Dating 101: Women love free drinks

The secret to success with the opposite sex is confidence. Or in some cases, bare-faced smugness. This is more important than ever when you aren’t blessed with the torso of Brad Pitt and the finances of David Beckham.

They say the opposite sense like a good sense of humour, but more importantly than that, they like a man who is sure of himself. An example of self-confidence that has always worked for this writer is the old ‘free drinks’ approach.

Now traditionally a man saddles alongside a girl at a bar, engages in awful small talk for a few minutes, and then offers to buy her a drink. However this often depends on the girl being by herself in a bar or a club– which they very rarely are.

Instead break the ice immediately by going straight up to a group of ladies and enquiring whether they’d be interested in a round of free drinks. This writer has never met a group of girls that don’t appreciate a free round of vodka and cokes and if you are with mates, they’ll appreciate the ballsiness of your move as well as the sudden presence of female company.

All in one swift move, you have displayed self-confidence, the fact that you are possibly the ‘alpha’ in your group of friends (even though you might not be) and the fact that you aren’t cheap (which even if you are, they are not to know for a while–.).

Once the drinks are bought, conversation follows naturally and before you know it, you are all sat down enjoying the rest of the evening and you have sealed your reputation as a smooth, confident ladies’ man.

A friendly tip: Do not use this on a group of more than four girls. You quickly find your funds for the evening diminish before you can even glance at your garmin running watch again...