Important First Date Tips After Meeting Someone Online (Part 1)

In the digital age, we increasingly find ourselves on a date with a person whom we know from a profile on Veronikalove and correspondence. One day you will meet in a restaurant or somewhere else. Sitting opposite each other, you will compare an actual person with her photos on the website. Don't panic. What are you going to talk about? There are some tips for you.

Don't expect too much
Seriously. We want everything to go perfectly, but this is rarely the case, even in the best-case scenario. Chances are, the date will be filled with awkward moments, silly jokes, and eternity-long pauses. The best thing you can do to avoid it is not even try to avoid it. Just relax and let the date take its course. Do not draw in your imagination the woman of your dreams, even if during the correspondence it seems to you that you have found a soul mate.

Better café than restaurant
A first date at a table with a snow-white tablecloth in the most expensive restaurant in town is a bad idea. Aside from the inevitable question of what to wear and who pays for dinner, both of you will feel uncomfortable. An ordinary cafe, pizzeria, or even a leisurely stroll through the park, if the weather permits, is best suited for the first meeting.

Give time for both of you
You will be embarrassed. Few people feel free and uninhibited at the first meeting.  Full confidence this is a person who will spend the rest of her days with you, raise four children and die in one day with you is a good idea, but you will see it gradually. Believe me, such stories are found only in romantic comedies. In real time, people need time to get used to a new person: to find common themes and establish contact. In general, do not rush to make conclusions about a person in the first ten minutes of a date.

Don't be afraid to pause
Pauses are normal, you are not an announcer on television, and you are not giving a presentation to the board of directors of your company. Of course, it will be better if you come up with several topics in advance that could be potentially interesting to both you and your partner. Don't stay only within "safe" topics like the weather. Remember, your goal is to make a person open up, find out her interests. Talk about travel, animals, or family relationships if the topic isn't too personal for you.