Hard earned advice.
Dating? Here's some advice on first dates from the book "How to Survive Dating" (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $12.95), straight from people who've done it:
“Don’t take me someplace really expensive on a first date. I’ll feel uncomfortable. I’ll feel like I owe you something and if I don’t like you that much then I feel bad. It’s a waste of your money.”
—Amy, Atlanta
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“On a first date be yourself, if you’re likeable. If you’re not likeable, hopefully you know it and you can pretend to be. If you’re not likeable but you can get through six months pretending you are, then you can convince anyone that the real you is likeable and the person you seem to be is the result of stress, from family, work—it might even be her fault.”
—M.P., Miami
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“Just be yourself on the first date. You probably have something in common with the girl. You’ve just got to find that common ground.”
—Travis Widner, Atlanta
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“I went to an NBA game for a first date a little while ago. It was super fun because the game was exciting, so we could talk about the game while we were having a getting-to-know-eachother chat. And there was that mystery, because we would only make occasional eye contact.”
—T.J., Grass Valley, Calif.
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“For a first date, especially a blind date where there’s that awkwardness, try doing an activity instead of just a meal or movie. On one of my best blind dates ever, I took her bowling, and it was just so silly that it broke the ice for us.”
—M.S., New York City
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