Dating : 10 Tips to Ace Your First Date With Him

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Valentine Day is coming, in the next few days we will write posts about dating. These posts might help you find the guy you’ve been dreaming of, someone to build something with.

So you’ve scored a date with him. Yay! But what do we do next? Fret not; we’ve enumerated a few tips below to make that first date a success. After all, you do want to have a second date with him, don’t you?

1. First, check out our dating safety tips which you can find here.
2. Dress the part and arrive on time. This one is a no-brainer. We want to impress him so we can’t be late and we can’t wear house clothes but we don’t want to look like we are attending a wedding, too.
3. Research the place. Eat where the two of you can have enough privacy to hold a conversation even if the place is at the same time busy. It would not be good if the two of you have to shout out each word that has to be said in order to hear each other. Also, does he have allergies? You can’t bring him to a seafood restaurant if he’s allergic to seafood.
4. Be yourself. I know I said we want to impress him, and the truth is, when dating we are selling/marketing ourselves to him because we want him to like us. But we can actually do that by being ourselves and by being kind.
5. Act natural. Don’t be awkward and don’t agonize over every single thing. Been there, done that, needless to say the date was a disaster. You’re nervous; you don’t know what to do. Chances are he feels the same way you do so let go of all that nervousness. Remember that he’s human as well and you’re there to have fun with him.
6. Break the ice. Prepare a topic to talk about. What does he love to do during his free time? Does he love cooking? Watching Naruto? Maybe share a funny story or two, it always does the trick. My very first date was a disaster. A friend said yes to him on my behalf (long story which is neither here nor there) which kind of made things even more awkward. He took me to a nice and expensive restaurant but I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t talk, I couldn’t swallow the food. Neither could he so we spent most of the time staring at our plates. We watched Evita at the movie theater and he bought me the album afterwards but even Madonna who we both love couldn’t save our date enough to try it again.
7. Be genuinely interested about him. Listen when he talks. Ask appropriate questions. After all, it’s the reason why you went out with him, isn’t it? To get to know him? But, tell him about yourself, too.
8. Perhaps the number one rule in dating: don’t talk about your ex. If you do, then it follows you’re not over your ex yet and your date will never appear before you again.
9. Have fun! It is contagious.
10. Thank him for his time and, did you enjoy it? Then let him know that you had, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t do so.

Have fun!

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