Bachelorette Emily Maynard: I Like Guys Who Aren’t Show-Offs

When it comes to dating, Emily Maynard has been through it all. She's suffered tragedy, breakups, babies, and vampire hunters who do it with their cousins (looking at you, Alessandro), so obviously this girl has great advice. Are you an eligible bachelor who wants to know how to attract a lady? Then listen up!  

While Emily thinks it's important that men open up and dish their feelings, she likes to work for it. "You have to give a girl a little bit, but not smother her," she tells Esquire. "I saw something in a couple of the guys, like Sean. He's like a vault almost. And he hung out in the back a lot. But I saw something really special in him that I wanted to get to know better. So it made me work a lot harder. And Jef — he was not into it at all, so it really made me want to work for it. Eventually, true feelings really do start to grow."

More than anything, Emily hates show-offs (cough, Ryan, cough). "Every girl's different, but for me, I tend to like guys who kind of hang at the back and aren't the guy who's like, 'Look at me up here. I'm so great. I have such a fantastic job,'" she says. "I like guys who are just themselves and genuine and funny."

Despite the fact that The Bachelorette is a competition, Emily doesn't like her suitors to get in each other's faces. "I don't think any guy that's being super-competitive over a girl — I don't think that's attractive at all," Emily says. "I want to know that the person I'm with, potentially forever, can be put in any situation and get along with everybody. I don't want him fighting at Christmas parties and stuff. But honestly, all the guys on my season were such good friends that I would walk into a room and think, 'Am I crashing guys’' night? This is awkward. You guys get along too well.'"

So, what are Emily's absolute deal breakers? "Don't come in dressed as a grandmother. Don't compare my daughter to an egg," she jokes. "Those are probably at the top of my list."

The top of our dealbreaker list? Men who don't know how to skateboard.

Source: Esquire