First Date Mistakes - 11 To Avoid

1

Stalked everything about them?

Obvio you both have stalked each other well but don’t make it obvious to the other person, hold it together and don’t say things like 'Oh, yeah I saw your pic from 10 years back on Insta which was 100 scrolls down.'

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2

Don’t endlessly blabber about work

Sure, know about each other’s work but they’re on a date to know more about you as a person, keep work talk to a minimum and move to the interesting parts of each other’s lives.

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3

Glued to your phone

It’s quite disrespectful if all you do is keep checking your phone every 5 mins during the date, try to keep it inside (your phone) till the date ends, make them feel important.

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4

Be a gentleman

Yes, equality and all that stuff, but chivalry shouldn’t be dead. Be a gentleman and always offer to pay the bill on the first date. If they insist, tell them to pay the next one so that you hint towards a second date as well as get permission to pay for this one ;)

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5

Scoring on first date? Think again!

Yup you’re a chad, we all are, but trying to score on the first date is a risky move. Try to get to know each other and make the moves after the first few dates, unless you both are clear on meeting once and for all and making beds break!

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6

Ex did this, Ex did that…

If you keep talking about your ex there’s a good chance the other person could doubt that you haven’t moved on yet. Plus it's a red flag.

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7

Trauma dumping

We all have trauma in our lives but the first date shouldn’t be the place to dump your truckload of trauma into them. It overwhelms them and doesn’t leave a good aftertaste for them to feel good about the first date.

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8

Showing up late

Be on time, duh!

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9

Don’t talk about yourself entirely

Keep a good balance of sharing about you and letting them share their experiences too. See it more like a game of tennis – you play your shot and then pass the ball to their court and it continues.

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10

Don’t try to be someone else

If you pretend to be someone else and they end up liking that version of you, you have to wear that mask every time you meet. Do you really want that? No, right? So keep it real, be YOU (no, not Joe Goldberg).

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11

Talking politics or controversial topics

Sure, nothing wrong in talking about politics & right to freedom of speech but let’s keep it for later dates. You don’t want to get physical (not that way) on the first date itself if you both have differing opinions.

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First date mistakes to avoid

Stalked everything about them?

Don’t endlessly blabber about work

Glued to your phone

Be a gentleman