10 Hobbies for Guys to Impress Girls

Guys, are you having trouble finding girls? Or, once you do meet them, do they think you are a shallow, insensitive jerk? I have the remedy for that. Try taking up one or more of these hobbies and you will be meeting and impressing so many girls you won’t know how to thank me (sending me money would be a good start wink, wink).

1. Scrapbooking. Sounds really girly, huh? But, it shows you are creative and sensitive. You don’t have to make scrapbooks with pretty flowers and rainbows, either. That fishing trip you are going on with your buddies…take some pictures of  Danny’s prize catch and Jeff with a fish hook stuck in his eyebrow (for the second time that trip). Then, when you get home, slap those pictures together with some fish and beer stickers on a cool fish-designed paper and presto, you’ve just made a scrapbook page. If you make two or three pages of the fishing trip, another five from the trip to Vegas (tip: don’t include pics of hot women if you are planning on showing this to potential/current girlfriends), and four more from your softball league and put them altogether you have just scrapbooked. See, that doesn’t sound nearly as girly as you originally thought. Plus, most of your buddies (maybe not Jeff for the fish hook picture) will actually like looking through it and any girls you show it to will see how important the guys are to you and will be more open to you spending time with them. As an added bonus, any time you go to the scrapbooking store (yes, they actually have entire stores that only carry scrapbooking stuff) to replenish your supplies you will have absolutely no direct male competition for all of the ladies shopping/working there.
2. Photography. Scrapbooking still sound a little too girly for you? Try photography. Ladies love posing for pictures, especially if you have enough experience and knowhow to capture their good side. Invest in a really good camera with multiple lenses and good photo editing software and there’s no telling the limits of what kinds of pictures she will let you take of her. If you want to go the extra mile to impress the girl you’ve been dating for a little while, put some of the pictures you’ve taken into a scrapbook for her and she will be yours forever (or at least untl your next big screw-up).
3. Drawing. This one has very similar benefits to scrapbooking and phototgraphy without the girly factor or the huge money investment. On the flip side of that, though, is that this one is probably the hardest hobby to actually get good at (unless you have natural artistic talent) and will probably take the most start-up time before you can actually use it to show off to girls (no girl will be impressed at your stick figures or your blob faced people). Back to the good side, you can probably find a lot of girls willing to pose for you like Kate Winslet did in Titanic. You can also use it to pick up chicks in a bar. Start drawing random things on cocktail napkins at the bar and I guarantee women will see what you are doing when they come up to the bar to get a drink and initiate a conversation with you. (Note: all guarantees by Jack Deus are null and void on the planet Earth or on days ending in ‘Y’).
4. Writing. This hobby works especially well if you write poetry, but just about any writing will do. Virginia Woolf once said “Every secret of a writier’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works…” What woman wouldn’t want a glimpse of all of these things about you neatly bundled and bound in your notebook (or blog)? Keep in mind, this is a hobby that is easy to start, requires a little bit of effort and dedication to become decent at, but is really difficult to master. Nathaniel Hawthorne was quoted as saying, “Easy reading is damn hard writing.” Don’t let that discourage you, however, because if you keep with it you will eventually (some much quicker than others) be able to impress the ladies with your perceived intellect, creativity, and dedication. Also, you will get immense personal satisfaction from it. Isaac Asimov, whose books have been published under nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal system, once said, “If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.”
5. Cooking. OK, there’s a girl at the local fill-in-the-blank that you are really in to and you think she’s also in to you. You want to ask her out to a really romantic dinner, but you are completely broke and you doubt she will still be in to you when you take her to Sizzler and pay with a coupon. Well, my friend, there are very few things more romantic than a candlelit, home-cooked meal. Don’t know how to cook? Buy a cookbook, set your DVR for a few shows on the food network, or just use the internet. There are hundreds (thousands? millions?) of different websites with different recipes just waiting for you. I recommend starting off with some of the free sites, and then once you start knowing the difference between a pot and a pan turning to some subscription sites for more detailed and elaborate menu choices. Addition bonus, now you don’t have to live off ramen noodles and easy mac. Your heart, arteries and stomach will thank you when you’re 40.
6. Pottery/Ceramics. Another girly one? Yeah. But have you ever seen the movie Ghost? Probably not, unless a girl made you watch it with her. But every single female in the world has seen the movie and would love to recreate the pottery scene. Show her your workshop on the second or third date (not the first because the second date will never live up to it), recreate the scene, and bam-instant action for you. Added bonus, home made gifts are cheap and women (not just girlfriends but moms, grandmas, aunts, sisters, etc) eat them up.
7. Jogging. It’s good for your health, it sometimes involves women wearing next to nothing in public (don’t get delusional, not all women wear sports bras and biker shorts when they run), it always causes parts of the female anatomy to bounce in fun ways, and if you are doing it fast enough she will be so out of breath you won’t have to talk about relationships or her bad day at work while doing it.
8. Playing an Instrument (specifically guitar or piano). Watch the ladies flock to you when you sit down at a park bench and bust out your guitar. Learn how to play love songs for her and she will be putty in your hands. One of the best things about playing an instrument is that she will sit and watch you practice for hours without saying a word and consider it quality time spent with you.
9. Wine Drinking. Yes, I know you would prefer a beer, and you can still have them whenever you are with the guys. But what do you think a woman would be more impressed with: that you take her out to a fancy restaurant and order yourself a bottle of beer, or that you take her out to a fancy restaurant and order the two of you a bottle of wine? Obviously, the wine would be more impressive (and romantic), but make sure you actually know a little bit about wines. Learn the difference between a red and a white, and which goes with what kind of meal. Research the different brands of wines. Even though they are both light beers, there is a difference between Bud Light and Miller Lite. Similarly, there is a difference between red wines. Maybe even go so far as to call up the restaurant and inquire about the types of wine that restaurant carries and order a specific one when you get there.
10. Drink Mixing. Finally, one that isn’t girly at all. Not only that, but if you are able to show up at a party, walk behind the bar, and make a great-tasting girly drink no matter what alcohol and mixers are back there you will have ladies coming up to you left and right asking you to make one for them. They will be following you around the room like little puppies all night. Not only that, but you are giving them alcohol which impares their judgement which causes you to look even better in their eyes. Just make sure you keep track of all the alcohol you are giving out, not just because you need to be a responsible citizen, but because you want to make sure the girl you take home that night doesn’t throw up all over you.

When deciding between these hobbies, make sure to pick one that you think you will like to do. That way, if it doesn’t help you meet/keep women you will at least have had a fun time.

Have any hobbies you think should be on the list? Leave a comment (please keep it PG or I will edit it) and I will add it to the list.