Bad positioning – middle of a group

Being part of a group has its benefits whilst trying to pull the fairer sex. However, position yourself incorrectly and what initially turned out to be to your advantage before you know it quickly flips around and kicks you on your bum. Standing too close to the center of the group only serves to prevent you from taking advantage of all your newly acquired pulling skills. You can’t see out to make eye contact with anyone, your positive body language is useless (unless hands waving above your head and you jumping up and down is an until now undiscovered positive body language action) and no one else can see you to do the same.

Even if you do manage to catch the eye of someone you fancy, your position prevents them from easily getting to you and vice versa.

As in football’s offside rule, position is everything. Keep on side and you’ll be certain to score.

Bad positioning – the dance floor

There is one golden rule that must be adhered to. Unless you’re closely related to John Travolta’s dance teacher then this area of all places is definitely out of bounds.

All too often, hours of hard work and successful preliminary flirting have been destroyed in a matter of seconds. The sight of flailing arms and bandy legs, moving not only against the music but also fellow dancers, can cause angry scenes, bruised shins and egos.

Better to stay within the relative safety and comfort of the carpet and share a laugh with that attractive blonde as you both grasp each other uncontrollably and delight at the dance floor occupants clumsy attempts to do the ‘Time Warp”.

Bad positioning – on your own

Even if the location is a bigger dump than one of King Kong’s toilets, standing on your own in a corner of a pub or club trying to pull is not what I consider a good move. You may well be good looking, witty and charming, but standing in a corner, nursing a bottle of Beck’s just smacks of desperation. Not just me, but to everyone else watching.

Looking for Billy No-mates also starts to get boring after a while. Boredom affects the way you feel inside and more important, your body language and how you appear to others. Visible signs are slouching, your head drops, and you avoid meeting people’s eyes. This image sends out the overwhelming message, “I’m bored, and have no energy” so in turn, people avoid even looking at you.