Tips for the first date

Well done you, you’ve made it to a date, so here are some handy hints to help the first meeting go well.

Decide on a public place, you don’t know if your date is actually an axe murderer, so play it safe!

Choose somewhere that you’ll relax and enjoy, if you don’t like coffee don’t go for coffee. If your mates work in a local restaurant avoid it, as that is a recipe for disaster. Who wants to be watched as they muddle their way through a first date?

What to wear? This can say a lot about you, farmers shirt, boring,. Low cut top and skirt, easy. Remember you’re looking for romance not a one night stand. Dress appropriately to the venue of your date, show you’ve made a bit of effort, nice earrings and a necklace, or an ironed shirt, but don’t go OTT. Remember desperate is not attractive.

If eating, think sensibly, do you want to watch him as he slurps his soup, or as bolognaise flicks everywhere as you suck up spaghetti? Remember you might want a second date but if you end up with a face that looks like you’ve only just learnt to feed yourself, it’s not going to happen.

When it comes to paying the bill, remember girls it’s the twenty first century, offer to cough up for your half. Although, lads it doesn’t hurt to buy the girl a drink!

Drinking, unless your T-Total we all enjoy a drink, but don’t get lashed, and pour your heart out, or worse, tell them their profile picture was kind to them!

SOS escape! There is always the worry that you’ll be stuck with Mr or Miss Boring, wishing the ground would swallow you up before you get to the point of shaking them to see if there is any life in them! Arrange to meet for a couple of hours and say you’ve got plans for after, so if your thinking of ways to kill yourself you know you can escape. If however you like them, their voice is like music to your ears, you can postpone your later plans!