NationStates Jolt Archive

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?

Nice try, but this one'll get hijacked, too. :p

Video games.

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? :)

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

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.

flirt...
and if that doesnt work...get him drunk!

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

flirt...
and if that doesnt work...get him drunk!

I'm already drunk... ;)

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.

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.

I'm already drunk... ;)

then it works out cheaper!:)

then it works out cheaper!:)
Wow, you're evil! Me like!

Wow, you're evil! Me like!
I thought you wrote "Like me" ;)

Wow, you're evil! Me like!

I object!
im innocent until proven guilty!:cool:

I object!
im innocent until proven guilty!:cool:

Innocent my ass... ;)

Innocent my ass... ;)

you want me to WHAT your ass???:confused: :D

I object!
im innocent until proven guilty!:cool:
Nonono, you got it wrong...

It's "Innocent until proven tasty". :cool:

...Bring food...Show up naked?

...Bring food...Show up naked?

Works for me!:fluffle:

...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

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.