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focus on your date. Talk! Communicate!
Get to know each other’s favourites and
pet peeves! Human interaction involves
the entirety of your communications
arsenal and that includes your tone of
voice and body language. Being preoccu-
pied with your phone signals that you’re
bored and uninterested in your date, so
unless you specifically want to drive them
away, resist the temptation to instagram
the Lobster Thermidor that just arrived.
Kiss and Don’t Tell
How
about you leave the intimate details
out of your Christmas newsletter? Some
things are better left just between the
both of you. And I’m sure nana would
appreciate the discretion.
Don’t be rude
Nothing
puts someone off more than
their hot date being rude to the wait staff.
One of the key indicators of a person’s
true attitude is the way he or she treats
people who are ‘beneath’ them – and
service staff frequently bear the brunt
of many a customer’s wrath. We’re not
saying put on a front. We’re saying –
look at the way you treat people. If you
continually mistreat others, then you
probably have a few issues that you need
addressed. But in the meantime, keep the
rudeness in check.
Be punctual
Don’t
make your date wait. Tardiness is
never accepted, so if you need a couple
of minutes, kindly inform them with a
call or a text message. There is nothing
hot about a habitually disorganised date.
Leave the cursing to pirates on
a ship
One
too many bad words and you might
find yourself waving goodbye as your date
abruptly runs out the door. On the other
hand, a well-placed, well-crafted, classy
comment on a particularly troublesome
item or person may very well land you a
second date as you impress them with
your repository of incredible vocabulary
and spunk. But wait – don’t overdo it!
Nobody likes a critical, sharp-tongued
smartass.
Stop complaining
There
are times where you can whine,
and a date isn’t one of them. Don’t whine
at the lukewarm soup; politely ask the
Reflections
So you’ve landed a datewith that cute guy/girl from the gym. You pick out the
perfect outfit, sport a fresh new ‘do, spray on some exquisite cologne or perfume…
but onewrongmove could send all your hardwork spiralling down a dark abyss with
noway back. It would do youwell to take note of and steer clear off these dating
no-nos. This is by nomeans an extensive rulebook on securing love success, but
we hope they can help you to some extent.
Dating Don’ts
waiter to warm it up for you. Don’t make
a big deal out of little things, and most
of all don’t ever whine about your ex!
Nobody really appreciates being accosted
on the face with your emotional baggage.
Check your Oral health
Nothing
turns people off more than
a waft of last night’s onion soup when
they’ve made the choice to spend some
quality time with you. Brush your
teeth, use some mouthwash and pop a
mint or two if you find that you need to
deal with persistent oral problems.
Put that darned phone down
You’re
going on a date with a human
being, not Siri. So put the phone aside and