First impressions last, especially on your date. You hear about your buddies fuming about their dates last Saturday night that was a total disaster, you know you’re not that bad when it comes to dating but sometimes things just screw up. So here’s a list that might help you not to overlook the little or big things that might ruin your date and leave you alone and lonely next Saturday night and your long time crush to forever ignore you and act as if your date didn’t happen at all.
Look your best on the date
If possible do a little shopping and make sure your outfit suits you and if you don’t have a budget and will just borrow clothes from a friend, make sure that your clothes aren’t ill fitting. Make sure your clothes are clean, smell good, and are free of stains, rips or other visible damages. Also make sure to wear the right size of shoes and keep it clean and polished, if you’re wearing leather that is. I hope you don’t change to your usual favorite shirt at the last minute because you think you look weird, the more prepped up you are, the more impressed and touched your date will be. If your date sees you looking so devilishly handsome, she’ll think she must be pretty special to you and that’s a good thing.
Clean up before the date
Make sure you take a bath or a shower before you go fetch your date, brush your teeth, clean your ears, shave your moustache, goatee or beard, get your hair trimmed or at least style it properly and put some nice smelling cologne or perfume on. A date includes physical closeness so be sure you’re ready for some whispering to each other, hugging and kissing.
Be on time for the date
I know you hate waiting and so does your date! Make sure that you arrive early at her place to fetch her. You might as well buy her some lovely flowers or some sort of small gift to surprise her, your gift for your date doesn’t necessarily need to be expensive. You just have to know what she likes like lilies or a box of chocolate and buy some, this is surely make her extra happy even though your date hasn’t even started yet.
Be a gentleman on the date
Compliment your date often. You have to remember that you aren’t just hanging around with your college buddies so refrain from swearing, shouting, spitting or from doing your usual mannerisms. We all know that it is a practical thing to go Dutch nowadays but that isn’t really that ideal to go Dutch on your first date. Make sure you saved some budget for it.
Mind your table manners!
Don’t gross out your date by your table manners. It is always polite to not talk when your mouth is full, learn which proper utensils to use especially if you and your date are on a 3 course dinner. Don’t play with your food and try to avoid spilling you soup on the table cloth or even on yourself, you have to remember that girls don’t like messy eaters.
Be real on the date
You may have gotten out of your way just to make a good impression on your special date, but all your extra preparations will go to waste if you act like a jerk, don’t tell lies just to impress your date, or don’t force yourself to say that you have common interests with your date when you don’t even like lacrosse or ice skating. Be as transparent as you can be, even though at the end of your date you find out that you and your date don’t have that many common interests, at least you get plus points for being real and being a fun person to talk to and be with.
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