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Seduction advice needed

246 replies

EleanorLoves · 11/09/2018 19:31

Hello,

I really need your help. I am very attracted to a man at work. He seems interested too but I'm not 100% sure. I feel like the sexual tension is building up between us.

My office has a very strict no relationships policy but fortunately he is leaving in early December for a new role elsewhere.

I'm looking for some sneaky tricks to get into his mind and under his skin. I already told him that I had a dream about him, and that seems to have helped. But I need more sneaky, slow burn ideas please! Little mind tricks...

Obviously I don't want things to peak too soon as I have over 2.5 months to fill.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. Ultimate aim is to make him mine, long term.

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Original poster
EleanorLoves · 14/09/2018 20:20

Ha ha! Did you get a closer inspection?

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LollyPopsApple · 14/09/2018 20:21

The whole ‘oh look at my holiday pics’ where you’re wearing beachwear is seriously cringeworthy! If a male colleague did that to me I’d be getting sexual harassment vibes. Showing a colleague your body so blatantly ‘accidentally on purpose’ is awful!

Good luck though OP. I must say, I read his ‘did you ask to be placed with me/people will think we’re together LOL’ as though he’s kinda joking about it in a ‘it’s too funny/ridiculous to consider’ way... but I’m probably cynical. Do you think it’s worth waiting until the very end to tell him you’re interested?

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EleanorLoves · 14/09/2018 20:28

Yes I think I'll wait until the very end and will tell him I'm interested then, if nothing happens in the meantime. I'm actually really enjoying the drawn out flirting and getting to know each other. It can't be a bad thing. Although I am desperate to rip his clothes off. I did notice him to a micro glance of my outfit yesterday, which was particularly well put together! And today we were sat diagonally opposite each other, working on the computer and I purposefully kept looking at my screen and let him stare at me for a few seconds 'without me realising he was doing it'. Ha!

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Bluntness100 · 14/09/2018 22:12

I think that sounds quite positive actually, 😁

RainySeptember · 14/09/2018 22:31

I'm worried that he's not coming to the works drinks thing you've organised because he's babysitting. It's such a perfect opportunity to spend time with you, I think he'd drop the babysitting like a hot coal and come if he liked you. Or he could just be a very conscientious babysitter I suppose.

PussInSandals · 14/09/2018 22:53

The whole ‘oh look at my holiday pics’ where you’re wearing beachwear is seriously cringeworthy! If a male colleague did that to me I’d be getting sexual harassment vibes. Showing a colleague your body so blatantly ‘accidentally on purpose’ is awful!

Don't knock it til you've tried it, LollyPops! It worked a treat for me. I was on a residential course with him and, while we were in a group, I told him something about my beach hol and said I'd have to show him the pictures later as he seemed very interested. When we were alone that evening I flicked through and he was clearly, er, 'enthused' by what he saw. It developed from there that very night. However, if he hadn't been interested in me it would have just been considered one colleague innocently showing another colleague her snaps from Vietnam.

If you are a natural seductress, all of the abovementioned things can be done extremely subtly. It's all about testing the boundaries with things that are not overtly sexual. They're only cringeworthy if you're not confident or too OTT (i.e deep-throating a banana instead of just being extra aware of your lips while eating it).

FWIW, if I copped a look at a gorgeous colleague's abs while he quickly flicked through holiday snaps (in fact, this has happened to me) I certainly wouldn't consider that sexual harassment! I'd be delighted! Grin

BettyCrook · 15/09/2018 12:40

all this accidentally touching legs and tucking a hair behind your ears, looking at their mouth (i do it to help me hear what they are saying and i dont even need a hearing aid), biting lips and licking (i do that out of nervousness and its a habit i do regardless of who is around)

is either natural behavior that comes out anyway when you flirt or someone's habits that they are doing without having an interest in anyone nearby.

Thigh rubbing and banana eating is obviously a joke.

I think that a lot of whats been described here another woman who is watching would spot as flirting but men..i highly doubt would spot them as too subtle. incidentally men know much quicker than women when another man is flirting or has a sexual interest.

Gardai · 15/09/2018 13:27

Hey I stand by my banana eating and thigh rubbing simultaneously is an added extra but hard to get right with tights on.

BettyCrook · 15/09/2018 13:28

Gardai you could have smeared it allover your tights too and then scratch them really hard you ladder them then say stairway to heaven followed by winking and biting your lip.

Pringlesaddict · 15/09/2018 15:25

You don't think every Tom Dick and Harry knows that trick?

Tbf, that helps doesn't it?

Him: Oh look: she's doing that thing I saw on Channel 4 that weird dating guru said women are meant to do to entice a man. I'm well in there.

I mean she could make up something completely new sexy chicken dance anyone? but it would risk confusing him.

Pringlesaddict · 15/09/2018 15:27

My seduction trick is to act intensely arsey to the man in the hopes he will move away so I can die of embarrassment in a corner privately.

it is not wholly effective though it did accidentally work on dh

BettyCrook · 15/09/2018 16:00

I swear i did a lot of these things without intending to flirt or being attracted to the man!!! they aren't real signals...some people flirt without meaning to and some flirt with no intention of taking it further.

op if you look your best and smile, look at him a lot and chat with him you're already winning.

Pepehands · 15/09/2018 16:11

hey.
im rly intrigued to know how the things evolve.

my advise would be to always remember that u're not the only one who should be "challenged" in this "game".
Don't forget about ur own value. Make him "work" for u 2.
As a man, I can tell u that girls that made clear they wanted a relationship and would be "mine" in just 2 words, were a big turn off.
Don't be like " oh he's 100% perfect imma try my best". Even if u think like that, u shouldn't let him see. Ur goal is to make him feel that way too!
Also he seems like a really responsible and serious man. I wouldn't make a big deal out of his "grumpy mood".

good luck.
im hyped for teh update xD

Sparklyfee · 15/09/2018 16:28

Calf to calf?! I could NOT do this. I'm cringing for you OP. Just be natural and then as he leaves invite him out for a drink

BettyCrook · 15/09/2018 19:18

at least its not cheek to cheek

Shambu · 15/09/2018 22:27

If you are a natural seductress, all of the abovementioned things can be done extremely subtly. It's all about testing the boundaries with things that are not overtly sexual

If you're a natural seductress you don't need any of those things. And promising a man a look at your bikini pics is one of the cringest things I've ever heard.

Shambu · 15/09/2018 22:33

Did you get a closer inspection?

I was laughing too much tbh, but the image of him in his trunks is somehow imprinted on my memory nonetheless. 🙈

Haireverywhere · 15/09/2018 22:36

Thigh to thigh - Cringe is the word.

I liked the poster who said act natural and say you're looking forward to being able to ask him out when he leaves.

Good idea to let it evolve and wait until the end I think.

But sexy banana eating in the staff canteen is a close second Wink

DrMorbius · 15/09/2018 22:49

I saw this many years ago, it was not aimed at me in particular and was not done to be sexy, but I have always remembered it.

Sit chatting with him and the look startled and say “my suspender belt has just popped off my stocking. Blush

anothernextsale · 15/09/2018 22:52

@house4 ha ha Wink

Isitovernow · 15/09/2018 23:01

This thread is interesting. I've always found it hard to pursue guys & have left that to them as a result. It's amazing to see such forthright women, especially the holiday pics bit. I couldn't imagine doing that in 1m years!

I hope you get the guy OP & I hope it's meant to be.

TheJeff · 15/09/2018 23:14

As a guy I can tell you that just pulling your trousers up, like you are simply adjusting them, so that they hug your arse tightly is very appealing in an "oops, I didn't mean to do that ;)" way - if he is interested then there is no chance that he won't look!

AprilGal · 15/09/2018 23:16

I think you could be trying too hard and this may even be having the opposite effect, be more natural and fun, men will let you know when they are interested.

Gardai · 15/09/2018 23:22

TheJeff, surely that doesn’t apply to leggings whilst in the pet food aisle of Asda ?
I could hoik them up whilst giving a cheeky look to the guy behind me
Ooh matron

Isitovernow · 16/09/2018 07:52
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