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What's your dating style?
Are you a dating disaster or a courtship connoisseur? Find out here.
By Jessica Green and Sandy Cordeiro
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5. What does it mean to you when a guy scribbles your number on the back of his buy-six-oil-changes-get-one-free card?
a) Divine intervention! Schedule a tune-up ASAP!
b) He has a car. Doesn't that reflect an inherent sense of responsibility or something?
c) I'm not his Club X Macarena -- even if he did introduce me as such to his buddies.
d) He might call.
Answer: C
In Bar Code: Your Personal Pocket Decoder to the Modern Dating Scene, authors Stephanie Naman, Wendy Tatum and Ian David explain that if you're not getting the business card treatment, you're probably not getting a call. "Just tell me, I'll remember" means that he won't remember your name by the time he stumbles into his taxi, they add.
6. You successfully pursue guys who . . .
a) Routinely visit gay bars.
b) Are attracted to girls with boyish physiques.
c) Have back issues of Martha Stewart Living.
d) Are none of the above.
Answer: D
In DSI: Date Scene Investigation, The Diagnostic Manual of Dating Disorders, Ian Kerner, Ph.D., explains that "These types of guys fall into the HID category -- Homosexualis in Denius. These are straight men who have not yet discovered that they are gay."
7. Where do you go to meet guys?
a) The vibrating dance floor at Club X -- it stimulates attraction.
b) The gym.
c) The nearest secondary school.
d) Bar/ Bat Mitzvahs of (very) distant relatives.
Answer: B
In The Shy Single: A Bold Guide to Dating for the Less-Than-Bold Dater, Bonnie Jacobson and Sandra J. Gordon explain, "As clichéd as this classic pick-up spot can seem, don't discount it as a place to meet someone. A health club might not work for some people, but it may work for you."
8. What's your peeping style on a date?
a) Standing outside the men's washroom.
b) My eyes wander. What if a better opportunity walks by?
c) Weeping Wendy.
d) Direct, steady eye contact.
Answer: D
In Superdate: How to Be One, How to Get One, Tracey Cox says, "Our eyes reveal all our emotions. The more you look someone in the eye, the more confident, attractive and truthful you seem."
9. What's your idea of a great bad-date escape?
a) "I'm having such a great time."
b) "I just popped a varicose vein very close to my inner thigh."
c) "Did I mention that I'm pregnant and looking for a father figure for my child?"
d) B & C
Answer: D
In Check Please! Dating, Mating, and Extricating, Janice Dickinson says, "You can call for the cheque anytime, anyplace, and on anyone. I tell it like it is. If you can handle it, the direct approach is always the best approach. You just cut your losses and leave."
10. You're on a date with a foodie and the menu resembles hieroglyphics. How do you react?
a) I order something that he has expressed interest in.
b) I pretend that I'm visually impaired and require assistance choosing a dish.
c) I quietly (but passionately) outline the process by which foie gras is made.
d) I launch into my spiel on past relationship blunders.
Answer: A
In How To Behave: Dating and Sex (A Guide to Modern Manners for the Socially Challenged), author Caroline Tiger says, "When you're dating a foodie out of your league, don't panic. Find out what he's thinking of ordering and then ask for his second choice. That's your dish."
Meeting people online? Read ELLE's advice on how to click the right man!
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