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" \n Guys often realize that a woman has serious girlfriend potential after they see her ace a sticky situation...like one of these four scenarios.  1. You Hole Up Together  It&amp;#039;s an early lust ritual: You hang out Friday night, blow off plans with friends, and come to, groggy and sexed-out, sometime on Sunday. Says Mark*, 27: &amp;quot;The first time Karen stayed over two nights in a row and was happy to hang in one of my shirts and no makeup \u2014 that&amp;#039;s when it clicked that she could be the real deal.&amp;quot; Being with each other around the clock tests if you can coexist. So keep the convos light, resign to using your finger as a toothbrush, and resist staying till his alarm goes off on Monday morning.  2. You Make an Ass of Yourself   &amp;quot;On my first date with Sara, we went ice-skating,&amp;quot; remembers James, 32. &amp;quot;She lost her footing and bonked her head on the ice. My first thought was &amp;#039;Ohmigod, she&amp;#039;s dead,&amp;#039; but to my surprise, she started cracking up.&amp;quot; Guys like a woman who doesn&amp;#039;t take herself too seriously. So if you lose your top in a wave at the beach, laugh it off. You may feel awkward, but he&amp;#039;ll dig your ability to roll with the punches.  3. You Get Really Mad  When a guy really ticks you off, you have two choices: fight right (tell him what&amp;#039;s up) or fight wrong (sulk, seethe, etc.). Twenty-four-year-old Matt&amp;#039;s woman made the correct move. &amp;quot;I avoided Lisa&amp;#039;s overprotective older brother for ages,&amp;quot; he admits. &amp;quot;About the sixth time I bailed on hanging with him, she said, &amp;#039;My brother may be a little hard to deal with, but he&amp;#039;s a big part of my life, and I need you to do this for me.&amp;#039; I loved that she was rational and honest, even though she was obviously pissed.&amp;quot;  4. You Hear About His Ex  You know your boy has an ex (or several), though he likely hasn&amp;#039;t said much about her. But there comes a time when discussing a former girlfriend is unavoidable. If you can take hearing about her in stride (read: no penetrating stares or snide comments about how she &amp;#039;sounds like a psycho&amp;#039;), it shows that you&amp;#039;re relatively insecurity-free, even when you hear her voice, as Kent&amp;#039;s lady did. &amp;quot;Once when Carla was over, I hit play on my answering machine,&amp;quot; says the 26-year-old. &amp;quot;There was a message from my ex, asking me for some work advice. Carla admitted she didn&amp;#039;t love that my ex still confided in me, but she believed me when I said it was over and didn&amp;#039;t dwell on the subject.&amp;quot;  *Names have been changed. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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