Savvy Seductress
Sure, when a guy stays on an extended road trip and doesn't call, you will let him know it wasn't cool, but you won't torture him for it. And if he's not doing it for you in bed, you'll get into a position that enables him to please you. "You know how to inspire a man to meet your needs without making him feel like it's heavy lifting," says Barbara Cowan Berg, author of How to Escape the No-Win Trap.
You also aren't stuck in old-fashioned dating rules. After giving a guy the window to make the first move, you'll dial him once to see if he's game to go out. And it's no loss if he isn't, because you've made other plans. "You don't give guys the impression that you're moping around, waiting for them to call and complete you," says New York City clinical psychotherapist Bonnie Eaker Weil, Ph.D., author of How Not to (S)Mother Your Man. "That's why they never feel hemmed in with you."