So you like someone...maybe you met in the street, a store, a bar, a club, a petrol station (if that's your thing) or maybe you've known each other for a lengthy segment of time. Juicy.
Let's say for the sake of this post that you met this person a few days ago.
You exchanged phone numbers, had brief but successful conversation and got to know each other just enough to be assured that you're both okay human beings.
Now you're sitting in your room, eating quality popcorn I hope, debating whether or not to make the first move.
Once you've got that out the way (it's fine if you're a wait-er instead of a go-getter), it gets to the point where you mutually feel like meeting up again. "YAY THIS PERSON THAT YOU LIKE IS GOING TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE AND YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THEM AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME" your brain says for a minute to a soundtrack by Pharrell Williams. And then it hits you.
What. On Earth. DO I DO.
Fear not fwend. For I am here to attempt to write an attempt to help.
Here are my Rules for first-date-type encounters, followed by the Do's and Don't's when yattering/muttering sentences at your likeable person.
Les Rules.
If you have any further questions, I quite like being a human problem solver/improver-at-least so feel free to send them my way. (online, sorry, my owl's got lost)
Let's say for the sake of this post that you met this person a few days ago.
You exchanged phone numbers, had brief but successful conversation and got to know each other just enough to be assured that you're both okay human beings.
Now you're sitting in your room, eating quality popcorn I hope, debating whether or not to make the first move.
Once you've got that out the way (it's fine if you're a wait-er instead of a go-getter), it gets to the point where you mutually feel like meeting up again. "YAY THIS PERSON THAT YOU LIKE IS GOING TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE AND YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THEM AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME" your brain says for a minute to a soundtrack by Pharrell Williams. And then it hits you.
What. On Earth. DO I DO.
Fear not fwend. For I am here to attempt to write an attempt to help.
Here are my Rules for first-date-type encounters, followed by the Do's and Don't's when yattering/muttering sentences at your likeable person.
Les Rules.
- Appearance - if you don't want it to be like a date, don't dress like you're going on one. Just wear what you normally would for a trip out shopping/to the cinema/to the skatepark (some of you are probably that badass). Make sure it's an outfit that is or that contains an item that you feel good in. Like super good. Then you will radiate self-confidence and that is super attractive.
- Act like yourself - you may reject this line of advice often. You may share Miranda's here view: --> But (and this may be the most important part, do not ask why this is point number 2...(it's late and I need my 8 hours of Netflix)) - if the person you like doesn't like you as you then they can go and stuff their head up a cow's butt and never return as far as you're concerned. Do not let anybody change you. What I'm trying to say is - they're not worth your fabulous attention and time. The only way to find this out it to be yourself.
- Sobriety - As a first date rule, and this probably applies to the following dates up to a point, don't get drunk. You may end up saying something you don't mean to or falling over and making a twonk out of yourself and end up remembering it the morning after in a painful headache-d daze and becoming forever embarrassed to see this person ever again.You preferably want to remember the date the next day.
- Worst Case Scenario? FWEND - Yeah, yeah, the friendzone.
Les Do's et les Don't's a la Talking.
- DO fill the awkward silences - Or at least try to. With words preferably. Don't just start singing please. Only if it's a really really good song. Like 'Take On Me.'
- DON'T talk about exes/other people you sound more romantically interested in than them - They will not know who they are. Your jokes about that time at a festival or party in Leeds/Magaluf/Your Friend's Abode will mean nothing to them and this will reflect on their reacting facial expressions. And your date points.
- DON'T bitch - Yes. I just said the word for female dog. Woof. But seriously don't - it doesn't give a fabulous impression of your amazing self and I know we all do it from time to time...but this is not the time. (This does not fall under 'Acting Like Yourself'. This falls under 'Acting Like Your Evil Twin'.)
- DO smile :) - It's likely that you don't bear the most preciously perfect set of pearly whites, and that's absolutely fine. Smiling is about showing that you're having a great time and that you appreciate the company of your likeable person. Not your need to display the pointiness of your incisors.
- DO pay compliments - If you're a male reader, you've probably tried to do this more times than you need in your life (merci) and if you're a female reader, this applies to you too - everything suggesting 'men should do all the asking on dates/proposing/etc in heterosexual relationships' is, in my opinion, absolute dog's DOO-DOO and no wonder it is mostly males who are unfaithful, as due to tradition those particular ones probably think they own all the romantic relationships they have. They don't by the way. Outshine them, fellow girlies.
If you have any further questions, I quite like being a human problem solver/improver-at-least so feel free to send them my way. (online, sorry, my owl's got lost)
To sum up, I apologise for anyone who has spent their time reading this who is in a perfectly functional relationship and didn't need to... but then why did you? I'm not really sorry muahahahahahahahaha
Instead I am grateful for your support. Normally I don't get that many messages to me from my blogsite but I will be doing a Q&A when I get enough so please send your questions in via the contact form. They can be about anything - what I eat at 6pm on Thursdays, or if I own any magical stones. If you want it to be super anonymous and you know where I live (creepy), write a note (maybe in a brown felt tip pen like Tracy Beaker's mum)
and post it through my door with a super secret SecretName. Like Fanta Tamagotchi. or something. I really hope someone is called that now.
Rhiannon x
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