Caption: What is the triangle method
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Not everyone is blessed with the ability to flirt.
Some of you out there might ooze confidence, while the rest of us mere mortals trip over our words and forget our own names.
But now help is at hand, because there’s actually a way to make your crush weak at the knees, with one simple look.
We bring you, the triangle method.
The idea is that, when a break in conversation occurs, you look at your date’s right eye, then down to their lips, then up at their left eye.
You’re literally tracing a triangle with your eyes. It’s so simple, but according to the experts, it’s effective.
It’s all in the eye-contact (Picture: Getty Images/Image Source)
The triangle method has actually been around for a long time, but it’s been rediscovered on TikTok, with everyone eager to try it out.
If you don’t quite believe it, we enlisted the help of Natasha Ivanovic, Investigative Psychologist and Intimacy Expert at Kiiroo, to find out why it works wonders.
‘It’s one of the great psychological flirting tips, used by everyone from the professionals (think lap dancers, or even spies) to nervous first daters who have read about the tactic in teen magazines,’ said Natasha.
‘The beauty of this method is that it’s so very subtle, you can deploy it without it looking staged or creepy.
‘It works by disarming the person you’re flirting with. Making eye contact implies warmth, trustworthiness, and intimate confidence, but we all know too much eye contact can be intense and unnerving.
‘So by making eye contact, breaking away from it and then making it again, plays a type of psychological trick that implies intimacy, then vulnerability, and finally confidence in three subtle movements. A type of flirtatious sleight of hand.’
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