My parents have left my a house to myself for three weeks, and I'm been trying to get other people to cook for me as often as possible, because I can only cook about four meals (not including pasta. Anyone can cook pasta) and they're going to get boring fast.

Anyway, this chick I've been gaming a little said she'd come and cook me dinner next week sometime, and asked me what I wanted. I told her whatever she could cook the best. She told me she could cook anything. I told her I'd think about it.

Now, I really don't care what she cooks for me. If I'm not cooking it, i'm happy with it. But I thought I'd see if you guys could come up with anything awesome. What's your favourite meal, for example?

Also, anyone have any tips and whatnot re: gaming before/during/after dinner? I've never been in this situation before, so anything you experienced fellas can give me is gold.

You've already put yourself in a position for success, from what you've said it looks like all you need to do is follow through. Getting a woman to cook for me, at my house, is one of my favorite dates, its by far one of the easiest to close. The reality of your situation is this:

Next to sexual relations, cooking food for a date is the most intimate thing you can do for another person. The preparers hands and body are touching and creating a meal that the other person will ingest. It doesn't sound very sexual or intimate, but it is.


Well, you wanna make it something that she can cook well, and not mess up that bad. I'd recommend something simple, thats very good too. My personal favorite to make women cook is Chicken Parm. Get yourself a bottle or two of nice red wine to match it, a Merlot or Chianti will do fine. Make sure there is desert involved, strawberries dipped in chocolate then thrown into the freezer for a few hours is a great one. Or just fruit in general.
Well, if there is one thing women love, is a guy who can cook. When women cook me meals, I'm constantly helping or at least messing around with her while shes trying to prepare the meal. Have dessert ready yourself, before hand, there are tons of websites you can find that give you recipes.

http://www.101cookbooks.com/desserts/ -- There you go, theres 1000's of others.

Other tips:

- Remain funny and playful, remember that cooking food is an intimate ordeal.
- Keep the conversation interesting, and specific to what you want it to be. (think about what sort of conversation will develop a high level of comfort between you too, since shes already cooking you food and in your house, you have a head start)
- If you have a fireplace, use it.
- Put on some music in the background, something with culture, but subtle enough to just be in the background, not disrupting your conversation.
- Candles lit, obviously.
- Clean up your kitchen before hand, and your house for that matter. Don't forget your room, obviously.
- Touch her whenever possible, this is where helping with dinner will give you opportunity to do this. Place your hand on her lower back to move her, stir the sauce together, as well as whatever else you can do.
- Have something planned for after dinner and desert. Something original, if all else fails movies work, since shes already there and comfortable.

Hope this helps, anything other questions...just ask.

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You are, as always, a wealth of information and advice Meth. Thanks heaps, and if I find anything else that's stumping me, I'll let you know.

Have fun

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this reminds me of this thing i heard from one of david d's interviews w/ dating gurus. after dinner, she'll expect you to make a move. instead, you start to do the dishes and have her help you. in the middle of this, you tell her "look, if you don't stop acting like a brat, i'm gonna have to splash you". so then supposedly you get a little splash fight goin on afterwhich, i guess its on.

Hey that's nice. Nothing like doing the unexpected. Only we have a dishwasher... I guess I can still get her to help me with the dishes. I want to be as unpredictable as possible, because that's way more fun for me.