{"id":6172,"date":"2008-10-11T19:53:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T03:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=6172"},"modified":"2008-10-11T20:05:21","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T04:05:21","slug":"how-to-tell-if-she-wants-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=6172","title":{"rendered":"How To Tell If She Wants You"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Men’s Health<\/a>:<\/p>\n

1. I call you by your first name instead of your nickname, because, babe, I’m not one of your buds, nor do I intend to become one. <\/p>\n

2. I apply lip gloss often, but not in your presence. (If you witness makeup application of any sort, start calling yourself Chandler-you’re officially a friend.)<\/p>\n

3. I rub my lips together often in your presence.<\/p>\n

4. I sit at the edge of my seat.<\/p>\n

5. It’s my birthday, and I’m still talking to you 10 minutes after you bought me a drink. (Note: Birthday girls of any age are easy-doubly so at decade markers.)<\/p>\n

6. Instead of merlot, I order a Corona, which, conveniently, is served in a bottle-the better to sexily sip from.<\/p>\n

7. My speech pattern is starting to resemble, like, Kirsten Dunst’s.<\/p>\n

8. You smoke. I don’t. Yet I’m talking to you.<\/p>\n

9. I touch you (for any reason) more than once.<\/p>\n

10. I laugh, frequently and nervously, even amid humorless conversation.<\/p>\n

11. I shout in your ear, because "it’s so loud in here, I can’t hear you!"<\/p>\n

12. I use your name often in conversation.<\/p>\n

13. I tell you that you look like some particular celebrity, which means I think both you and the celebrity are very hot.<\/p>\n

14. I bring up antimatter and black holes, or any other such pseudobrainy and vaguely sexual topic for discussion.<\/p>\n

15. The place is a rod-fest, yet I’m talking to you and you alone.<\/p>\n

16. My cell phone rings and I don’t answer it. And I turn off my ringer immediately. <\/p>\n

17. I say in a quasi-question\/observation tone, "Your girlfriend must really like that?!" (A classic fishing-expedition tactic to ascertain whether there’s currently a woman with this title in your life.)<\/p>\n

18. I tell you you’re talented. a) It’s a measured remark, so you know I’m sincere. b) By the Mick Jagger Laws of Chemistry, it must therefore follow that I think you’re damn sexy. Talent is personality salsa: adds hot to any dish.<\/p>\n

19. I call you first. Or, sometimes, simply, I call you at all.<\/p>\n

20. When you take me out for drinks, I’m wearing a different outfit or shoes or carrying a different handbag than when you saw me earlier today.<\/p>\n

21. I’m late, but, interestingly, had enough time to put on mascara.<\/p>\n

22. I tell you about the new Coldplay album, developments in the Pinochet case, or the new limited-release Dave Eggers novel I "just happened to hear about" because last time we spoke, you mentioned your interest in the London sound, international law, or postmodern literature, respectively.<\/p>\n

23. I ask you if you know where the coatroom\/bathroom\/VIP room in this place is. When you tell me, I raise my eyebrows, turn, and walk in the correct direction.<\/p>\n

24. I’m in the bathroom for more than 3 minutes, which is always more than adequate time to actually pee.<\/p>\n

25. I ask if you want a taste of my dinner, meaning I’m willing to share more than my gnocchi.<\/p>\n

26. You’ve taken over the starring role in all my fantasies. You have no way of detecting this, just thought you’d like to know . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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