This Charming Man

Since my last piece on 'Boiled Fish' I have received a number of mails, primarily from frustrated teenage boys asking how to get the girl of their dreams to say 'yes' to them. Of course, this is slightly outside the bounds of my normal professional activities but, although I have a beautiful wife now, I was a teenager once myself and I don't think it's too big a breach of business ethics to help a few of you guys to get laid.

The first thing you have to realise is that girls are different: note, I didn't say inferior, just different. They are not as decisive as men, their social interaction is based more on concensus and agreement. Use this to your advantage. Never ask a girl a question which requires her to make a decision, instead you should express your point of view or preference and she will naturally go along with it.

As Camus said 'Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question'. But don't worry, that's definitely the last mention of French philosophers. And never smile at a woman; make her feel she has displeased you and she will instinctively want to make amends. Good luck.