I consider myself to be a pretty funny guy...most of the time. I can make friends laugh, I can make my brother laugh, but usually whenever I try to make girls laugh...they laugh at me, not with me. Case in point: I was trying to tell this attractive girl in my class a joke I heard a few days ago, but I kind of started stumbling on the phrasing because I was too captivated by her beauty and sparkling blue eyes, and before I knew it she was laughing at my unexpected bout of stuttering, not at my supposedly funny joke. Any tips for getting past a situation like this?

BTW, it's FlaSh, not Flash. Just thought I'd get that out of the way while I'm at it.

nTooMuch

United States127 Posts

May 01 2010 04:14 GMT

In my opinion, telling jokes to girls is cheesy. I prefer to use my sarcastic sense of humor to make girls laugh.

Koiru

United States116 Posts

May 01 2010 04:25 GMT

I agree with nTooMuch, telling actual jokes to girls that you're interested in is rather corny. If you want to be funny with girls you have to have a cleaner sense of humor and better one-liners in conversations when you're with a group of people like a class. When its just a 1 on 1 talk then i think you have to be more sarcastic and tease her to get her to smile/laugh. just my personal opinion, take it for what it's worth (which is nothing seeing as i'm a 17 year old highschool kid)

BuGzlToOnl

United States5918 Posts

May 01 2010 04:27 GMT

She probably wasn't laughing AT you.

It was most likely nervous laughter to ease the situation for both you and her.

EvilTeletubby

Baltimore, USA22261 Posts

May 01 2010 04:27 GMT

On May 01 2010 13:10 zeratultassadar wrote:
but I kind of started stumbling on the phrasing because I was too captivated by her beauty and sparkling blue eyes

lol...

This is not really a 'make girls laugh' blog, sounds more like 'I'm in grade school and still put girls on a pedastal' situation. Overcome that asap and you'll be able to talk to them and make them laugh np.

JWD

United States12607 Posts

May 01 2010 04:29 GMT

How about just trying to have a normal conversation? Spend too much time trying to make a girl laugh and you'll just trip yourself up.

tonight

United States11130 Posts

May 01 2010 04:29 GMT

I use my observational humor along with my dry/sarcastic remarks and it usually works for me. I really think it all depends on your delivery though.

JohnColtrane

Australia4813 Posts

May 01 2010 04:30 GMT

i say flash

Kenpachi

United States9908 Posts

May 01 2010 04:30 GMT

On May 01 2010 13:30 JohnColtrane wrote:
i say flash

i say by.Flash

MetalMarine

United States1559 Posts

May 01 2010 04:31 GMT

#10

see with humor.. you dont try to be funny, you take the situation and have a funny point of view on it. and thats what makes it funny. try to be funny and you wont be.

unionbank

Australia666 Posts

May 01 2010 04:33 GMT

#11

true fact: i have never told a joke to any female specie on earth ever before and you have justified any reason to tell jokes to any female human being as it humiliates and degrades the character and quality of men

saint_fu

Canada61 Posts

May 01 2010 04:36 GMT

#12

In my experience, the only way you can mess up talking to girls, is if you try too hard. I know what you feel like, I used to get all sweaty when talking to girls. Now, I just know to relax, and everything usually works out fine.

JWD

United States12607 Posts

May 01 2010 04:40 GMT

#13

lol I forgot how good Blogs is sometimes, every girl thread is like a little time capsule from my high school days

selboN

United States2523 Posts

May 01 2010 04:43 GMT

#14

........lol

Orome

Switzerland11984 Posts

May 01 2010 04:44 GMT

#15

Girls are really cool you know, just talk to them.^^

You really don't need any secret recipe. And being funny comes from being comfortable with the situation, you're not going to be funny if you stress yourself. Notice how all the situations you described where you are funny are situations where you're comfortable (being with brother, friends, etc.).

And she probably wasn't laughing at you, you just tend to convince yourself of stuff like that when you're feeling self-conscious.

funkie

Venezuela9377 Posts

May 01 2010 04:48 GMT

#16

you seriously wanna make her "laugh"?

If you do, she will always look for you when she wants to "laugh", what happens when you run out of jokes?. Or you're not in the mood to make anyone laugh?.

:O?

Megalisk

United States6095 Posts

May 01 2010 04:54 GMT

#17

Tell her a decent joke..

You: You wanna hear a joke?
Her: Yeah sure!
You: Women's rights

Get's em' every time..

YoureFired

United States822 Posts

May 01 2010 05:01 GMT

#18

Don't tell jokes, they're fun for friends but they're not good for making girls laugh (with) you. Telling funny stories is a tactic I use when I don't really know them and with girls that Im close with, teasing them a little bit (never insult obviously and steer clear about comments on their physical appearence as they can easily turn downhill). Of course, this is just how I treat girls in general and I usually tone down the whole funny routine if I'm actually going for them

00Zarathustra

Bolivia419 Posts

May 01 2010 05:09 GMT

#19

Make her laugh at herself that's better than just telling jokes. Make fun of the things she likes and the way she looks. Don't criticize her just make fun of her. That way she will laugh with you and you can't really get hypnotized by her looks if you r trying to make fun of her. Mindset, it´s all you need.