9 chat up lines that actually work

Hamish Shephard finds out from real life couples who made it down the aisle...
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Hamish Shephard21 July 2016

Chat up lines are stereotypically more likely to make you run away than swoon away. But do they ever actually work?

I canvassed a thousand of couples getting married this summer to ask whether their partner had used a chat up line when they first met. And the best news? They do work!

So single ladies and gents, start practising your delivery because below are our favourite real life chat up lines that ended up in marriage.

Hit the town this weekend or join us on our very own date london site armed with these tried, tested and proven (though sometimes more cringey than suave) lines and you'll be one step closer to finding that lucky lady/gent.

1. He said "I think you've dropped this" and gave me his train ticket with his number on. I was very surprised but it clearly worked as 10 years later, we're now married.

2. He said his phone was running out of battery and did I mind his friend urgently calling my phone. Once I gave him my number, he texted me asking me for a drink at the bar!

3. "That dress (I had picked up to try on in the shop) looks good, could I take you to dinner in it?”

4. He asked me to pick a number between 1 and a million. I said some made up number. He said - "WOW - you got it! Now let me buy you your winning drink!”.

5. “I need to go to the toilet, do you mind sitting down and keeping my beer company"

6. We were at a bar, I asked him how he felt about children and he said "I like them, but couldn't eat a whole one".

7. "Hey baby (wink and pistol fingers)" I laughed it off as it was quite comical

8. “Hey would you like to join the Gilbert and Sullivan society??!”

And as a last resort!

9. No chat up line, he just spilt a drink on me. Hopefully not intentionally!

Hamish Shephard is recently married and founder of online wedding planner Bridebook.co.uk. Follow him on Twitter @HelloHamish

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