couple on a date It's easy to tell whether a bloke is interested. You know the body language: eye contact and all that. What's harder is knowing whether he's interested in a relationship with you, or in getting his rocks off in time for breakfast

Go ahead and enjoy yourself if you spot a few of these signs on your first date. Girls are entitled to no-strings satisfaction, too. Just don't expect an invitation to meet his mum and dad any time soon.

1. He's brilliant at eye contact

Eye contact is extremely seductive - and no-strings men know this. These players are all about getting sex, and they'll only stay for breakfast if it involves hand relief and a quick goodbye.

Players are masters of body language. They know to lean in as you speak, to brush your arm with theirs and let your knees touch for a moment longer than necessary. Most of all, they're very good at eye contact.

A guy who wants you for more than sex will be too nervous for all this stuff. He'll get goose bumps and mess up his words. He'll find it especially hard to meet your eye, because it'll make him blush like a baboon's bum.

2. He talks about himself more than about you

He wants to impress you, because that's his way into your knickers. He'll bang on about his exotic travels, his amazing career and the time he lit a cigarette for Jeremy Clarkson.

But he doesn't want to know much about you beyond whether you can cross your ankles behind your head. He may ask about your housemates, but only as research for when he invites himself back for coffee.

3. He avoids serious topics

He won't discuss personal matters, because he doesn't want to run the risk of you hugging him or, horrors, opening up your own baggage. If he mentions his ex, it's only because he's not over her and wants a rebound fling.

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10 signs that he's only after one thing

1. He's brilliant at eye contact

2. He talks about himself more than about you

3. He avoids serious topics