Ok, here’s your latest edition of Date Doctor…it’s getting warm and I know you singles are getting hot in the pants area…so don’t muck up your first chance to make your best impression! I was listening to The Yolanda Adams Morning Show a few weeks ago and had to share these tips with my fab peoples:
Top Ten Ways to Ruin Your First Date:
- You don’t look like your picture: On your online profile, you post your best picture—but it’s from 10 years ago. Your weight, hair, features, etc., have changed…but you kindly neglected to leave those facts out.
- You don’t present yourself in the best manner possible: You don’t even act you on a first date and that this is the first physical interaction that you are having with your date. You think that you are either with your buddies and can be completely yourself (you know that you have to hide the crazy part until he/she is yours for sure!) or you act like how you think the person should think you should act…but don’t realize that you are acting like a complete tool.
- Be late: Oh, don’t worry…people love to wait 10, 25, 20, or 25 minutes for their first date. If you know you are running late, you have a few options: call and reschedule waaaay before your date arrives, do your beet to be only 10-15 minutes late if completely unavoidable, OR come with very expensive and tasteful gifts as parting gifts.
- Forget your wallet: Do I even have to expound on this one?
- Use your cellphone: Ditto…..
- Be rude: Ok, the date is going as you imagined, but there is no need to act the fool. If you are disappointed or dissatisfied, end the date. In this case, honesty may be the best policy…but with tact.
- Complain throughout the date: Sure, your date would love to hear you complain about the decor, the food, the movie, your life, your job, your parents, your ex, your dog, etc….just be guaranteed that this will be the first and last date…unless your date is completely desperate for companionship until he/she finds someone else.
- Try to be too sexy: Leave the Pussycat Doll/Chippendale’s attire at home, please. Sexy is being on time, looking presentable and stylish (in your own way), giving good personality, and great conversation. Your body parts should be hidden in strategic ways until the time comes…
- Tell dirty jokes: This will not loosen up your date…usually…if you both realize that dirty jokes is a passion that you share…sheck it up with your nasty tales….but tread those waters lightly until you get to know each other better.
- Invite yourself in after the date: If you actually get to y our date’s front door, don’t take it upon yourself to suggest a nightcap or any other post-date concession. For one, you don’t want to appear intrusive or over-eager, and for two, that person could hide all their craziness in their home and just be waiting for the next victim to enter….
Take these in stride…and have a strictly fab weekend!
