Article: Ask about your acquaintance’s interests to show your interest in forging a friendship. Discuss your respective interests and make sure to mention mutual passions, which is a good basis for a friendship with a woman.  Find ways to incorporate your interests in conversations, which may inspire her to invite you to do activities together. Women enjoy a wide range of activities including shopping, hiking, photography, and running. Mentioning things in which you might think she is interested can help form a bond between the two of you.  Ask her about her interests if you are not sure. For example, if you want to strike up a conversation in a yoga class you can say “I’ve seen you here a couple of times, what are your favorite poses?” This might help you realize that you like going to class at the same times. Tell her about your interests, too. Friendship is a two-way street, and it’s important for her to know about your passions. For example, if you’re talking about yoga poses, you can say “Oh, I like that one, too. Sometimes I have to modify it, do you ever have a hard time getting into it?” This also lets your female acquaintance know that you are an interesting and dynamic person. Listen closely to what your acquaintance says, especially if you are a man seeking a female friendship. This demonstrates that you care and want to develop the friendship, and may also help stimulate conversation with her at a juncture when they may be silence.  Enjoying a balance of meaningful and playful conversations can help develop your acquaintance into a good friendship because women like to be able to talk about both serious and light subjects.  Make sure to ask follow-up questions to show that you’re listening. Remember to do this can also help you to listen instead of thinking about how you’ll respond. Compliment her on her interests to demonstrate that you understand what’s important to her. For example, if she volunteers for the Red Cross, say something “I really admire your work with the Red Cross and would love to know more about how you got involved with the organization.” As you get to know your acquaintance better, make sure to stay independent and not allow her to cloud your opinions. This can keep your friendship developing and also help keep her interest in you.  Use your brain and don’t dumb yourself down for your acquaintance. Show her you’re capable of forming opinions. Having meaningful exchanges and conversations keeps your friendship fresh.  Avoid asking her to spend too much time together and don’t make yourself too available, either. This helps show her that other people are also interested in being friends with you. Your acquaintance may get to know you better if you demonstrate one of your talents for her and do activities of mutual interest. This could stimulate conversations or doing other activities, while showing her a side of you that many people may not see.  Keep your demonstration simple so that it’s fun for both of you and doesn’t appear like competition. For example, cook for her. You can invite her for dinner by saying “I love to cook Italian food and would enjoy making us my infamous lasagna.” Allow her to demonstrate her own talents to you, too. In all likelihood, you and your new friend don’t share everything in common. Be flexible in what you two undertake together, sometimes doing things you like and other times what she does. This demonstrates your interest in and commitment to developing your friendship. For example, if she wants to go running one day and you prefer to have brunch, do what she wants and suggest you run and have brunch next time. Women enjoy being around others who are positive and fun, which is especially true if she wants to be friends. She likely wants to enjoy time together and not immediately jump into how bad your life or the world is.  Start off your conversation with good news and things that have happened to you. Squeeze in negative topics once you’re both into the conversation and have loosened the mood a bit. Understand that every person has an occasional bad day. Talk to her about it and then move on, or else she might consider you a negative Nelly and not want to invest time in your friendship any longer.
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Discuss your interests. Listen intently. Maintain your independence and assert your opinions. Enjoy mutual and new activities. Make compromises. Stay positive and fun.

Set a chalk line 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) from each side edge. Measure between these lines to make sure it's 113 inches (290 cm) apart; take measurements at different points to see if the lines are parallel all along the platform. Place the 2 113 in (290 cm) boards at the top and bottom of the wall. Add 2 6 ft (1.8 m) boards to each end. Space the other 4 6 ft (1.8 m) boards out evenly across the middle of the wall running up and down. Nail the boards into each other with size 16 penny nails. Nail into the top and bottom of the wall at each perpendicular board, adding 2-3 nails to each end for every board. Cut the plywood to fit the wall by measuring the wall and the plywood. Lay it on top of the wall, and then use size 6 penny nails to nail it into the boards below. Try to place a nail at least every 1 foot (0.30 m) or so. Move this wall off the platform to work on another wall. Lay 2 192 in (490 cm) boards going lengthwise along the platform, one at the top and one at the bottom to form the wall. Place 1 6 ft (1.8 m) board on each end and space the other 8 out along the middle at an equal distance. Nail the wall together with size 16 penny nails by adding 2-3 at the top and bottom of each vertical board. Wait to cut and nail in the plywood siding for this wall. Do this step twice to build a wall for each side. Before building the front wall, you need to know how big of a space you need to leave in the front wall for a door. Measure the height and width of the door using a tape measure. Create the frame out of your 2 by 4 in (5.1 by 10.2 cm) boards. Cut 2 boards that go the height of the door and 1 that is the width of the door plus the width of the other 2 boards. Place the 2 longer boards parallel to each on the floor on their edges and the shorter board perpendicular at the top on its edge. Spread the 2 longer boards out so they are at either end of the shorter board, then nail them into place with size 16 penny nails to form the frame. Lay out 2 113 in (290 cm) boards at the top and bottom. Lay down the door frame you built where you want the door to go. Space out 3-4 12 ft (3.7 m) on either side of the door frame, placing one each directly on either side of the door. Cut a board to fit on top of the door frame going horizontally between the 2 vertical boards. Then, cut a board to go from the top of that board up to the top board of the wall frame.  Nail everything together in the frame with size 16 penny nails. Secure the long board to the top and bottom boards and the door frame to the vertical boards. You may need to go in at an angle for the vertical board above the door. Cut plywood siding to fit over everything but the door frame and nail it into place with size 6 penny nails. Lay out the boards you made for the triangular roof brace. Nail the boards into place with size 16 penny nails. Remember, you need to make 2 triangles, one for each side. Place the longest edge along the top of the wall with the right angle at the front. This side will meet the tall wall at the front of the shed. Use size 16 penny nails to attach the piece to the top of the wall. Cut plywood siding to fit the walls and nail it into place.
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Mark the platform to use as a guide for the back wall. Lay the boards out for the back wall and nail them to each other. Add plywood siding to the wall. Repeat the process for the side walls. Measure the door you plan to use for the front. Make a frame for the door. Build the front wall. Make triangular pieces for the side walls to brace the roof. Nail these triangles into the top of the side walls.