
During a recent lunch break, I was people watching. I saw two guys standing around and talking. As soon as a rather attractive young lady walked by, one guy grabbed a nearby beam, and started doing pull-ups.
I found this a little silly, especially since the beam looked kind of precarious. Any second now, he would fall. Was it really worth the show?
There’s also the “go long” technique. I was visiting a college friend, and we were walking past a group of gentlemen playing football. The ball was thrown in such a way that the guy had to run right next to us to catch it. He unfortunately missed, slid through the grass, and tore his pants. He was wearing pink boxers underneath. I had to laugh.
He proceeded to ask for our numbers. I had to give the guy credit, but I also thought about blatant things males and females do to get the attention of the opposite sex, and how painfully transparent it often is. What comes immediately to mind for girls is playing with their hair. I know my friend is no longer listening to me when a guy walks by and she starts tousling her locks and applying lip gloss.
What are some signs you give off when you’re interested in another person? Why do many girls immediately feel the need to fix their appearance? Why do guys immediately feel the need to show their strength?
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I don’t have much strength, so I don’t usually do that. I typically either go over the top with a joke or a story or I do a backflip or some stunt of any sort.
I can be an attention whore, but I try to keep myself at bay =P
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It’s ..dick fear ..ha
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When I’m telling a funny story and a guy walks by that I’m sweet on I start talking louder to appear funnier and more self confident. I probably just sound stupid and noisy.
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haha, i try to spend as much time with her as possible. but haha i’ve never seen anyone try and show off. Lol.
rose / 948 posts
hahaha the pink undies were kind of funny :] for me, my friend and i were practicing skateboarding around a certain area next to the basketball court because it was our favorite place to practice. One of the basketball players thought it would be fun to try to get to know us so in an attempt to strike a conversation, he kind of threw the basketball at us and he missed me. I didn’t know it was suppose to grab our attention so i proceeded to skateboard and the guy who threw the basketball approached me *smiles* and asked me why I didn’t retrieve the basketballl. thing was, my friend next to me did so why should I?
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sunflower / 308 posts
I’m really shy but, if I find myself attracted to a guy I usually smile and give a short glance eye to eye contact. I try to avoid talking to him unless he approach me.
hydrangea / 63 posts
i walk up to him kiss him and say ” i just wanted to see what it feels like “.
haaha ha no im not THAT straight forward, but when I am attracted to a guy I try to start a conversation with him, revolving around HIS interest.
sunflower / 353 posts
I make eye contact and smile a lot. I figure making adjustments to my appearance is pointless, because I don’t want a guy to only be interested in my looks.
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i don’t show off my strength,well…I don’t do anything. I’m just a nice guy,and apparently its attractive.
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Haha, I think it’s super cute! When guys show off, it obviously means they’re interested (well in one thing or another). And they’re telling us that with body language and showing us that they’re worth it (cause they’ve got badass muscles). Tehehe… boys.
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I’ve only been attracted to one guy.
When I’m around girls, though, and I’m really into them, I usually just end up not being able to speak and just stand there gazing at them until they walk away. >.<;; I’m bad with that kind of thing.
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And the ladies don’t do ridiculous things?
Mating dances are serious stuff.
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when im into a guy i get very shy and i try not to spend too much time with that person to limit the opportunities of me embarrassing myself. so i go in for a chat and then leave. some pp think its mysterious, some pp have no idea im interested. but thats just me, i can be a very shy and nervous girl
one time in HS, one guy kept asking me to watch his wrestling match with his friend. all i wanted to do was to finish my homework during lunch period, but he would keep telling me to look this way every time i turned back around. it was so stupid. he won the match. he looked at me triumphantly. i pretended to be impressed. but it was one of the most immature and obvious schemes i have ever witnessed
dahlia / 2942 posts
I think instinctual things like that are rooted in caveman times when a woman’s lustrous hair meant she was healthy and large breasts meant a supple supply of milk for babies. Men were hunters and showed their strength to show the women they were strong enough to hunt enough for the family to eat.
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those stories are so funny! i’d out right LOL if that stuff happened in front of me. especially the nerve and sportsmanship of Pink Boxers guy AHAHA- no shame!!
and man. i haven’t been single for years, so i’ve trained myself to never show any signs of romantic interest to anyone besides my bf. but actually, i’ve never really had an attention-grabbing strategy to attract the opposite sex. i’m much too shy and unassertive like that ^^; but if i ever did get the opportunity to talk to them, i’d engage them with my wit, intelligence, and nerdy charm (and not do anything obnoxious lol) B)
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Why is this here and not on datingish?
sunflower / 359 posts
This should be on datingish.
The signs that I give is that I run, far away from them.
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i will be all eyes on him. haha
daisy / 742 posts
‘Cuz they’re attention whores.
cherry blossom / 33 posts
@Ailean@xanga - @awokenfatality@xanga - i thought about putting this on datingish, but i think what interested me most was how a lot of the signs girls give off have to do with their appearance. why is that? i think that’s a lovelyish question.
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Instinct!!!!!! Haha. I don’t really know, but I have noticed this. I’m too shy for trying to draw attention to myself. I get really quiet and twirl my hair from nerves.
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usually i whip it out. laughter ensues, and a conversation about how miniature versions of things are always better.
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the completely obvious eye-scan from hair to face to chest to pants to footwear is always fun…or just a coy little smile.
i love when guys try to show off. it always makes me smile.
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I play with my hair a lot anyways and I’m ‘one’ with my lip gloss, so that’s nothing out of the ordinary. I’m sure people take it to mean I’m interested in someone though. Shame, that.
When I am interested, however, I get really quiet and shy. OR, I’ll grin uncontrollably until my cheeks hurt. Cute boys make me smile
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I tend to dress better, fix my hair, act more “proper?”
Surprisingly, they check me out more when I look natural……
But I’m shy so it might not be obvious I’m interested.
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I’ve been with my guy for a year and a half so it’s been a while since I’ve done anything like that.
I think I would try to act classy & sophisticated. Can you picture one of those snobby “hahaha” laughs? Not to that extent – but something to get him to notice you. You get the point.
hydrangea / 51 posts
I’ve had a few cases where guys whistled at me. Nothing to show how macho they were though. Maybe they had awesome whistling techniques, but I wasn’t impressed.
When I’m interested in a guy, I just gawk like mad. LOL.
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I don’t show off…No point, I don’t have skillz like that. xD
But it’s funny seeing guys and girls do that.
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I dunno…i’m horrid at getting attention, I’m relatively shy.
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Lol <3 Me & my best friend walked in during a basketball practice. Our other best friend (a guy) who likes my best friend, proceeded to dribble the ball and try to get it in the hoops.
Usually the star player of the team, he slipped onto his face after the ball slipped from his reach.
Me and my best friend pretended to be too occupied buying candy to notice.
XoxoKeke
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What I don’t get is why I get hit on when I’m not looking my best, or feeling the best. lol Maybe its a whole “vulnerable vibe”
I think guys and girls both do it to advertise or draw attention to themselves. When we find someone attractive, we hope they find us attractive too.
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I stand up straighter. I guess that has to do with appearence.
I also play the gazing game. If I think someone looks interesting, I’ll watch them absently until they meet my gaze, then look away. Like playing phone tag with the eyes. If when I look back, they’re looking at me, I usually smile. I also try to look more attentive in general, whether who I’m conversing with is the person I find interesting, or not.
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I’m super shy when I like a guy. Like super-red-faced-hide shy. That’s how people tell the difference. I’m really open around the guys, but if I like someone, I’m a little reserved.
I think it’s silly, but cute when guys try to show off. Even more so when they’re doing something (say trying to show off mad soccer skills) and the goof (or trip over the ball). They get up and try to act all macho about it which just makes me giggle like a school girl.
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@Meowmeowkimmaee@xanga - totally agree!!