by Lynette Alice

Created on: June 19, 2009   Last Updated: February 03, 2010

The age old question of how to impress a girl has been pondered on by some of the greatest minds in the world for thousands of years and here we are still asking it. The reason is nobody can figure out one solid way that works for everyone, if they could we would all be matched up, or all bouncing from one person to the next as everyone was impressed by everyone else. It really is quite the conundrum, but it is a fun one to explore by figuring out what has worked in the past and choosing methods that may still work today.

Back in the early days of man a woman could be impressed by a man that had the ability to drive a her of stegosauruses into a pit where they could then be killed, butchered, and used to feed the entire tribe. These days that doesn't work quite as well because we don't have stegosauruses anymore. Maybe this tactic worked so good that is really why the dinosaurs are extinct and not the whole ice age thing? It also doesn't work because if anyone tried to drive a herd of any animal into a pit to be slaughtered and butchered, PETA would go nuts. The third reason is we know have grocery stores and restaurants and that voids the whole hunter angle.

As time moved on being able to read was a big turn on, and it still is to some degree although not like the medieval days. Back then a person that could read was the epitome of education in the broad sense and considered to have good prospects for the future and the ability to provide for a woman. Then again having most of your teeth was also a turn on as it meant you were likely in good health and could live long enough to keep providing for a woman so take that for what it is worth. Before we dismiss this though, let's look at it again. being an educated person in good health is a good way to impress a girl, so we can take a tip from these ancestors of ours.

As time moved on and we reach the era of the settlers a person that owned some land and built it up with their own two hands was pretty impressive. Being a sharp dresser after taking the weekly bath to head into town on the weekend was also pretty impressive. Again, times have changed, but we can see an independent person that bathed and dressed well was impressive to women back then and is just as impressive today.

As the era of romance bloomed we saw that making a sacrifice for a woman through some noble gesture was always impressive. Well...Almost always, at least. It is still good form to do the little things like pulling out a chair, opening

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