{"id":7510,"date":"2015-02-25T17:35:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T01:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/about.zoosk.com\/en\/?p=7510"},"modified":"2021-06-01T00:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T07:00:18","slug":"how-to-approach-women-how-do-start-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoosk.com\/date-mix\/dating-advice\/dating-advice-men\/how-to-approach-women-how-do-start-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Approach Women: Tips to Start a Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey Joan,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of single ladies here. How do I start the convo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-#ShyGuy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figuring out how to talk to a woman you don&#8217;t know\u2014especially a woman that you&#8217;re attracted to\u2014will trigger lots of uncomfortable feelings if you let yourself overthink it. Instead of anticipating all the ways she could respond,&nbsp;remember&nbsp;that all you&#8217;re trying to do is say hello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting the courage to approach her&nbsp;is the hard part, but once you&#8217;re there,&nbsp;it gets easier. Forget about the perfect opener or delivering a clever line. Nothing you say will ever be more&nbsp;important than that fact that you made a move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you do approach her, the best&nbsp;way to break the tension&nbsp;is to put a time limit on your interaction. If you take a seat and give her the feeling that you\u2019re going to be there all night, you&#8217;ll be forcing the interaction. You&#8217;ll both feel pressured&nbsp;to prolong the&nbsp;conversation, which will get in the way of establishing good feelings.&nbsp;All you need is enough time to introduce yourself, ask a couple questions to figure out if you like her, and get her number&#8211;or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember that people in social situations like to be social, so you don\u2019t have to ask, \u201cHey is it okay if I talk to you?\u201d ALWAYS&nbsp;assume that she&#8217;s interested in hearing from you. If you ask her if it&#8217;s okay,&nbsp;you&#8217;re inadvertently demonstrating that you need&nbsp;extra validation right off the bat. Needy guys\u2014like needy girls\u2014are turn offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You shouldn&#8217;t use&nbsp;the approach to get to know her; use&nbsp;the approach to figure out if you want to get to know her <em>on a date<\/em>. Once you get the number or decide you don\u2019t want it, it\u2019s time to scoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Still confused about how to approach women? 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