Girls' guide to getting guys worth keeping

Spring break is over and it is back to the studious routine and a chance to recover from the onslaught of pick up lines and advances from various men.

Spring break started out calmly enough. The phone calls started to trickle in as all those stuck in town try to find the other spring break derelicts. Plans were made and meetings arranged as the first partying of spring break began.

Everyone was tan, dressed to impress and determined that if a getaway wasn't in the picture maybe there was a possibility of having a spring break fling.

It is a fairly well known fact that women do not usually have to work too hard at meeting men. Meeting men is easy but meeting men worth your while is the tricky part. Spring break was no exception. While sitting in bars, clubs and parties sipping on spring break cocktails with excessive fruit and garnishes, the male assailment began.

"So how does it feel to be the most beautiful woman in here tonight?"

"Not to sound corny, but really, don't I know you from somewhere?"

"There must be a keg in your pants because I want to tap that ass!"

"Darling, the heaviest thing you should be lifting is my credit card."

Women, especially those considered attractive, are constantly being approached by a medley of men in a variety of settings. The Laundromat, the gym, the grocery store, you name it. Successful dates and relationships are a feasible result from random meetings.

Keeping that feasibility in mind, I attempt to let my politeness shine through by answering each pick-up graciously. As spring break wore on with numerous conversations in an assortment of locations and after the 100th time answering the same questions, a sudden realization dawned on me; Prince Charming isn't real.

For most of us, meeting someone is a compulsion, often unnoticed, that drives us to continually search for a mate. Often women are bitter and irritated at the way men attempt to meet them.  Maybe because in this society most of American women are raised on fairy tales of a romantic Prince Charming coming to sweep us off our feet.

The reality of the dating scene is frequently unwanted and brutal. Damn if I'm going to deal with this dorky, unimaginative crap. I leave this piece of advice to the men out there searching to pick up a woman. Treat her as woman, be yourself and come to them with honesty, not tricks or lines.

Continually attempting to box women into categories and types and approaching them on that assumption will meet with a negative reaction. When treated that way, women will in turn treat men as typical, sleazy "one thing on their minds" scumbag loser pick-up artists.

Base your style of approach on your personality, not preconceived notions, and most often you will receive a positive reaction or at the very least a brush up on communication skills.

Nicola Chadwick is a staff writer for the Daily Forty-Niner.