Ricky Nelson - 1960's dating advice - Boomer's Fifties Teen Idol Magazine

The Girls I Go for
by Ricky Nelson
(as told to Hollywood teen-ager magazine, 1960)

Ask him about girls and dates, and Ricky Nelson heaves a heavy sigh.
All I have to say, Ricky declares wearily, is that the only way to learn about girls is to date.

Me, I don't intend to get married until I'm twenty-five. That was the age my mother and dad were when they got married, and it sure turned out well for them.

Just what does Ricky Nelson look for? He has very definite ideas. I suppose it's not really important, but I like girls of average height, say about 5'5". Mainly because I like a girl who can keep up in all the sports I enjoy, like tennis and riding.

I think the most important thing for a girl-and boys too, for that matter--is to be natural. There's nothing that bugs me more than girls who put on an act, who are affected in the way they talk, dress or in their manner.

I shy away from a girl who is too over-bearing and agressive, too, Ricky says. "They're too much for me. But on the other hand, I like it is the girl is a little bit agressive. I used to be terribly shy, and to some extent, I still am. So I don't mind in the least if a girl calls me, instead of waiting for me to call her. In fact, I'm kind of relieved.

I like girls who are sensitive about people's feelings too, says Ricky. An insensitive girl hurt me very badly once. It was a couple of years ago. We were driving in my car with the radio on. I said, Isn't that number great? I'd like to make a record of it. Wel, she laughed as if that was the funniest idea in the world. In a way, I'm grateful to that girl because I made up my mind then and there that I would become a singer.

Being sensitive includes having a little thought for a guy's financial status, too, Ricky goes on. A guy can really get clobbered by a girl who doesn't consider how much money's being spent on a date. Ask the man who knows --some girls think I'm loaded, but until I'm twenty one, I'll get only a $10-a-week allowance. I have a few charge accounts, and once in a while I can put a touch on Dad for something special, but that's just about all.

Ricky's Nelson's favorite dates include the movies, or swimming, or riding, with a stop at a drive-in afterward.

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