“Never put his life before your own. If you have a previous engagement, give him a firm no.”— Kacia Nall, slism.com
“If a guy acts nice and does nice things for you, such as buying you a drink in a bar, thank him verbally, but don’t feel like you owe him anything later.”— Kacia Nall, slism.com
“Don’t be afraid to flirt a little bit. When you are playing hard to get, you aren’t flat out rejecting all men who are interested in you immediately. You have to lure them in and create initial attraction.”— Kacia Nall, slism.com
“When he speaks to you count to three in your head before you answer him.”— Arielle Kebbel, Carrie, amazon.com
“Whatever you do, do NOT do the I’m-ignoring-you-totally-nope-I-don’t-even-see-you, because they won’t have a clue that you do that out of nervousness/anxiety and they will actually think you HATE them.”— Madison Moore, thoughtcatalog.com
“Making your crush jealous doesn’t work. You're not his girlfriend yet thus he'll probably suppose that you already have someone and he'll feel like he's superfluous in your life. Some girls like to know that the guy is ready to fight for them but when you're texting a crush it's not the best time to…”— Kate Gitman, womenosophy.com
“Stop the chase. Realize that just because something is hard to get, doesn't mean it is worth the effort. No one is worth running after. It is better to find someone who will meet you in the middle.”— Jeremy Nicholson, psychologytoday.com
“Get him truly interested by changing it up and going out of your way to be inaccessible at certain times. Avoid answering your phone for a few days. Stop showing up at your usual spots. Although it may sound silly, this can help you to establish a little bit of intrigue with the guy you like, which…”— Lars Tramilton, datingtips.match.com
“Back in the day, it was the man’s job to call the woman- not the other way around. And while in this day and age men and women will contact each other willy nilly, it tends to work best if the man calls the lady first. Not only is it an old-fashioned form of chivalry, but it will also make him want…”— Michelle Keldgord, herinterest.com
“Can officially confirm that the way to a man's heart these days is not through beauty, food, sex, or alluringness of character, but merely the ability to seem not very interested in him.”— Helen Fielding, amazon.com
“Boys are different from girls. Girls like to be cozy all the time but boys don't. First of all, they like to get all close to you like a coiled-up rubber band, but after a while, they get fed up with being too coiled and need to stretch away to their full stretchiness. Then, after a bit of on-their-…”— Louise Rennison, amazon.com