What are men looking for in a date?

Speaker: What are men looking for in a date?

Gloria MacDonald: Women often want to know what is it that the man is looking for in a date and there are several things he is looking for. Well, first of all he has to find the woman attractive. Now, the woman doesn't have to be absolutely stunningly drop dead gorgeous, because attractive is the variety of different things and part of attractive to a man is that she is attracted to him; that she is making him feel good.

I really think this is the single most important thing that as a woman you are letting the man know that there is something there that you are interested in and that you are giving him the vibes that he is okay and that you are attracted to him. That's really almost more important than how physically attractive you are. The man wants to know in this date that he is not going to be rejected, that you are accepting him and part of showing him that you are accepting him is by flirting, by smiling, by having an open face, big eyes, tilting your head. So give him a gentle touch on the hand, gestures that show him that you are open, that you are receptive to him. These things are really important and the other thing is that the woman's expectation of the date matches his. So for example, if the woman is going down the isle starting to talk about getting married on the first date and he is like -- or if she starts talking about having children the first time we meet, that's a little too much, that's coming on too strong. He is looking for her expectations of the date to match his, which are having a good time, enjoying one another and seeing if there is any connection, but not walking down the isle to marriage or deciding how many children you are going to have, on that first date.