Love Question Eight
Hello and happy Thursday everyone! (It’s almost Friday. It’s almost Friday…)
Short Sweet Love Poems has provided another interesting prompt into the world of love, relationships and dating. As always, if you decide to participate, leave comments here or leave a link to where you have answered the question.
On to the question!
When you decide to go on a first date with another person, you would naturally have certain expectations of him or her. And if the person fails to meet those expectations, that might well end up as a turn-off and there certainly won’t be a second date to come.
Some people find being late is a huge turn-off. Others can’t stand their dates chatting on the cell phone, leaving them waiting for the conversation to end. Talking about an ex in detail is also a big no-no to many.
So, for Love Q #8, let’s share this: What would turn you off when it comes to the first date?
Is it bad it feels like ages since I’ve gone on my first date? To be honest, I haven’t ever had a first date. There was a kind of one, but not really.
Anyway, enough about me.
As far as annoyances go, the biggest complaint from first dates would be the date who only talks about “me, me, me�?. First dates happen because you’re getting to know each other. Both people.
I’d like to add on another one, though. Someone who tries too hard. It’s the first date, not your final exams. Relax, talk to me, have fun, flirt a little… Don’t have a fit if there is something imperfect about the night and definitely don’t try to make me fall desperately in love on the first date. (It isn’t going to happen Casanova.)
What do you think?
June 19th, 2008 at 3:45 am
Sometimes, I feel it is all chemistry. For me, I just don’t like men not paying, awkward silence, and men not taking the lead, ie. leaving everything to me on where to go, what to do. I guess different people have different tolerance level for different things and personalities.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:36 am
I agree…someone that is me me me and shows no interest in getting to know me. Also would be arrogance (which goes hand in hand with me me me) and someone who obviously just wants sex and makes the date about that. Someone with poor hygiene would be a big one for me. Someone that talks about how his Mom cooks him dinner every night and he’s 40. Someone that treats the wait staff bad or like they are beneath them. Someone that talks too much about work and not enough about passions and free time interests. Being uptight, vain or not a good conversationalist. Someone that says “you know what I mean” or similar things over and over. Someone that answers cell phone repeatedly.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Oh, someone with bad hygiene and/or someone who is rude to the waitstaff would really get to me.