“How to get a girl” must be the uppermost thought in the minds of countless young men at any given time, yet few have figured out an effective way of doing dating agency this. But the trouble was, he’d go on, that this friend was too shy to ask himself and so my friend was doing this on his behalf.

Fear of rejection, of being humiliated, sometimes in front of friends, is a major obstacle, and if this is your problem then read on for a major breakthrough. But first, here’s a very effective technique developed some years ago by a friend of mine.

Like all brilliant ideas it was very simple. If he saw a girl he liked the look of, whether at a bus stop or at a nightclub or anywhere else, he would approach her and smile. Then he’d apologies for troubling her and explain that dating girls he had a friend who would dearly like to go out with her, or dance with her, whatever was appropriate.

At this stage he let it be known that he didn’t take himself too seriously. This approach may not be most men’s’ idea of how to get a girl, but it was effective. Often the girl would see straight through it, but that didn’t matter because it would usually make her laugh and feel flattered.