If you are in love with a Gemini then you are going to have be prepared to give the object of desire a lot of space. A Gemini does not like to feel owned, smothered, restricted or limited in anyway. He or she feels burdened by the responsibility of having to respond to or take care of your feelings. It is just not going to happen! So before you take on a Gemini make sure that you are not the type that can�t handle rejection. Most likely if you do have an emotional problem you will be told to deal with it.

Also a Gemini may not respond in the usual predictable manner to familiar emotional stimuli. For instance it can take a Gemini a long time to realize that you want to be more than friends. This is because this eloquent and witty sign flirts continually without any intention of having a relationship. Both sexes are notorious teases that are always wondering how they ended up with so many stalkers.

Geminis are used to being surrounded by lots of suitors and lots of friends. Many of them are talents so you might also have to contend with an adoring public or a big social circle. So if you are a jealous type or require a lot of one on one time you may not necessarily get it from a Gemini.

Most Geminis think they live in a sitcom which must include a number of friends who visit them every day. Oh and did I mention that most of these friends will be completely nuts? Mercurial Geminis have a way of seeing genius and brilliance where others only see incompetence and sloth.

There is no way you are going to escape the influence or judgement of this posse. In fact one common Gemini trait is for him or her to take a poll to see what all of the friends think of you before they make a move.

Yet another certainty is that no detail of your relationship will be kept discreet. Your every move will be analyzed and judged. A select group of friends will know everything from when you first slept together to what you eat for breakfast to your most annoying habit. Geminis are gossips and raconteurs and they love to keep people updated on what is going on their latest soap opera.

In fact the number one reason that Geminis lose partners is because they tend to give all of their power to their friends and not the new relationship. This is because every Gemini believes that friends last forever but lovers don�t. This is why the friends always get the priority. To keep a Gemini you have to be a lover and a friend too!

If you want to impress a Gemini on a first date then go for excitement. They love speed, adventure and the great outdoors. A Gemini is exactly who you should be taking to an amusement park or water park on a first date. It is a Gemini that is voted most likely to hang upside down with you from a bungee cord.

They also love big parties and opportunities to social climb. Many of them are addicted to culture and are happiest at the movies, the theater or a book launch. If you know people in the arts you will impress a Gemini.

If you want to bore a Gemini to death then ask him or her over to dinner with just the two of you. Make a home cooked meal in an apartment without any windows. He or she will feel completed trapped and rather than succumb to any after dinner seduction ask where the two of you are going next. The key is to keep the Gemini on the move.

When it comes to giving a Gemini a gift they are very impressed by anything that has a bit of a novelty or that is a gadget of some kind such as a cell phone or kitchen appliance. They also love unusual watches and clocks. If it lights up digitally somehow, a Gemini will love it.

Gemini�s also love to read books and watch movies so DVD�s and any type of literature is also an appropriate gift. Magazine subscriptions are also the way to the Gemini heart.

Many of you who have crushes on this strange sign may be dismayed to learn that even though they are very attractive and often dress provocatively many are simply not that interested in sex. They like the idea of sex and the flirting and witty conversation that precedes it better than the actual act.

If you do manage to have sex with one of The Twins you will then be presented with the challenge of keeping the relationship. One key is to keep the relationship as formal and flirtatious as possible. It also helps to keep a Gemini wondering about what may happen next. A curious Gemini is a happy one!

If you want to bond more closely with a Gemini or get him or her alone then suggest a long adventure together. A Gemini loves nothing more than to escape mundane reality by escaping an exotic land. This way they can write about it or pretend to be somebody else.

Make sure that this is not a static holiday where the two of you are trapped on some Caribbean compound with a golf course as the Gemini will just interpret this as a prison sentence in the sun. Make sure you are trekking through the wilderness, visiting ancient mystical places or kayaking down a river.

Yet another secret to wooing a Gemini has to do with their personal habits. Most of them are complete slobs. They have a file by pile method of living. Many of them live �out of their bodies and in their heads.� If they see that you are at all willing to clean up for them or hire a maid for them then that is usually what seals the deal and delivers you into a long term relationship with this sign.

However don�t expect any nurturing back from a Gemini. Be prepared to put up with dirty dishes and clothes thrown all over the place. You may also be out of luck if you get sick. A Gemini does not have one nurturing bone in his or her body and will move on!

In the next article... we will take a look at the challenges of courting a Cancer native.