NationStates Jolt Archive


Women, how do you do it?

Francis Street
13-07-2006, 19:48
A gender separated version! Much more interesting I think.

How do you impress prospective/current partners?

Do you buy roses, chocolates or something entirely different? Or do you go do something like dress in fewer clothes than usual?
Cluichstan
13-07-2006, 19:50
Nice try, but this one'll get hijacked, too. :p
Teh_pantless_hero
13-07-2006, 19:50
Video games.
Jello Biafra
13-07-2006, 19:53
A gender separated version! Much more interesting I think.Is that so you can run down the list and say "hmm I'd like to be impressed by that" and know which gender the person doing the impressing is? :)
Cluichstan
13-07-2006, 19:55
Is that so you can run down the list and say "hmm I'd like to be impressed by that" and know which gender the person doing the impressing is? :)

Score! :D
Francis Street
13-07-2006, 19:56
Nice try, but this one'll get hijacked, too. :p
I curse Fascist Dominion's name!

Is that so you can run down the list and say "hmm I'd like to be impressed by that" and know which gender the person doing the impressing is? :)
Just out of curiousity, but hey I actually didn't think of that. Thanks for the tip.
Littlebitqurky
13-07-2006, 20:03
flirt...
and if that doesnt work...get him drunk!
Smunkeeville
13-07-2006, 20:03
I have found men to be in general "service" people rather than "gift" people. Meaning it means more for my husband for me to pack him a picnic lunch and make his day easier than it does for me to show up with a video game that he likes.

I tend to be more "gift" oriented so I am loving the sea monkeys I got for my birthday but may not notice the things he does everyday to show me love, which tends to be a communication problem we have. If I don't do enough "service" oriented things, his feelings are hurt, even if I show up with tons of gifts, if he doesn't give me enough stuff I feel forgotten even though he does tons of nice stuff for me (like cooking dinner last night, and keeping the kids away from the bedroom so I can take an undisturbed nap)

anyway, yeah I don't know.

I tend to do things that are helpful rather than impressive, for example I set the DVR to record a show I knew he would like, and that was impressive to him and he felt loved, where if I had bought the show on DVD he would have liked it, but the extra 10 minutes of programing the recorder made it "really special"

:rolleyes:

I don't understand men, I think. :D
Cluichstan
13-07-2006, 20:04
flirt...
and if that doesnt work...get him drunk!

I'm already drunk... ;)
Jello Biafra
13-07-2006, 20:04
Wouldn't the way women impress prospective partners be to simply be alive and breathing?

I don't understand men, I think. :DNeither do I, and I am one.
Kryozerkia
13-07-2006, 20:06
Video games.
Ditto.

My boyfriend thinks I play too much.... and this comes from someone who makes a point of never leaving a store without a new game, even if it's total crap.
Littlebitqurky
13-07-2006, 20:08
I'm already drunk... ;)

then it works out cheaper!:)
Cluichstan
13-07-2006, 20:08
then it works out cheaper!:)
Wow, you're evil! Me like!
Gravlen
13-07-2006, 20:15
Wow, you're evil! Me like!
I thought you wrote "Like me" ;)
Littlebitqurky
13-07-2006, 20:15
Wow, you're evil! Me like!

I object!
im innocent until proven guilty!:cool:
Cluichstan
13-07-2006, 20:16
I object!
im innocent until proven guilty!:cool:

Innocent my ass... ;)
Littlebitqurky
13-07-2006, 20:20
Innocent my ass... ;)

you want me to WHAT your ass???:confused: :D
Gravlen
13-07-2006, 20:22
I object!
im innocent until proven guilty!:cool:
Nonono, you got it wrong...

It's "Innocent until proven tasty". :cool:
Rainbowwws
13-07-2006, 20:37
...Bring food...Show up naked?
Dracoangelica
14-07-2006, 05:16
...Bring food...Show up naked?

Works for me!:fluffle:
The Grendels
14-07-2006, 06:11
...Bring food...Show up naked?

I've had girlfriends do that, but usually they were bringing booze or sometimes some dessert they picked up. It's really hard to go wrong with this approach, unless they guy is a member of some fundamentalist cult.

If they're visiting it's best to go with the trenchcoat and lingerie method. Remember ladies don't try this if you're taking the bus over to your boyfriend's place at night. :D
Poliwanacraca
14-07-2006, 06:16
To return this thread briefly to its original topic, I have in the past generally pleased/impressed partners by cooking for them. For whatever reason, I've largely ended up dating the sort of guys whose culinary abilities are limited entirely to making peanut butter sandwiches and microwavable macaroni, so they tend to be awed and thrilled by the notion of someone willingly making "real food" for them.