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Remember: you are some lucky guy's dream woman! You only have to stand behind some men in a queue and they think you're after them, but some guys need a bit more persuasion. This book provides you with a hundred hilarious hunting hints to make any man come hither... - How to look jaw-droppingly sexy without seeming to tout for business - Flirtatious fluttering: excellent eye contact - Tempt your man: shy guys or those with everyone-lusts-after-me-itis - Where to meet your mate: nowhere is off limits - Essential guide to first date banter, dating etiquette and telephone tactics Complete with a whole range of flirting classics, from "Hey, don't I know you?" to the number one smash hit "Is it hot in here or is it just you?"

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Publié par	Hearst Magazines UK
Date de parution	10 août 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781905563609
Langue	English

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how to SEDUCE YOUR DREAM MAN
100 strategies to bring Mr Right t o heel

ANNA MAXTED
First published in Great Britain in 1999 by Thorsons.

This digital edition published 2010 by The National Magazine Company.

Copyright copyright 2010 The National Magazine Company
Anna Maxted asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
The expression Cosmopolitan is the trademark of the National Magazine Company and the Hearst Corporation.

ISBN 978-1-905563-60-9

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of the publishers.
Contents
Introduction

STAGE 1: Pre-Man Preparation
Believing You’re It
Clothes to Make Him Dribble
Wedding or Funeral Attire?
Making Him Think You’re a Natural Beauty
Knock-Him-Out Appearance Tips
Showing Off Curves
Self-Awareness: Tailoring Yourself to Perfection
Reassessing What You Want
After the Assessment
Learn to Ignore Toxic Attitudes
Dealing with Annoying Elderly Relatives
Men who are Patently Not Mr Right

STAGE 2: Making Contact
Flirt for Flirting’s Sake
Attention Grabbing for Daring Days
The Direct Approach for No-Nonsense Women
The Even More Direct Approach
Childish but Effective Ways to Even Things Out
Personal Space Alert
When You Know Who You Want: Stalking Lite
Reeling Him In
Prompting an Exchange of Numbers
The Gentle Touch
When he Just Doesn’t Get It
Let Them Come to You
Puffing up his Ego
Dealing with his Friends
What Not to Say on a First Meeting
Sparring
Perfecting the ‘Come Hither’ Look
Make Him Want to Touch You
Don’t Play Dumb
Cultivate Your Sense of Fun
Learn to Mix Like a Pro
Hog Him
Don’t Vie for his Attention
Never Assume
Real Life, Real Assumption
Mirroring
Ways to Distinguish the Wheat from the Chaff
Posture
Knickerless Tip
Real Life, No Knickers
Be an Ace at SmallTalk
Be Tough Against Rejection
Get Friends on the Lookout
Pace Yourself
Be a 1.15am Woman
It’s Unlikely he’s from Mars
Real Life, Real Booboo

STAGE 3: First Organized Date
Getting Closer
Jumping the Gun
Real Seduction, Real Nightmare
The Champagne Kiss
Alluring Date Protocol
Don’t Swan Off Early
Putting Thoughts into his Head
A Dash of Rejection
Try Anything Once
Shameless Behaviour
Never Panic Pre-Date
Damage Limitation
He Pays and Other Old-Fashioned Rules
Charisma and How to Acquire it
Let him See You in your Field of Expertise
Quick One: Flexibility
The Last Minute Invitation: What to Do
If the First Date is Awful
The Ringing Game
You Call Him Protocol
Enthusiasm: Be Full of It
The Friendly Shoulder Massage
Massage Tips to Jellify
To Hold Out or Put Out?
Twelve Point Plan: Awaking the Next Day Looking Ravishing
The Evening After
Don’t Loiter
Catching a Rebound Man
Making the Transition from Friend to Lover
A Nose Ahead
Don’t Ask Stupid Pointless Questions
Parade Yourself Dripping Wet
Introduce Him to your Lecherous Male Friends
The Dinner Party of the Century
Sexying Up Your Abode

STAGE 4: Even Later
Never Use Threats, Veiled or Otherwise
Trust Him
Quick Three: Sexy Games
Don’t Try to Force Intimacy
Behave Like Brats
Taking Up His Hobbies
Real Life, Too Much
Pursuing your own Hobbies
He’s Taking You for Granted
Quick One: Get Him Dancing
Don’t Ever Criticize his Mother
Roll With It
Never Stop Enjoying It

Further Reading
Introduction
F inding your Dream Man can be more tedious, dispiriting and frustrating than public transport on a leafy day. Where the hell is he? Is he going to take 37 years to arrive? Did you miss him by four seconds because you had a third slice of toast? Stop flapping. The wonderful thing about the Dream Man is, he wants to find you too. The hallowed myth about men fainting at the word commitment (woo! creepy!) is hollow myth. Men do want to commit - to the right woman - and are only scared of being ridiculed by their stormingly jealous single friends. All of whom rely heavily on the pizza delivery boy as their main source of human contact and who haven’t had sex with anyone bar their own right hand for eighteen months.
The infuriating thing about the average Dream Man, however, is he often avoids you for years. Worse, when you finally sashay into his line of blue-eyed vision the goon doesn’t glance up from his pint. You are reduced to wondering, would you have more success if you exchanged your little black dress for a hops barrel? Enough wondering. Your Dream Man is within reach, and together we’ll nail him (in the nicest possible way, of course.) We will also have enormous fun finding him. We are going to travel first class, which means you don’t have to tromp from bar to bar to bar day in day out, feet raw from tromping, eyes peeled from searching.
Once you’ve brought Mr Right to heel - and there are a wealth of strategies to lure him there so take your pick - the next trick is getting him to sit and stay. Not a problem. These seductive techniques are easy to master - and so is he. All you require is a little front. Cats do this by fluffing up their tails to make themselves look bigger and more impressive than they really are. Well as if that fools anyone. We will do it by wile and guile, judicious make-up, and the knowledge that if he takes the bait it will be the best thing that ever happened to him. Believe it, go for it, and get him. Then, of course - so long as he does his fair share of the washing up - all will be pink and fluffy for ever.
Pre-Man Preparation
P ositive thinking empowers you, as does a nice pair of boots. We shall employ every ruse possible to ensure that when your eyes finally meet, yours smoulder sexily while his practically pop from their sockets. Begin here…
Believing You’re It
This doesn’t mean swaggering around like the school bully boasting about your achievements, it means retaining an inner conviction of your own attractiveness and worth. This lends a glow to a woman and - trite as it sounds - it truly is the most important part of nabbing Mr Right. Self-confidence is seductive. It convinces men (and women) you have something to feel confident about. If you believe you’re special, everyone wants a piece of you. Which piece they get is up to you.
Whereas if, when you meet a potential candidate for life partnership, you say things like ‘I think such and such but then, what do I know?’ that self-denigration will rub off on him. If you persist in saying ‘I’m rubbish at relationships’ and ‘I’m such a frump’ he may start to believe you. Think of yourself as your own PR woman. You have to sell yourself and the most convincing way you can do it is to believe your own hype. That means being nice to and about yourself. So:
Quit the false modesty. Men don’t go in for it so they don’t really understand it. They’ll offer reassurance to be polite, but they won’t admire you for it.
Don’t ever draw attention to your worst features in a beat-them-to-it mindset. Saying ‘I’ve got a profile like a witch - my nose and chin practically meet!’ - when, in fact both features are just ever so slightly curved - only draws his attention to an until now unperceived imperfection. Now that’s berkish.
If he makes a reference to something and you haven’t the least idea what it is don’t fall into a panicky negative state of mind - ‘I’m so stupid, now he’s going to think I’m a dunce’, etc. If you suspect it is kindergarten general knowledge which has inexplicably passed you by, bluff. If he asks your opinion say, ‘I can’t really make up my mind about this, what do you think?’ Then, as soon as you can, change the subject. If however, he’s gabbing about his pet subject there is no shame in saying brightly ‘Sorry, but I don’t know what that is.’ Note, you don’t have to preface your admission with useless self-flagellating nonsense like, ‘I must be really thick but …’ A straightforward admission is refreshingly blunt and if he’s Mr Right material he’ll appreciate that. Also, men love explaining.
Clothes to Make Him Dribble
The idea being to look jaw-droppingly sexy without seeming to tout for business. This means balance and subtlety. If you know you look ravishing in boots and hotpants, you don’t need to wear a low-cut top as well. The majority of men - in their great wisdom and conceit - will assume you’re gagging for it. This may have them clustering around you like dogs around a chocolate biscuit, but at the same time it robs you of power. You want them to be gagging for it, and to be wondering, hoping, possibly, if they’re really good, might they maybe have a chance with you?
The way to confuse them is to wear one devastatingly raunchy item - or, at least, an item with devastatingly raunchy effect - and cover up the rest. This way, they are more respectful, less cocky. You also weed out the bumptious bores who think that if a woman doesn’t dress like Pauline Calf she must be a lesbian. Here’s how to tantalize the rest of them. Starting with the basics:
The nipple outline: men are riveted by nipples. Their attention cannot be swayed. While a perky cleavage also does the trick, it also suggests - in his sexist head - that you’re up for it. Better that he thinks he’s persuading you to be up for it. This way you are a challenge. Men think they want an easy lay because they are lazy and easily influenced by their loutish friends. But, if they feel you have been too compliant (don’t torture yourself with the hypocrisy, it’s not worth it) they are less likely to appreciate you for the gorgeous, they-should-be-so-lucky creature you are. It’s ridiculous, it’s tedious, it’s a waste of everyone’s time, but a man loves to feel he’s had to chase a woman. Even though his mother buys his clothes for him and he lives on takeaways, he thin