6. If they’re having problems with work or study, they don’t act tough, but instead ask for help
“A guy will feel affection for a girl if he thinks, ‘She’s happy to come to me for help.’” Exposing your weaknesses to a guy may stimulate his protective instincts. However, asking him to help with anything and everything may damage his impression of you, and cause him to think, “She has no independence at all.”