The Thumb: A Comprehensive Guide to Flirting with Women Successfully

Tip Three: Isolation Therapy

Isolate her. Get her on her own, he said, so that you can talk to her one to one. Okay So I walked into the coffee room. I made eye contact as we had practiced (the other guy was good at that) and counted nine heartbeats or as near as I could with my pulse racing in my ears then I tried to isolate her, to corner my prey. This was easy, we were the only ones there.

Tip Four: Act as if You are Interested in Her

Act? Of course I’m interested in her. Doesn’t she realize what a type C- personality like myself goes through? A heart rate of at least 181 (standing still) the cold sweats, hyperventilation and a deep sense of shame when she rejects me. This one is easy.It just depends on whether she sees a sweaty heavy breather who is trying to count his pulse rate and glance nonchalantly in her direction as attractive.

Tip Five: Point at Yourself

This one is very tricky. Apparently, psychologists ( or psychiatrists, I never get that right) believe that if one can get the hunted/victim to the point where they are talking about a loved or one of their old boyfriends in happy fashion, one should continue to discuss the subject and at the same time point towards oneself, using two fingers that dexterously indicate the centre of one’s chest. Practice in front of a mirror. It is some sort of transference thing.

At this stage she has poured herself a coffee and I have not been able to speak to her, as I’ve been counting the number of heartbeats during my brief glance in her direction. I moved towards the coffee machine and subtly start to point the two first fingers of my right hand towards my chest.

I decided to take the risk and break the ice.

“Good morning”, I said, in a type A sort of way.

“Hi”, she says. “You okay”?

Surprised, I replied yes, still supremely confident.

“Okay”, she said,”I thought you maybe had heartburn”.

With that she turned out of the room and left. Overall, I would say was a great performance and I have her curiosity. Strange to think that one of her ex-boyfriends used to get heartburn.