Dating Tips for Men

She said yes. Yes! You like her and asked her out on a date. Now what? Here are some basic dating tips to ensure that your first date go smoothly.

Take care in your personal hygiene and appearance. This may be an obvious given but someone that I went out with our first date showed up after a soccer game. He was in the game therefore he came straight from the game unshowered and disheveled . Come to think of it, I think I was overdressed versus the soccer uniform.

It’s 2009 but it’s still cool to display good manners and etiquette. Don’t sit in the car if she’s trying to get over a snowbank because there’s no shovelled walkway and you pretend not to hear her asking for your help. One of my fondest moments is someone who wanted me to lift his car trunk because he didn’t want to get his wool coat dirty yet I could get mine dirty. Needless to say that date did not go to a second date. 

Be prepared and have a plan. A plan of where you and your date will be heading off that afternoon or evening. If dinner is on the agenda make sure to make a reservation if the restaurant takes them. If the restaurant does not take reservations make sure to find out when they get their busy peak and if there is a lounge where you can wait with your date if it comes to that. It’s always great to pick a place where you can actually conversate with your date and get to know each other.

Make eye contact and listen attentively. There is nothing more attractive than a man that is actually looking into my eyes listening to what I have to say even if it’s just about how much I enjoy sugar. Steer clear of speaking about your last ex-girlfriend(s). It surprises me how many men think it’s okay to tell us their last girlfriend’s name, dress size and how crazy she is. Sigh.

Are you naturally humorous? Add some of your charm into the conversation and watch her laugh with you. Just be yourself. Don’t try too hard otherwise she’ll see right through it.

At the end of the date you usually know if you want to see her again and vice versa. If you plan on actually calling her let her know by throwing another date out there. If not then don’t put it out there if you are really not going to go through with it. There is nothing like ruining the first date than by not calling like a guy says he will. Now make sure to help her over that snowbank.