1. Be on time -
The last thing you want to do is make a bad impression
on your date. If you are late
then your date
will think that you don’t care or that he/she
isn't important. Even worse, your date might
not hang around for you
to
turn up.
2. Make your
partner feel comfortable - We all feel
like a bag of nerves on our first date with someone;
so by making your date feel comfortable you will
be able to also relax and simply enjoy yourself.
3. Be an interesting
date - The worse thing you can do is turn
up for a date with someone then sit there
all night with nothing to say or ask! Be prepared
to be interesting and to have a good conversation.
Show you are interesting (and a good listener)
by asking questions that help you learn interesting
things about your date. Dress great. Take great
care in your hygiene. Don't reveal too much about
yourself, but reveal just enough to show the other
person that you are interesting and different -
in a good way.
4. Laugh
at their jokes - Even if you have heard
the joke 100 times or more (or it just isn't
funny at all) laughing a long with your date will
make your date feel
you are interested in him/her. It will at least
make your date feel more comfortable with the situation.
5. Keep the conversation
alive - That dreaded silence when no one
knows what to say can seem to last for
a life time and will make both of you think the
other is boring. Jot down a few questions you would
like
to ask (but don't refer to the list during your
date!). Practicing for the date can make quite
a bit of
difference
and
once
you
have
started
a great conversation, the rest will
just follow.
Here are a few conversation
starters you may want to use.
6. Take an interest in your date -
Listen to your date when he/she is talking. Be interested
in what
your date has to
say
and show how interested you are by asking
questions about what your date is talking about.
For example, if your date says he/she likes to travel
then ask him/her what the most unique place is he/she
has traveled to.
7. Take your date somewhere
unique - First dates don’t
just have to be about going to the cinema or to
a restaurant for a nice meal. You will make a longer,
lasting impression
if you are imaginative with your date. Check out
these creative
date ideas and these first
date ideas.
8. Be confident - Confidence says a lot about a person. Being more
confident will help you get through that
first date with ease.
9. Be yourself -
You won’t
fool anyone by pretending to be someone you are
not.
10. Most importantly
- STAY SAFE. Check out our pointers to dating
safely.
1. Be late - First impressions
count and if you are late then this will make your
date think of you as lazy,
having
lack of initiative, or not putting an importance
on the evening.
2. Talk about yourself
all night - There is nothing worse then
a person that loves to talk about himself
or herself all the time. Be the one asking the
questions!
3. Talk
about past relationships - Maybe that’s
how you lost the last one. Nobody wants to hear you
drone on about your ex and what he or she
did or didn't do. Concentrate on your date
and see if you can get to the second date.
4. Eat with your
mouth open - This will not only create
a negative impression of you to your date, but
also to other people around you.
5. Ask too many personal questions -
This is your first date and your date may not want
to reveal too much about himself/herself just yet.
If you like each
other and want
to continue with the relationship then there will
be plenty of time to ask more intimate questions.
6. Try to be someone
you are not - It's important to be yourself
as you don't want other people to settle for anything
different. Trying to act like someone you are not
will only backfire in the future.
7. Forget to thank them for the date -
It is good manners and etiquette to thank your date
for the evening. If you don't want to go on a date
again, this is where you will get your chance to
end it. If you do, then this is your chance to ask
your date out on another date.
8. Propose marriage or kids -
Unless you don’t
want to see them again.
9. Pursue sex; especially after
your partner has said no.
10. Get drunk -
You don’t
want to spend half the night in the toilet vomiting
and your
date won’t think much of you. You can also
put yourself at risk of unwanted advances and will
not
be in the right frame of mind or body to do anything
about it.
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