All the weird and surprising ways men will try to manipulate you into casual sex on a first date

You’ve made it clear you don’t want sex. But he doesn’t care

Never underestimate, beloved sisters, how much of an insatiable animalistic slut a man can be, even after you’ve made it bloody clear you don’t do casual sex. Truly, I have been awed by the extent of their whoring, deviancy, cunning and general gall when it comes to frantic attempts to get into my friends’, and my own, knickers.

If, like me, you’d rather not be pressured into sex on a first date, be extremely cynical, be suspicious, and take heed. Because I’ve never seen any of these end in any situation other than the man expecting and demanding sex. And head to the comments if you want to watch creepy men pretend they don’t understand how coercive these ‘tactics’ are.

He’s happy to take it slow. Until the ad break.

1. Never agree to go to the cinema

Is he a cinephile who wants you to experience the encompassing pleasure and rapturous mis en scene of Minions 3? Bollocks he is. He wants to fondle your breasts and awkwardly place your hand on his penis through his jeans before he makes a not all-too discreet visit to the bathroom for fifteen minutes when you don’t oblige. No, no, no. Think about it: what could he possibly learn about you for the first time…