Keep Your Man’s Dating Fires Burning

July 7th, 2009 by admin

While it’s important to know how to light a man’s fire, it’s also important to understand what douses his dating fires.

In our quest to find, attract, and keep our perfect partner, we often wonder what turns men on. And while it’s important to know how to light a man’s fire, it’s equally important to understand what will douse his Dating flames. By being clear about what kind of behavior turns men off, we can be better prepared to keep the sparks burning from our first encounter to happily ever after. What follows is a list of the top five male turnoffs.

Turnoff #1: Flaky Actions. Guys say that one of the biggest turnoffs when Dating a woman is when she either can’t commit to plans or constantly flakes on plans. If you regularly pencil in your plans with a “maybe” and/or cancel plans at the last minute, you’re giving your guy the impression that he’s very tentative in your life, aka “just good enough for now.” Who wants to date someone who makes them feel short term? Chances are you don’t, and you shouldn’t be the women who makes her date feel that way too.

Turnoff #2: Poor communication abilities. Raise your hand if you’ve been this partner in your relationship past: your date/boyfriend said or did something you didn’t like, but instead of saying anything, you went along with it. You may have even said it was “just fine.” But then at some point later on, you got upset. Maybe you even really blew up at an inappropriate time, causing an argument that completely caught your significant other off guard. Most of us have been guilty of passive aggressive behavior at least once in our dating history. It sometimes happens. But when you repeat that kind of behavior over and over in any dating/relationship scenario, the only thing you’ll succeed at is ruining your efforts. Just as you deserve to be with someone who’s comfortable communicating their wants, needs, and desires, you, too, should be a healthy communicator. Don’t say one thing if you really mean something else. Get in the habit of saying what you mean. Guys really appreciate that!

Turnoff #3: Not really playing fair. From your initial encounter to your first date and beyond, guys pay attention to whether or not you’re playing fairly. For example, you always expect the guy to come to your side of town, pick you up, open your door, pay the check, drop you off, call you the next day, and in general placate your every need without you so much as lifting a finger, you’re not dating fairly. More important, if there’s a disagreement and you don’t fight fairly, i.e., you throw things in his face, hold grudges, and insist on winning every argument, you’re going to be a very lonely single girl because you’re not playing fair. In the new millennium, chivalry also goes both ways and the dating game requires plenty of give-and-take. If you can be fair in dating times both good and bad, guys will appreciate you so much more!

Turnoff #4: Always trying to change him. It’s almost clich