Try and keep it simple!

How to impress him/her? Easier said than done, you realise, when you come across guys looking for a perfect date. They try to come up with those smart one-liners. The moment desperation comes into the picture, they get it wrong.

Meet Mr Cocksure who approached Neha Kumar. He asked her if she knew him. No, she said. His answer? "For you look like my next girlfriend." Tushar made an equally disastrous attempt. A science student, Taneesha Shah was at a coffee shop when Tushar asked her, "Are you all right?" She said that she was, and inquired why. He said, "Angel, you just look like you fell from the heavens. Aren't you hurt?"

A medical student, Sneha Tiwari shares, "One day he followed me, and in an attempt to be subtle, hid behind a pillar. As I walked by, he bumped into me so hard, I ended up spilling hot coffee all over his shirt." Law student Anita Shah recalls, "A guy was so desperate to impress me that, every time I walked into college, he'd walk by me for 10 times, stand in front of me and shuffle songs on his I-pod. One day, he used his laptop in front of me," Anita could have told him: Everything isn't about money, honey. A girl is less likely to "walk away in disgust" after you compliment her. The key is to focus on her. Else, your pick-up line can be a put-off line.