2. Focus on the ways you’re similar
There’s no need to start shaving your chin or scratching between your legs, but focusing on the ways in which you’re alike can help create a mutual attraction. “We may not realise it, but we have a natural tendency to go for people who not only have similar interests and backgrounds to us, but also use similar facial expressions,” says Spurr.
Researchers at the University of Liverpool found that we’re more likely to go for people who look similar to us because we perceive certain facial attributes as clues to personality. Laughter lines, frown lines, wide smiles, restrained expressions are all indications of what a person is like – sociable, friendly, shy, emotional – so we seek out people who look as though they’d be compatible with us.
3. Don’t go too far
The reason for this one is pretty obvious: they’ll know, you’ll know and it doesn’t bode well for the future. “Adapting your behaviour slightly is one thing, but faking aspects of your personality or pretending you’re really into golf, when in fact it bores you brainless, will just lead to trouble,” says sex therapist Dr Ian Kerner.”Sometimes, however, you might find yourself enjoying things you didn’t before simply because you hadn’t tried them and that’s fine. So feel free to try the things they do, but if it doesn’t feel like a good fit, drop it. Instead, encourage them to try doing the things you enjoy and see how that works.”