Scientific studies of women have revealed which hobbies women find attractive. Not surprisingly, women look for hobbies that indicate men have emotional depth, are masculine, and have intellectual curiosity, competence, passion, and creativity. Unfortunately, such men are rare.*

Here are some common faux pas men make when trying to impress women with their hobbies.

Telling women you play an instrument, but it is an accordion.

Telling women your hobby is collecting classic cars when your collection amounts to rusting cars in your front yard.

Telling women you love woodworking but the only thing you ever built is a coffee table from IKEA and you actually had to glue one of the legs on.

Telling women you love to read biographies but the only thing you read are the descriptions of where the Instagram Models you follow went to take their latest bikini pictures.

Telling women you love running, but actually mean you record marathons and then fast forward the recording because it makes the runners wiggle in a funny way.

Telling women you like to cook when your cooking is limited to barbecuing and parked in your garage is a giant grill on wheels that you tow to competitions on weekends where you barbecue massive amounts of meat.

Telling women you love to travel, but you mean going fishing in one county over.

Telling women you love animals, but your hobby is taxidermy.

Telling women you enjoy volunteering, but you mean judging a burping contest at your local bar.

While leaving out details is not lying, exactly, women will find out eventually so get it over with up front.

*Not surprisingly, the men on the meridian-street.com staff fit this description almost perfectly. And are good looking too.