The Dating Survival Guide - The Top Ten Tactics For Total Success

Tactic 5: Be busy - avoid the princess syndrome
Men want you to have a life - not hang by the phone - as it takes the pressure off them to 'look after' you and be the centre of your universe. Tactic five is about how 'princesses' are high-maintenance. Most men do not want high-maintenance - they want an equal. Give up your 'princess' ways and keep living life while you're getting to know him.

Tactic 6: Be knowing - not a know-it-all
Men don't want dumb blondes but at the same time find it hard to handle how aggressive some women have become in proving themselves through conversation. You can be assertive at work, you can be assertive with the salesman you're buying your new car from or the estate agent trying to sell you a house. But with him - have fun! Talk to him like you don't have anything to prove. Conversation when getting to know each other should be like a friendly game of tennis, not as though you're smashing 'aces' at him!

Tactic 7: Be able - to sort the princes from frogs
Listen to your common sense and intuition - e.g., if he never rings when he says he will, flirts with anything in a skirt, ignores you when with the lads - then he's a frog! Too many women hope their 'frogs' will morph into a prince - it doesn't happen. Be clear on frog-behaviours to look out for so you don't waste your precious time.