Friday, July 8, 2016, was my 21st birthday. Yes, of course, it was a weekend for the books. One that was filled with lots of love and adventures with family and friends. Going out for the first time into bars and clubs after finally turning 21 is a pretty awesome experience, you definitely feel more included in all the crazy festivities of adulthood.

However, one major thing that all women have run into problems with when they go out is there is always that one guy, the creeper staring in the corner, always making eye contact and hovering way too close when you're dancing with your friends. In Nashville this past weekend, when my group of family and friends was hanging out at a local bar, there was a guy in his mid-late 50s grinding with a heavily intoxicated woman against a wall, while wearing a bright red shirt saying, "She Wants the D." If that doesn't say creep..I don't know what does.

I'm by no means saying that all men are like this when they go out, I'm just referring to those awkward, strange guys that lurk in the background. You know, that guy. So guys out there, please don't be that guy. Girls will have much more respect from you if you are straight-forward with them and just ask them politely to dance. For the girls out there who struggle saying no to dance with those creepy guys out there, here's 7 tips for how to avoid these creepy men at the club.

1. Go out in a big group of friends, preferably with guy friends and/or a significant other to protect you and the other girls if anything gets weird.

Not that you can't handle anything that goes down yourself, but keeping a circle of guys around you will propel all the weird dudes away.

2. Break out some throwback dance moves from the '80s and '90s. Just to throw them off a little bit.

The funky chicken, the lawnmower, the windmill, the disco, walk like an Egyptian, the running man, the shopping cart...the weirder, the better!

3. Bring your mom or dad out with you! You know they won't have any creepy man trying to get it on with you!

They don't care if they embarrass you. Trust me, you'll be thanking them when they've scared off you know who.

4. Fart.

Every step you take works. Jumping up and down after eating Chipotle and drinking beer definitely helps!

5. Each time they make eye contact with you, give 'em the weirdest face you have and pray they stop looking at you.

Gotta give credit to Jenna Marbles on this one. Pure genius idea right there.

6. Go buy yourself a big bottle of something, plop down on the couch, watch some Netflix and don't even bother going out in the first place.

At home you don't have creepy men staring at you (hopefully) AND you don't have to wear pants. Sounds like a win, win to me!

7. Just say no. NO NO NO.

Yeah, it might seem rude at times, but sometimes the best way to avoid a sticky situation with a creepy guy is to just say no and get the hell away.

If these ideas don't work for you, the best of luck! Oh and guys...please don't be that guy.

Sincerely,

Girls Everywhere