| What Would Brody Jenner Do? |
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| Written by Saturday Night Magazine | |
| Wednesday, May 28 2008 | |
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Brody's Tips for the Relationship-Challenged The game of love can be harsh and cruel. Not to fear; it’s Brody Jenner to the rescue! The reality Romeo took some time out of his busy schedule of fending off The Hills hotties to advise us on our most pressing dating dilemmas. What are your top three tips for a successful first date? 1) Listen twice as much as you speak because you have two ears and one mouth; it’s good to be a listener. 2) Don’t go for the kill. I don’t make the move on the first date. Wait at least until the second date. 3) Be a gentlemen and open the door for the lady. (And after like two weeks, you can stop. No I’m kidding… ha ha). What’s your favorite pick-up line? I hate pick-up lines because they’re cheesy and stupid. The best way to approach a lady is to be confident but don’t be over-confident. You don’t want to be cocky and sound stupid. Approach her and be yourself. When you pretend to be something that you’re not people can find that out; people can sense the fakeness. Just introduce yourself, be creative. How many days should a guy wait to call a girl he likes? I don’t have one of those “waiting rules.” If you like the chick, call her. If you like her, don’t freak her out and call her right after but you can go one day, two days at the most. If she had been drinking you can be like, “Hey, remember me!? You got a little tipsy last night.”  What’s the “bro code” on dating a girl your friend went out with previously? It depends on if it was your actual friend’s girlfriend or just some girl he hooked up with one night and she was over it. But if it was an actual girlfriend, then off limits 100 percent. What are the biggest turn-ons guys look for in girls? I like confidence in a girl, that’s a big one. Also, there’s physical appearance, talkative girls, listeners. I’m a whole package kind of guy because I’ve met some of the most beautiful girls in my life, and it’s amazing how their physical appearance can be one way but when they open their mouth they’re instantly not cute. If a girl doesn’t have an attitude to back up an appearance, she’s not cute. What are major turn-offs? Bad breath’s a HUGE one! And a girl with a bad attitude. How can a girl tell if a guy is into her? Obviously phone calls. And just, well, this is the best way to tell actually… you get a group and you bring along a friend of yours who is a good-looking girl and see if he goes after her. If he doesn’t and is all into you, that’s a good way to tell.  What is considered more serious – “dating someone” or “seeing someone?” Everybody has their own interpretation of what “dating” or “seeing” someone is, but I would think that “seeing” would be a little bit more nonchalant. But I mean, realistically, it’s either your girlfriend or your little love buddy… I don’t know, dating and seeing people are kind of the same in my book. When you make that commitment to actually make her your girlfriend, it’s a big step up. Is “taking a break” from a relationship just code for breaking up? In MY world, I have friends who do take breaks and they do get back together. However, from my experience, I think that if you take too long of a break you sort of fall out of that routine and maybe meet somebody else or start enjoying hanging out with your friends again. When you’re in a long-term relationship, you kind of lose focus of your friends. You’re caught in this whole world and when you step out of it, you’re like, “Whoa, what was I thinking?” Sometimes it can be good, sometimes it can be bad. It just all depends on the person. What’s the best way to apologize to a significant other when you screw up? You gotta be sincere so it comes across. If you’re not sincere, it’s pretty easy to tell. Flowers are always good but not in the cheesy way – flowers with a really nice handwritten note from you. But it also depends on how badly you screwed up. Sometimes there’s no coming back.  What are some major deal breakers when it comes to relationships? Cheating is the worst. Lying is horrible. Lying and cheating, I feel like those just go in the same boat. What’s the best way to move from “just friends” to “more than just friends” without being awkward and jeopardizing the friendship? When you’re in the friend boat, you’re screwed so just don’t get into it. Ha ha. You’re not going anywhere when you get into the friend boat because then you’re just gonna be a sleazeball trying to get with “her.” You are quasi-hooking up with a girl, but really like her roommate, how would you pull off the switch? That’s so funny, I’ve actually had that happen a lot, really. Ha ha. One of my buddies was hooking up with a girl and she had a roommate who was a lot cuter but he had never met her. When he meets the roommate he just completely, instantly switched and started calling the roommate. He went to go see her on her birthday and I actually ended up hooking up with the girl, not the first one, but the roommate. So I mean, you’re gonna get karma for that one. You can’t go from a roommate to another one and if you do, you’re shady and you’re gonna get your karma, guaranteed. If a girl should go through her guy’s phone and find suspicious numbers or text messages, what should be the guy’s survival plan? Just tell the truth. Ha ha … You’re screwed.  What do you do if your girlfriend hates all your friends or your friends hate your girlfriend? That’s a tough one. It just kind of depends on the kind of relationship you have with your friends. Personally, I need to have a girl who my friends like because my friends all have good judgment. But first and foremost is my Mom. If my mom approves then that’s a good thing. But your friends also have a big say. If it’s your really good friend and he has a legitimate reason for not liking her, you should question that and really look into that a little bit more. But if you really like the girl, prepare to get your heart broken then I guess. That’s happened to my friends, they’re just blind in love and a year down the line they’re like, “I should’ve listened to you!” Why do you think many guys suffer from a fear of commitment? Because they want to have fun. I mean, they want to be young … but so do girls. What’s the best way to deal with a breakup? The easiest way is to do one of those phone breakups, but I’m not saying that’s the right way. If you really care about the person, call them, tell them we need to talk; obviously they’re going to know something’s coming. Maybe go to dinner so you can talk about it and if it doesn’t work out, just let them know that you want your space. Maybe you need some time off. The best cure for getting over a breakup is going out. Get out of town and get your mind off of it. Surround yourself with family, friends. Get out there, go crazy. And ladies, stop with the Ben & Jerry’s! All you’re going do is make guys not want to hang out with you! Should you stay friends with an ex? Yes. 100 percent. First of all, it’s better to build bridges than burn them. No matter what case it is. Hopefully you live a long life and later on down the line, you don’t want this person saying bad things or whatever it is. You just always want to keep a good relationship with anybody you spend a good amount of time with. It’s always good to keep that healthy relationship. Photography: Bobby Quillard Grooming: Michelle Mungal Location: Murano Restaurant and Lounge, West Hollywood Comments
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