instead, try letting the relationship develop on its own. Don&#8217;t ask your partner where you stand or try to <a title="The Pitfalls Of Addictive Love" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/relationship-advice/the-pitfalls-of-addictive-love/">define the relationship</a>, because often, it&#8217;s always changing. Just focus on enjoying being with the person you&#8217;re with and let the relationship move along at its own pace. Getting to stop and enjoy all stages of a budding relationship is like stopping and smelling the flowers - totally worth it.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What dictates <a title="How Any Nice Guy Can Get Practically Any Girl He Wants" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-and-seduction/pick-up-women-how-to-approach-any-woman-without-fear-of-rejection-pick-up-secrets-exposed-by-a-woman/">how successful a person can become</a> in any  given field? Is it chance, fortune, good luck? No.</p>
<p>Take an athlete for example, regardless of their chosen discipline, they must WORK at becoming the best. Even if they got lucky with their genes, have a good build or quick reactions, it is absolutely vital they learn, understand and PRACTICE whatever sport it is they want to master.</p>
<p>If they don’t, they will never be number one, or even anywhere close. The very same principle applies to attracting and seducing women, quite simply, the looks or assets you were or weren’t blessed with naturally mean nothing if you cannot <a title="The Attraction of Confidence - Why Women Are Attracted To Confident Men" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-and-seduction/the-attraction-of-confidence-matt-savage/">master the psychological side of the game</a>.</p>
<h3>It&#8217;s NOT About Looks</h3>
<p>For example, there’s a guy who looks like Brad Pitt’s better looking long-lost brother, his body, hair and dress-sense are all flawless. But, when he opens his mouth…nothing.</p>
<p>His attitude, personality and character fall completely flat and instantly put off every woman in the room. He’s gone from being a mysterious, handsome stranger, to an unexciting and tedious guy, who’s good for nothing except looking at and admiring, which gets very boring, very fast.</p>
<p>Now, the reverse. There’s a guy who doesn’t immediately stand out of the crowd because of what he looks or dresses like or because of the car he’s just rolled up in. Women are fairly neutral towards him, they neither feel attracted to him or turned off. Then, he talks and it’s like a fire has been lit, he’s fun, charming and great to be around.  In short, massively attractive.</p>
<h3>Being the Better Guy</h3>
<p>If you want to be that first guy, I don’t know what to suggest, except perhaps painful, expensive surgery. But if you’d rather resemble the second man (as any sane guy would), you need to do something a little different. You need to eradicate self-limiting beliefs.</p>
<p>Self-limiting beliefs are the internal thoughts and feelings that hold you back and restrict your ability to succeed. They’re irrational and counter-productive thoughts that everyone has, but very few people try to get rid of, which is why so few men are truly <a title="Flirting &amp; Seduction" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/category/singles-dating/flirting-and-seduction/">successful with wome</a>n. Here are a couple of examples of self-limiting beliefs:</p>
<p>1. “Nah, she’s too good-looking. She wouldn’t be  interested in a guy like me.”</p>
<p>2. “Women can sense inexperience and won’t give a guy the  time of day if they think he’s not sophisticated or experienced.”</p>
<p>3. “Girls only want sex with strings attached and would  never consider sleeping with me unless I have money or a powerful job.”</p>
<p>4. “That girl’s way too popular. Just look at the guys who are already all over her. She’s rejecting them so would definitely say no to me.”</p>
<h3>The Truth About Self-Limiting Beliefs</h3>
<p>The crazy thing with <a title="7 Beliefs That Are Destroying Your Success With Women" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-and-seduction/7-beliefs-that-are-destroying-your-success-with-women/">self-limiting beliefs is that they only restrict YOU</a> and you alone. They do this because they are not logical, true facts that are widely accepted as fundamental truths.</p>
<p>They’re manifested in your mind because you feel nervous and apprehensive. It’s your body’s way of protecting itself just like it would have thousands of years ago to stop you getting into physical danger.</p>
<p>These days, the only danger is that you miss a golden opportunity to hook up with a great, sexy girl.  Here are 3 simple rules to always remember, use them to get rid of self-limiting beliefs.</p>
<h3>Rule 1. Ground yourself in the present and don’t think about the past or potential future</h3>
<p>If you’re <a title="Can Seduction and Pick Up Tactics Work for You? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-and-seduction/seduction-and-pick-up-tactics-can-they-work-for-you-video/">in a bar looking at a girl from afar</a>, forget about times gone by that you cocked up a first impression. Furthermore, don’t try to predict what could go wrong or awry. Your goal, of meeting and getting together with a hot female, is a positive one – so keep all thoughts before, during and after meeting her positive, too.</p>
<h3>Rule 2. Don’t let other people mold your perception of yourself and the situation you’re in</h3>
<p>Forget about the guys around you, all trying to impress girls and assert themselves as alpha males. When you show a care-free, easy-going attitude to how to move, talk and behave you become infinitely more attractive to women than all the men who are blatantly trying too hard.</p>
<h3>Rule 3. Let negative thoughts and phrases, like those above, slip completely from your consciousness</h3>
<p>Looks, wealth and social status mean little when they aren’t accompanied by a strong, attractive persona and personality. Let your words and <a title="Guys: Body Language Basics For Seducing Women" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-and-seduction/guys-body-language-basics-for-seducing-women/">confident body language</a> take precedence and forget all about superficial possessions and all-too-common “good looks.”</p>
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		<title>I Dated My Friend and It Didn’t Work Out… How Do We Get Our Friendship Back?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve moved <a title="What You Absolutely Must Know About the One You Are With!" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/relationship-advice/questions-for-couples-how-well-do-you-really-know-your-partner-1000-must-ask-questions-for-couples/">out of the friend zone and into a relationship</a> with your best friend or another friend of yours. Sadly, it doesn&#8217;t work out for one reason or another, but you want your friend back!</p>
<p>Fortunately, you&#8217;re not alone in this awkward situation. What will it take to get your friend back? Can you?</p>
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<h3>How Mature Are You And Your Friend?</h3>
<p><a title="Aaaahh! Why Does She Want to Be ‘Just Friends’? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/relationship-advice/just-friends-why-does-she-want-to-be/">Moving from the friend zone</a> into a relationship is something that happens all the time. A great number of people do this, and a number of them move back into friend status after the relationship has run its course, regardless of whether the relationship was a week long, a month long or even a few years long.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s their secret? How do they do this with seemingly no effort at all?</p>
<p>It depends on how mature the two people in the relationship are. If you and your partner are very mature, you&#8217;ll be able to better handle moving from the friend zone to a relationship and back to the friend zone again.</p>
<p>If you and your partner aren&#8217;t at a high level of maturity at the point in your relationship where you want to be friends again, you might find it difficult to do so without hurt feelings, resentment and awkwardness experienced by one or both parties.</p>
<p>What can you do?</p>
<p>First, <a title="Relationship Advice" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/relationship-advice/">be open and honest</a> with your friend. Tell them how you feel! Talk to them about the friendship and how you felt about it before you made the turn towards dating romantically.</p>
<p>Talk to your friend about how you felt while you were dating romantically and how you feel now that the relationship is ending. Talk to your friend about how continuing the friendship would make you feel and how you can best accomplish that goal without letting old feelings get in the way.</p>
<p>Encourage your partner to share their feelings about those topics with you too. A great deal of awkwardness after an ended relationship is one or both parties refusing to communicate with each other and harboring ill feelings and resentment towards the other. Air your dirty laundry and start with a clean slate!</p>
<h3>It Might Be The End</h3>
<p>Not every <a title="How Do I Tell My Best Friend I Want to Be More Than Friends? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/how-do-i-tell-my-best-friend-i-want-to-be-more-than-friends-video/">friendship turned relationship</a> turned friendship works out, regardless of the level of maturity by both parties. Sometimes it&#8217;s not meant to work out and sometimes issues that were dealt with during the relationship are just too difficult to deal with afterwards in a friendship setting.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s okay! It&#8217;s heartbreaking, sure. It&#8217;s a tough thing to deal with, but it&#8217;s probably something you knew going into the relationship &#8211; that <a title="I’m In Love With My Best Friend. How Do I Tell Her? (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/love-and-romance/in-love-with-the-best-friend-video/">you might lose your friend</a> because of it. It&#8217;s a risk you and your friend both decided to take. If you and your friend are having a difficult time moving back into the friend zone after an ended relationship, it might be time to let it go.</p>
<p>You should talk to your friend about where you see this going, but don&#8217;t be surprised if it&#8217;s difficult to come up with an answer. Remember that <a title="6 Tips For Handling Rejection" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/love-relationships/break-up-and-divorce/6-tips-for-handling-rejection/">not everything works out the way you want it to</a>, and you certainly gave it a good shot. Feel out the situation and find out if it&#8217;s time to move on and do it gracefully!</p>
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		<title>How To Ask A Shy Girl Out On A Date&#8230;</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing can be more intimidating than <a title="How Any Nice Guy Can Get Practically Any Girl He Wants" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/flirting-and-seduction/pick-up-women-how-to-approach-any-woman-without-fear-of-rejection-pick-up-secrets-exposed-by-a-woman/">asking out a girl</a> you&#8217;ve had a crush on or have known since forever.  The thought of telling this amazing woman that you really like her and having her snub you sends shivers down the spine, especially if she&#8217;s shy.</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter how popular or confident you are, when it comes to <a title="Dating the Wrong People? Change Your Dating Ideal" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/changing-your-dating-ideal/">that special girl</a> it&#8217;s hard to find the right words. You don&#8217;t want to put her off, but what is the right thing to do?</p>
<blockquote><p>Dear Dan and Jennifer,</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a good looking, popular guy and have no trouble asking girls out &#8211; except for this one girl I&#8217;ve had a crush on since the eight grade&#8230; I walk away from a conversation with her thinking &#8220;What the heck did I just say&#8221; &#8211; I sound like a dumb jock! My Question: How do you ask out a shy girl, that you are desperately head over heals in love with? Ask her friends? Just walk up to her?</p>
<p>&#8211;YouTube)</p></blockquote>
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<h3>There is no right way</h3>
<p>The honest answer is there is no right thing to do. No one knows what another person will say or do. What you can&#8217;t do though, is simply <a title="How to Get Over Shyness &amp; Fear of Rejection to Get the Girl (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/how-to-get-over-shyness-fear-of-rejection-to-get-the-girl/">let your fear hold you back</a> from taking the leap of faith and opening yourself up to her. Sure, she might say no, which is her discretion. It&#8217;s pretty much guaranteed though, that if you just stand back and do nothing you will regret it for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>To start, you shouldn&#8217;t just go up and lay it on her that <a title="4 Ways Nerves Can Wreck A First Date" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/4-ways-nerves-can-wreck-a-first-date/">you&#8217;ve been in love with her forever</a> and you desperately want to be with her.  That is a bit much to lay on someone and might even scare her a little bit.  The most important thing is to just be honest with her. Start small, like asking her out on a date not as friends but as a couple. Try flirting more and don&#8217;t hide away from her by pretending you don&#8217;t like her.</p>
<p>You have to let her know you like her or you&#8217;ll be <a title="Here’s How to Make the Transition from Friends to More Than Friends a Little Easier" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/heres-how-to-make-the-transition-from-friends-to-more-than-friends-a-little-easier/">forever stuck in the friend zone</a>, the terrible place where relationships never grow and nothing ever changes. You should have the courage to tell her directly because it&#8217;s going to mean a whole lot more if it comes straight from you.</p>
<h3>You can make it happen</h3>
<p>If you want anything to happen, you have to make it happen. You can&#8217;t sit around and make excuses and hope that one day she just falls in your lap. The world seldom works that way outside of Hollywood.</p>
<p>If you get up the <a title="6 Simple Ways To Let Your Date Know You’re Interested" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/6-simple-ways-to-let-your-date-know-youre-interested/">courage to ask her</a> and she says no, then at least you can take pride in the fact that you owned up to how you felt and actually made that first step. Keep in mind though, that a &#8220;no&#8221; now may not be forever. As time passes, she might actually change her mind and decide you&#8217;re not such a bad guy to go out with after all.</p>
<p>Hearing a &#8220;no&#8221; is better than hearing nothing at all because you never made that first step. <a title="5 Tips For Finding Mr. or Mrs. Right" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/dating-tips/5-tips-for-finding-mr-or-mrs-right/">Don&#8217;t let your fear control you</a>, work past it and change that dream into reality. As scary as hearing a &#8220;no&#8221; might be, just think of how amazingly fantastic hearing a &#8220;yes&#8221; would be! Don&#8217;t focus on the negative, work towards the positive.</p>
<p>Just think that if you&#8217;re friends, you probably know her better than <a title="Singles &amp; Dating" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/singles-dating/">most of the guys she has or will date</a>.  You have an edge in knowing many of the things she likes and dislikes already which is valuable knowledge when it comes to dating.  There will never be the perfect time to ask, so just go for the gusto and make it happen. When all is said and done, you&#8217;ll look back and be glad you went for it no matter the outcome.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve all known someone who&#8217;s loved a woman from a distance&#8230; wanted to be with her, but wasn&#8217;t sure how to share his feelings for her, <a title="How to Approach Any Woman Without Fear of Rejection - Pick Up Secrets Exposed by a Woman" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/flirting-and-seduction/pick-up-women-how-to-approach-any-woman-without-fear-of-rejection-pick-up-secrets-exposed-by-a-woman/">how to go up to her and ask her out</a>.</p>
<p>But what&#8217;s EVEN WORSE is loving her from no distance at all&#8230; <a title="Leaving the Friend Zone - How to Actually Ask Her Out On a Date (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/dating-tips/leaving-the-friend-zone-shyness-ask-her-out-on-a-date/">being her best friend and wanting, hoping, wishing it could be more</a>.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a question from a man in Arizona who&#8217;s desperately wondering why the woman he loves from the barren depths of the friend zone won&#8217;t take that risk to be more than friends&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Dear Dan and Jennifer,</p>
<p>Well, I have known this girl for a while now and when we started hanging out we were getting ready to take our friendship to something more&#8230; but she got scared and left?</p>
<p>Now she keeps coming back in and out of my life and saying that we are good friends. I finally got the courage to ask her why she didn&#8217;t let me be the man that she can love, and she told me that we are great friends and she was scared of ruining our friendship.</p>
<p>Why wouldn&#8217;t she take the same risk with me that she had taken with others, including her current boyfriend? Help!</p>
<p>– Daniel, Arizona</p></blockquote>

<h3>Why do Some Women Torture Men by Keeping Them &#8220;Just Friends&#8221; Instead of Lovers?</h3>
<p>Contrary to what some of guys may think, the woman of your dreams (who happens to also be your friend) probably really values your friendship. Yes, it&#8217;s possible for women to have dear friends who are men, without being attracted to them in a romantic or sexual sense.</p>
<p>Rampant homophobia aside, straight guys also have both male and female friends they&#8217;re very close to, without being sexually attracted to them.</p>
<p>There is of course also the remote possibility that <a title="Here’s How to Make the Transition from Friends to More Than Friends a Little Easier" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/dating-tips/heres-how-to-make-the-transition-from-friends-to-more-than-friends-a-little-easier/">she&#8217;s not aware of your feelings</a>. This is a real long shot, and it generally implies that she&#8217;s not very observant and doesn&#8217;t listen to her intuition. You can always tell if someone likes you &#8211; all you have to do is listen.</p>
<p>And, maybe she wants to be with you romantically as well, but she&#8217;s afraid to approach you for whatever reason. Maybe she&#8217;s shy or afraid of rejection. Maybe she believes the man has to make the first move. Sometimes two people truly want to be together, <a title="Friends? Lovers? Pick One! - The One That Got Away… (Video)" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/relationship-advice/friends-lovers-pick-one-the-one-that-got-away-video/">but neither one makes the move</a>.</p>
<p>Either way, it&#8217;s your move. If you want to know, you&#8217;ve got to take that first step and make a move. It doesn&#8217;t have to be a major item, but escalate things until it&#8217;s very, very clear that you are interested.</p>
<h3>When You Finally Share Your Feelings With Her, Why Does She Not Reciprocate?</h3>
<p>What if you&#8217;ve shared your feelings and she STILL doesn&#8217;t want to date you? And she&#8217;ll probably give you some good, logical reasons for it. But you have to find the REAL deep down reason, and it&#8217;s usually not the logical one. As human beings, we often use logic to support emotional decisions, basically a way to excuse what we really want to do.</p>
<p>Here are a few possible reasons&#8230;</p>
<h3>1. She truly values your friendship more than romance</h3>
<p>OK, this one sounds good, but it&#8217;s pretty unlikely. People take just about any risk imaginable for the very possibility of finding true love, closeness with another, and of course, amazing sex.</p>
<h3>2. She just doesn&#8217;t like you that way!</h3>
<p>While this is NOT what you want to her, it&#8217;s by far the most likely situation. You may WANT her to like you as a lover, but she only likes you as a friend.</p>
<p>Think back&#8230; surely at some point in your life, maybe back in school, you had someone attracted to you, but you didn&#8217;t feel that way about them. You may have liked them as a person, but you didn&#8217;t have romantic or sexual feelings about them. Now, this same thing is happening with you.</p>
<h3>Moving On &#8211; Letting Go and Finding the RIGHT Woman for You</h3>
<p>Hanging out in the friend zone is no way to live. She thinks you&#8217;re just being a friend &#8211; of course she probably knows very well that you want it to be more, but doesn&#8217;t want to lose your friendship. And you&#8217;re unhappy because you&#8217;re trying to make this relationship into something it just isn&#8217;t. That&#8217;s not fair to you and it&#8217;s not fair to her.</p>
<p>And by keeping her in your life and WANTING it to be more, you&#8217;re literally stopping the RIGHT woman from entering your life. It&#8217;s time for you to move on and actually find a woman that WANTS to be with you romantically and sexually, not &#8220;just friends&#8221;. Decide that you&#8217;re ready to find someone new, and open yourself to the opportunity of finding that perfect someone.</p>
<p><strong><a title="How to Approach Any Woman Without Fear of Rejection - Pick Up Secrets Exposed by a Woman" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/flirting-and-seduction/pick-up-women-how-to-approach-any-woman-without-fear-of-rejection-pick-up-secrets-exposed-by-a-woman/">Approach other women, talk with them, ask them out</a>, and have fun!</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So many men are afraid to <a title="How to Approach Any Woman Without Fear of Rejection - Pick Up Secrets Exposed by a Woman" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/flirting-and-seduction/pick-up-women-how-to-approach-any-woman-without-fear-of-rejection-pick-up-secrets-exposed-by-a-woman/">approach a woman and ask her out&#8230; to make that first move</a>.</p>
<h3>Help! How can I escape the dreaded friend zone?</h3>
<p>Of course, sometimes men get up the nerve to talk to women they like, but not quite to ask them out. So they become friends. And if they&#8217;re not careful, they STAY just friends&#8230; sliding down the slippery slope of the friend zone.</p>
<p>But here&#8217;s the real gem. Women will usually drop plenty of hints and innuendos, encouraging men to take that first step&#8230; to <a title="How to Approach Any Woman Without Fear of Rejection - Pick Up Secrets Exposed by a Woman" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/flirting-and-seduction/pick-up-women-how-to-approach-any-woman-without-fear-of-rejection-pick-up-secrets-exposed-by-a-woman/">break the ice and ask them out</a>. All you have to do is pay attention.</p>
<p>So don&#8217;t just sit there hoping for something to magically happen on it&#8217;s own. Take control of your own destiny. Talk to her and see where it goes!</p>
<h3>Caution! Will you REALLY be happy just being her friend?</h3>
<p>Then again, be prepared for whatever comes. If she&#8217;s not interested in a romantic relationship at the time, you have to decide if you would be truly want to be friends just to be close to her, of if it&#8217;s better to move on.</p>
<p>If so, then it&#8217;s worth a shot. Otherwise, do yourself and her a favor and move on. But remember, she may only be willing to be friends.</p>
<h3>The secret &#8211; act out of love, not out of the fear of rejection</h3>
<p>Every decision we make in life fundamentally comes down to one of two major motivators: love of fear.</p>
<p>When you take action, be open and completely at peace with whatever the outcome will be. Don&#8217;t dread the fact that she may possibly (for whatever reason) not be interested in a relationship with you at this time, and whatever you do &#8211; don&#8217;t be judgmental of her response. Accept yourself and her for where you are at this point in your lives.</p>
<h3>Missed opportunities for love</h3>
<p>We&#8217;ve all been there at one time or another in our lives. An amazing opportunity shows itself, and for some reason or another we don&#8217;t act. And by the time we decide to take action, the evaporates into thin air. That&#8217;s so frustrating!</p>
<h4>Is that missed love opportunity gone forever?</h4>
<p>Whether you&#8217;re talking about love, business, or money, opportunity is all about timing AND the courage to ACT. If you don&#8217;t seize the opportunity when it&#8217;s hot and fresh, then you may as well come to terms with the fact that you&#8217;re going to miss out. Chalk it up to lessons learned and wisdom gained, and move on.</p>
<p>BUT when dealing with people and romantic relationships, there are some exceptions to this rule. So&#8230; <a title="Bring Back A Lost Love" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/bring-back-a-lost-love.htm" target="_blank">CAN you get her back </a>even if you&#8217;ve missed that &#8220;right&#8221; opportunity?</p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a question from a man in Pennsylvania facing this very frustrating problem&#8230;</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Dear Dan and Jennifer,</p>
<p>Hello! I&#8217;m glad I stumbled onto your website since I have a dilemma of my own regarding dating. Nearly 2 years ago I became friends with one of my female co-workers. Eventually the friendship grew stronger as we started hanging out more and getting to know ourselves better. Of course, I eventually developed an attraction for this friend, but remained silent (big mistake). She dropped me many hints suggesting I should make a move and take the friendship to the next level. Unfortunately, I failed to read some of those signals and hence failed to act.</p>
<p>About two months later after she dropped these signals I confessed my feelings to her. Unfortunately she said that she did not feel the same way. She mentioned something about having feelings for me early in our friendship, but that the moment had passed. Of course after her rejection our friendship changed, and little by little we drifted apart. Although she made efforts to keep the friendship alive, I rejected her efforts. I figured it would be best for me to move on, and save my energy for the girl that would reciprocate those romantic feelings.</p>
<p>I eventually moved from the city where we met in order to pursue a higher level of education. Once again she tried to contact me, and even though I replied it was a bit of a half-ass effort (for lack of a better word) on my part. I haven&#8217;t heard from her in nearly 10 months now, and I miss her. I&#8217;m trying to convince myself that I should not be a coward and should give this thing a shot once again with a new approach. Its been nearly two years since I told her how I felt about her, and yet I still have strong feelings for her. It&#8217;s sad to admit, but I&#8217;ve never felt this way about anyone before.</p>
<p>What should I do? Should I just cast her out of my life forever? Am I condemned eternally to the &#8220;friends zone&#8221;? How do I get out of the &#8220;Friends Zone&#8221;? What should I do this time around to win her heart? Thank you for taking the time to hear my rants  <img src='http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  . I hope to hear from you soon.</p>
<p>&#8211; Nate, Pennsylvania</p></blockquote>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>How SHOULD a regular guy approach a woman to get her phone number, a date, a chance?</h3>
<p>We&#8217;re always seeing seduction and pick up advice from the same well known faces in the Seduction Community. From David DeAngelo, to Zan, Mystery, Jason Matthews, and many others. Do you see the pattern yet? They&#8217;re all GUYS!</p>
<p>They tell us <a title="How To Approach Any Woman, Anywhere And Know Exactly What To Say To Get Her To Give You Her Number And Go On A Date With You - NOW" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/go/guy-gets-girl.htm');" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/guy-gets-girl.htm" target="_blank">how to approach women</a>, how to get their phone numbers, and how to get them to go out on a date. They even tell us how to get those hot one night stands that some guys are crazy about.</p>
<h3>We think it&#8217;s about time to get that advice straight from a woman &#8211; the object of your search.</h3>
<p>You ARE trying to <strong>get a woman</strong> to go out with you, aren&#8217;t you?</p>
<p>Why not find out from her what&#8217;s really going on behind her pretty blue eyes&#8230; what she&#8217;s thinking about you as you first walk into the room, why she can&#8217;t get rid of some guys fast enough when they come up to her&#8230; That kind of information is priceless.</p>
<p>Imagine getting the lowdown from the other side&#8230; what it&#8217;s like being a woman and having ALL THOSE GUYS hitting on you.</p>
<p>Here’s our review of <a title="How To Meet Any Woman, Anywhere, And Know Exactly What To Say To Get Her to Go On A Date With You" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/go/guy-gets-girl.htm');" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/guy-gets-girl.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Tiffany Taylor&#8217;s excellent insider guide</strong></a> to the fairer sex &#8211; <a title="How To Meet Any Woman, Anywhere, And Know Exactly What To Say To Get Her to Go On A Date With You" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/go/guy-gets-girl.htm');" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/guy-gets-girl.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Guy Gets Girl</strong></a>. In reality, it&#8217;s more of a strategic and tactical plan than a &#8220;book&#8221;, but anyway.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also worth noting that Guy Gets Girl is the first and only step-by-step pickup, dating, and seduction guide available written for men&#8230; By a Woman. <img src='http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h3><strong>&#8220;How To Approach Any Woman, Anywhere And Know Exactly What To Say To Get Her To Give You Her Number And Go On A Date With You &#8211; NOW&#8221;</strong></h3>
<p><strong>You’ll want to read all the way to end of this post</strong> so that you don’t miss a single great idea.<strong> </strong></p>
<p>Tiffany&#8217;s promise is a pretty tall order, but from everything we&#8217;ve read, I&#8217;d say she delivers.</p>
<p>After all, it&#8217;s not about fancy pickup lines, sleazy hypnosis tricks, and all kinds of other less than honest stuff. At the core, what matters is being confident and understanding that woman that you&#8217;re approaching&#8230; understanding what she wants, what she&#8217;s looking for, her true desires.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what matters and what will get you that date.</p>
<p>Tiffany also tells you <a title="Find out how a nice guy can get any girl he wants" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/guy-gets-girl.htm" target="_blank"><strong>how any nice guy can get practically any girl he wants</strong></a>, IF he knows what the lady is really looking for. Overall jerks don&#8217;t hold a candle to nice guys, but beware &#8211; nice guys who don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re doing often end up in the &#8220;friend zone&#8221;.</p>
<p>She also tells you where to find great available women, even if you&#8217;re not into dance clubs and the traditional singles scene.</p>
<p>And how about three different ways to approach a woman and immediately get on her good graces. Really, it can be that simple if your timing is right.</p>
<h4><strong>Her motives</strong></h4>
<p>Guess what&#8230; every person on this earth has a reason for everything they do. Many reasons are friendly and completely noble, and others are selfish misguided. Women are no different than men in this respect &#8211; pay close attention to what they say, what they&#8217;re asking you about, how they act, act. and you&#8217;ll always know where things are headed.</p>
<h4><strong>Flirting &#8211; the good, the bad, and the ugly</strong></h4>
<p><a title="Find out what to say and when" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/guy-gets-girl.htm" target="_blank"><strong>What you should say and when to get her affections</strong></a>, but especially what NOT to do when flirting unless you want to scare her off&#8230;</p>
<h4><strong>The first date</strong></h4>
<p>Learn<strong> the 4 best places to take a girl on a date</strong>, to guarantee you&#8217;ll see her again. They don&#8217;t even cost as much as a meal at a cheap restaurant, but they are infinitely more enjoyable for her!</p>
<p>A 3 step formula for planning that crucial first date, to ensure she&#8217;ll not only go out with you, but keep going out with you, but keep you after that date.</p>
<p>What to talk about on your first date. Some great conversation starters, and what topics to avoid, or else.</p>
<p>Reading her signals &#8211; <a title="Do you know when she's ready?" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/guy-gets-girl.htm" target="_blank"><strong>how to know if she&#8217;s ready to take the next step</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The first kiss &#8211; how to know when she&#8217;s ready to be kissed, and when she ISN&#8217;T.</p>
<h4><strong>The one night stand </strong></h4>
<p>There are many reasons you may not want to do this, but in case you do, there&#8217;s a good section describing how to get her in the mood, how to read the signals, where to go, and what to do next. Also how to separate with no hard feelings after the sex, and how to ensure you&#8217;ll be able to do it again if you choose.</p>
<h4><strong>Sex tactics</strong></h4>
<p>The key here again is understanding what women truly need and want&#8230; how to romance her and get her in the mood every time, why foreplay is so important if you want to have sex with her again, etc.</p>
<p>Also, <a title="The biggest mistake that you can make" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/guy-gets-girl.htm" target="_blank"><strong>the one mistake guys generally make</strong></a> that puts the freeze on any sexual activity for the evening and beyond.</p>
<p>And of course, knowing when to throw in the towel. Sometimes it just isn&#8217;t working out, no matter how much you want it to. But you MUST know when and how you should break it off, so that you can still stay friends. Get this wrong and you could end up with a lot of problems.</p>
<p><strong>Is she the one?</strong></p>
<p>How to know if she&#8217;s really the one for you, even if you think you&#8217;re sure one way or the other.</p>
<p><strong>Approaching &#8211; what to do and say that will boost your chances of getting the girl</strong></p>
<p>Ponder these questions&#8230;</p>
<ol>
<li>Do you just walk right up to her, or is there a &#8220;right moment&#8221; to approach?</li>
<li>If she&#8217;s with friends, how can you use her friends to your advantage?</li>
<li>Once you get her talking, how do you break the awkward silence?</li>
</ol>
<p>And find out how to get her real number, and not end up with a bogus one.</p>
<h4><strong>Asking her out</strong></h4>
<p>How long do you need to wait before calling her, and what should you say to really keep her interested? Most guys get this completely wrong, which is why they can&#8217;t ever seem to get that ever elusive second date.</p>
<h3><strong>A word of warning</strong></h3>
<p>Although the material is thorough and the ideas are very insightful and well thought out, we do have a strong concern with this guide. <a title="How To Approach Any Woman, Anywhere And Know Exactly What To Say To Get Her To Give You Her Number And Go On A Date With You - NOW" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/go/guy-gets-girl.htm');" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/guy-gets-girl.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Guy Gets Girl</strong></a> comes with an additional bonus guide entitled <em><strong>Advanced Psychological Techniques</strong></em>.</p>
<p><strong>We are not fond of using psychological triggers and similar seduction tactics to approach women, get a date, etc.</strong></p>
<p>It is your choice if you want to use the advanced psychological seduction tactics in this book, but be warned. While you may be virtually guaranteed to get her phone number, get a date, get a one night stand&#8230; honesty is the most important factor in a relationship. Eventually she will get to know the real you, and you could be in trouble.</p>
<p>So the short version is this: <strong>use the advanced psychological seduction tactics at your own risk</strong>. This guide has a lot of great information, but use it wisely.</p>
<p>Overall we highly recommend this book.</p>
<p><a title="How To Approach Any Woman, Anywhere And Know Exactly What To Say To Get Her To Give You Her Number And Go On A Date With You - NOW" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/go/guy-gets-girl.htm');" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/go/guy-gets-girl.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Download your copy right now</strong></a> before you get busy and forget. Then go out and walk up to the girl of your dreams, and score a date with her.</p>
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		<title>Ultimatums &#8211; The Fastest Way to End a New Relationship</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 18:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan and Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How soon can you get your new love to say &#8220;I Love You&#8221;? You know the feeling&#8230; you&#8217;ve been dating for months, and he still won&#8217;t say those magical little words. How frustrating! Why are so many men (and some women for that matter) so afraid to say &#8220;I love you&#8221;? Is it really so [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>How soon can you get your new love to say &#8220;I Love You&#8221;?</h3>
<p>You know the feeling&#8230; you&#8217;ve been <a title="dating tips" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/category/dating-tips/">dating</a> for months, and he still won&#8217;t say those magical little words. How frustrating! Why are so many men (and some women for that matter) so afraid to say &#8220;I love you&#8221;? Is it really so hard?</p>
<h3>Is he unsure about you, or just afraid of commitment?</h3>
<p>Of course that leaves you wondering&#8230; is he really ready to give himself fully to you, or is he holding back? Is he doubting himself, or worse, is he doubting you?</p>
<p>Or is he just afraid of commitment? But you still have to wonder why that is.</p>
<h3>How can you know he&#8217;s really over his ex wife or girlfriend?</h3>
<p>In the end, you want to feel that he&#8217;s completely <a title="How to Deal With Feelings of Jealousy and Insecurity About Past Relationships" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/relationship-advice/jealousy-and-insecurity-about-past-relationships/">over the other woman</a> &#8211; his ex wife, girlfriend, etc &#8211; and wants only you. And it&#8217;s only natural to want to hear those words from him, to want that reassurance that he feels the same way you do.</p>
<p>But how do you make him say it without damaging your relationship and even <a title="breaking up" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/category/break-up-and-divorce/">breaking up</a>? More importantly, SHOULD you insist he say anything at all?</p>
<h3>Should you demand to hear &#8220;I Love You&#8221; &#8211; or else?</h3>
<p>Drawing that line in the sand sometimes feels like a good idea &#8211; a last hope of security and stability &#8211; but it can often backfire. Many couples break up every day just because they get too hung up on the terms they use to define their relationship, on saying certain words, etc.</p>
<p>Fact is, every relationship is unique, because every person is unique. When we try to put relationships in a firm box, we often end up disappointed, and sometimes we end up alone&#8230;</p>
<h3>Love by any other name?</h3>
<p>If you are generally <a title="relationship advice" href="http://www.askdanandjennifer.com/category/relationship-advice/">happy in your relationship</a>, how about trying to live your life one day at a time, enjoying the wonderful time with your partner, and not worrying about what to call it.</p>
<p>Be sure to read the question, then watch the video and leave your thoughts below.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the full story&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Dear Dan and Jennifer,</p>
<p>My boyfriend and I just broke up after a year long relationship. He has been struggling getting over his divorce. He had been in divorce preceding when we met and separated for a year at that point.</p>
<p>When we started I said &#8220;I don&#8217;t think you are over your ex-wife, get back to me when you are.&#8221; He said he &#8220;didn&#8217;t want to lose me and he wanted to try.&#8221; He tried I guess.</p>
<p>I of course fell in love over the year. In Feb. I told him I need to be with someone who was in love with me and <strong>could say it</strong>. I gave him 2 months time to think about it. He said he didn&#8217;t want to lose me but he didn&#8217;t know how long it would be before he could love someone, and didn&#8217;t want to lead me on and waste my time.</p>
<p>I am devastated. He says I have many qualities he wants in a partner and I&#8217;ve done everything right. We are just in different places and he needs to get over the divorce alone. He says he hasn&#8217;t written me off and I wasn&#8217;t a rebound, but i feel he has and that I was. Have I lost him forever? And what can I do to NOT lose him?</p>
<p>I am trying to move on but i feel I have made the biggest mistake and lost the best guy. He wants to be friends, I can&#8217;t handle it and i am petrified to go into the friend zone. I just don&#8217;t want to lose out. What&#8217;s should I do?</p>
<p>- Ann from California</p></blockquote>

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		<title>Leaving the Friend Zone &#8211; How to Actually Ask Her Out On a Date</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At some point you&#8217;re going to have to make your move and <em><a title="Is shyness keeping you from the girl of your dreams?" href="/dating-tips/is-shyness-keeping-you-from-the-girl-of-your-dreams/">depart the friend zone</a></em>. Now, this may not be in the first minute or two, and maybe not even the first time you talk to her. The key here again is self confidence. You’ll also need a little patience.</p>
<p>Take your time and feel it out first. Don’t make her choose until you know she&#8217;s comfortable enough with you to give you a chance and you&#8217;re comfortable enough to take the chance.</p>
<p><strong>Watch this short video</strong> to find out how to move out of the &#8216;Friend Zone&#8217; and on to the next level.</p>

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