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How to Ruin a First Date
It’s amazing how often I see women make mistakes that can
kill a date before it even gets started. You are out to have
a good time and you want to be yourself, but there is some
information you just want to save for later on.
I have been on hundreds of first dates and there are a few
things that a woman can do to kill my attraction for her
instantly. It’s true that men are visual, but having nice
looks just gets you a first date, if you do something weird you
can ensure that there is never a second date.
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How Many Exes?
One of the biggest mistakes women do on a first date is talk
about an ex. I have seen the entire spectrum of women who do
this and it’s NEVER a good idea. I have been on dates
where women talk about how their last boyfriend was abusive and
now he’s in jail, how they have had sex with over 100 men and
the last one was just a few hours ago, how they are still in love
with their ex, how a certain ex was the best lover ever, how her
last boyfriend was the one but just didn’t realize he should
marry her. I could go on and on. I have seen it dozens
of times and every time I without exception I think about how
inappropriate it is.
Even if I tell a woman that it’s not ok to talk about her
exes, usually she won’t stop. Because she has made it a
part of her character.
I can usually tell a lot about someone based on the stories
they tell in conversation. Younger women often only have
stories about their parents or siblings. A little later in
life, women have stories about their friends. Before long,
some only have stories about their exes.
If a woman only has stories about her exes this tells me
several things about her. She is perpetually in
relationships and that is a big red flag for me. I want to
be with a woman who is complete on her own, as Travis teaches
about in GirlGetsRing. I also know that a girl ditches her
friends as soon as she’s in a relationship, otherwise she would
be telling stories about them.
When I hear about a woman’s exes I start to compare myself to
them and I don’t like that. I only talk about my exes in
my books and blog posts, I never talk about them on dates. I
don’t want to make a woman I’m with uncomfortable and you
shouldn’t do it to a man. You might be thinking right now
that there is an exception to the rule, but there really isn’t.
Talking about your exes is always awful on a first date.
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Do You Want to Get Married?
I talk extensively in GirlGetsRing about my one blind date.
My dad set me up with a girl who was just awful. One of the
many mistakes she made was asking questions that let me know she
was clearly husband shopping.
Let me be clear: I want you to marry me because you think I’m
amazing, not because you want to be married!
Husband auditions remove every single piece of specialness from
a relationship. Why would you ever want to do that?
It’s ok to screen a man and see if he’s good husband material,
but don’t be OBVIOUS about it.
Do not ask a man if he wants to get married, if he wants to
have children, where he sees himself in five years, etc.
All these questions are big red flags. I’ve actually
recently decided that I’m finally old enough to consider
settling down — but these questions still freak me out.
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The Interview
I’m a savvy conversationalist. I have written several
books on dating and communication, given numerous lectures and
personally trained hundreds of men on ways to improve their
conversational and dating skills…and yet I still go on boring
dates.
Some women will do whatever it takes to be on a boring date.
Here is a secret about women: you will ask boring questions and
then get upset with a man for giving boring answers. This is
a huge problem in online dating that I discuss in The Perfect
Profile – women make boring profiles and then can’t figure out
why they are getting boring emails.
On a date you don’t want to ask questions. Normal
conversation is a flow of statements. When you are talking
to your friends, it is almost always a group of people taking
turns telling stories. The only time we get asked questions
is at job interviews and on bad dates.
I know that sometimes you are both nervous and can’t make the
conversation flow. So it is ok to ask questions – they
just have to be open ended. Don’t ask him where he works.
How much money he makes. Does he have any brothers and
sisters. What’s his favorite color. How was the
commute to work.
You want to ask interesting questions:
What’s your best friend like?
Would you rather be able to fly or breathe underwater?
Why?
If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?
What makes you happy?
I know these are deeper questions, but there is nothing worse
than being boring. It’s the ultimate curse on a woman and
it’s just as bad as being called desperate.
If you can avoid these three mistakes your dates will start
going a lot better. And that will make life so much easier.
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