I’ve been canvassing friends, family, and the internet about how to start my dating journey
A major theme that’s come across is needing to learn to drop the preverbal handkerchief to guys. Both because everyone can agree dating apps suck and are a money making scheme, as well as a couple of characteristics about me (independent, highly capable, confident, etc) that supposedly can be “intimidating“ to guys who might otherwise approach me.
Basically I need to learn to approach guys in the wild or “drop the handkerchief“ so that I am more approachable. Drop the handkerchief not being my original terminology- but related to the historical women dropping their handkerchief while passing a guy they are interested in to invite them to approach.
How do I go about this? How does one just straight up approach a guy and start a conversation and hope it leads to something more? What does dropping the handkerchief even mean in todays day and age?