Date Ideas

How to ignite the passion in your romance? How to keep the flames of passion burning? Is your romance dull and lacklustre? Then you need to read on and find out some great dating tips on what to do when you are together with your significant other!


Dating Ideas and Tips

Tip 1:
Ask him what his favorite sports team is and then surprise him with tickets. It would also help if you do a little research on the team and impress him with your knowledge!

Tip 2:
Be waiting for him when he gets home from work, candles lit, soft music playing, and his favorite meal fresh out of the oven. After dinner take him out for a walk under the stars, maybe go to a small cafe for after dinner coffee, someplace quiet, and relaxed.

Tip 3:
Sneak into his/her home and place little notes in places you know your partner will find them. It lets them know your thinking of them, and I promise you will be rewarded upon your next meeting. If you can't get into his/her house, sneak a note into his pocket or her handbag.

Tip 4:
Plan a scavenger hunt for your beau around your town. Leave little notes all over town leading him/her to new places. At each place have him/her pick something up for the evening (like food, movies, etc.) Send him/her to your favorite store and let him/her pick out something that HE/SHE likes. If you want to get really creative, make the notes into little rhymes. This idea takes a LOT of planning, but trust me, it's worth the time!

Tip 5:
Picnic! Find a good vantage point for watching the sunset, and set up a picnic, complete with champagne, strawberries, oysters... whatever you want & whatever you know will catch your honey's fancy... scatter rose petals around & light tea candles... and have him/her meet you there at what should be the best point in the sunset.

Tip 6:
Go bowling. Pretend you are the only people there. Dance whenever you get a strike (or even hit a pin). Do 'trick rolls' together. Make up funny names for each other to put on the overhead screen. Kiss each other between every turn. If you want to make this date romantic as well as fun call ahead and reserve a lane. Cover the area with rose petals and have one of the tables set up with a rose and a nice dinner.

Tip 7:
For the Casanova - Girls will fall in love with you all over for this one. Before she gets home, light a bunch of candles all over the house, Have a trail of rose petals going upstairs to the bathroom, there have a bubble bath with music and candles waiting, leave a note saying something sweet, while she's in make rose petals go to the bed, then spread them all over the bed, more candles, and have 12 full roses on the bed. When she comes out to find it all surprise her with a kiss and carry her to the bed.

Tip 8:
Here is an idea that on the onset seems a bit childish, but is very insightful. Obtain a coloring book and put both of your names in it. Supply crayons, colored pencils, markers and water colors for the both of you to color with. Start by coloring one page of the coloring book together. Each person takes turns coloring one part of the picture with whatever coloring impliment he/she wishes to use and in any fashion they wish to color the part they choose. Then it is the other person's turn. No artistic criticism allowed! Discuss why they chose that color, that implement, etc. When the coloring of that picture is finished, try to associate that picture to your relationship (from the colors, the implements used, the style and the overall appearance). Then do the same thing another day, only each person colors their own page.

Tip 9:
Take time to think about each other, then sit together and write a letter to each other. Write from the heart, tell them what you appreciate about them and what you really like about them. Once you start writing it will just flow. Then exchange letters and read them together. This will bring you closer together...writing is easier than speaking sometimes.

Tip 10:
Before the date, buy a dozen roses. Attach a note to each rose telling her where to find the next one. The most fun place to do this is the mall. Most couples go to a particular mall, a lot. To find the next rose have her try to remember funny things that happened in those stores. Give each rose to the sales clerk. The last rose should lead her to you, at your favorite mall restaurant, where you will treat her.

More to come later!

Dating Tips

Have you ever been asked on a date, or asked for a date, then find your date making all sort of excuses to end the date asap? Or find yourself reaching the answering machine every time you try to call for a second date? Do you wonder what went wrong?

Well of course, Ms. Devious is here to help you with all the Datings Dos and Dont's. It's not by any means, dating rules of course, but it helps if you could keep in mind at least some of them when you are out on a date. Most are just drawn from common sense and basic etiquette, but some are from personal experience.

Here's the Dos:

1. Do try to look your best and be punctual on dates. Never let your date wait around for you. And don't appear too eager either. If you are a guy, don't show up at your date's door 1 hour earlier, it would freak her out. And if you are a girl, don't let your guy wait around for you more than 10 minutes! Of course if the inevitable happens, be frank about it and tell your date.

If there's a bad traffic and you are stuck, tell her the truth. Don't keep saying "I am on my way" and 1 hour later, you are still not there. That certainly won't give your date a good impression of you.

2. Do have fun when dating. Be spontaneous and always have a sense of humor, it won't kill you to laugh at yourself if you made a mistake.

3. Be attentive. Interact with your date and pay attention when he/she talks to you. Make sure your eyes don't wander off somewhere, it's just plain rude when you are both having a conversation, and you are busy ogling at another hottie. If your date keeps looking at his/her watch, it might be a cue to end the date early, so be considerate about it.

4. Do flatter and compliment your date on the way they look and the things they wear. People tend to go to a lot of effort on a date (hopefully) so being told that you are looking good is a nice thing to hear.

5. Be interested and interesting. Interested in your date's conversation, opinions, thoughts, and also give your own interesting feedback.

6. Do go with the flow. If you feel like the date is not going anywhere, then try to end it early in a nice way. If you feel like going for a walk, suggest it to your date. If you are hungry, ask your date if he/she wants something to eat.

7. Do date the type of people you like and are attracted to, whatever your friends may say. Approval by your peers doesn't prove a thing. Likewise, if you don't like the guy/girl at all, then don't agree to a date.

8. Do come up with a plan and a back-up plan. Girls do not fancy guys who have no idea what and where they are going, so be creative and come up with a 'proposal'. Girls, be sure to have a back-up plan in case your date doesn't have one. Suggestions are always good.

9. Dating is a creative diversion, it requires concentration and energy so when you are dating keep some plans in the forefront of your mind and allow dating to take you to places you always wanted to visit within your own city.

10. Do make dating happen for yourself. People will not come and ring your bell from nowhere. Dating requires positive action so go out there and meet people, as many people as you can. Practice your chat and flirting on shop workers, bar attendants, anywhere and everywhere. Being nice to people is very sexy and great fun.

11. If you are a guy, always offer to pay for the first few dates, or at least the first date. It's just a chivalrous act and your date would likely not be impressed by a man who wants to split the bills on a first date.

12. If you are a girl, offer to pay for the tidbits if he's buying the movie tickets; don't expect the guy to pay everything. If he declines to accept your payment, then it's fine. Don't start to argue on that.

13. If you are sending her (or him) home, please give him/her a call if he/she had to take a long walk from the car to the residence to ensure he/she returns safely.

14. If you enjoyed the date, try sending a sms thanking your date and telling him/her how much you have enjoyed the night.

Dating Don'ts

1. Never call someone more than once a day unless they reply. Desperation and instability are huge turn offs. Try not to cancel a date last minute unless you really can't make it. And be honest about it, because your 'potential' date would not likely to accept a second date from you or ask you for a second date unless you can come up with a good reason.

2. Do not keep worrying about what you are going to say. Sometimes silence is OK. It's a little awkward, but if you relax, sooner or later the ice will be broken. Don't force yourself to talk if you really can't think of anything to say.

3. Don't mumble when speaking, speak up and look at your date and try to maintain eye contact even if your heart is beating twice as fast and you are blushing all over.

4. Do not brag about yourself and keep talking about yourself the whole night. Like I said, flatter your date, but not flatter yourself. It would make you look obnoxious and arrogant. If your date asks you how your work and life is, be careful not to go overboard or it will come across as boasting if you keep on and on about how wonderful your life/work is and how much money you are making.

5. This relates to #4. Don't be too eager and give away too much about yourself at the start. People love enigma and mystery. Revealing to your new date your inner most secrets on date number two will quickly ruin everything. A small bit at a time people.

6. Do not go overboard with compliments. Telling your date that he/she looks good once or twice is fine, don't keep telling him/her that he/she is gorgeous the whole time, else your date would think you are a freak. Do not exaggerate the compliments either. For example, if you think he/she is wearing a nice dress, say so... and stop there. Don't continue on and on or your compliments would appear fake and insincere.

7. Never be too available. Being available every night of the week and at the end of every whimsical phone call or possible rendezvous means you are making yourself uninteresting and a possible doormat. Be busy, be unavailable generally and be interesting.

8. Never check other people out when you are with your date. You may think you are subtle , your date will be heading for the door. Have the courtesy of concentrating solely on your date when you are with them. That includes keeping your phone to vibrate/silent mode or switching it off completely. It wouldn't look good if you keep sms-ing on your date. If you really can't stay away from the phone because of work, then make it short.

9. Don't be rude or get drunk on a date. Courtesy and manners will get you everywhere. Do not try to show your authority by yelling at the waiter or something. This will definitely not impress your date. Always speak in a courteous manner.

10. Don't ignore your personal safety when dating, especially if you are a girl. Have a cellular phone and keep it charged, tell your friends where you are going and be safe. If you are dating for the first few times, it's best to do so in well known public places and never ever be pushed into anything you are not happy with.

11. Don't give out personal information like home phone numbers and addresses on a first date. Keep them until you are sure of your date and the future possibilities.

12. Don't go on a date with a mental checklist in mind, and consciously checking to see if your date meets your 'ideal requirements' during the date. Your date would definitely sense that he/she is being put on a 'preview', interview or something like that, and would not like it. If you want to evaluate your date, do it after the date ended.

13. Don't ask questions that are too intimate. Respect your date's privacy. Don't be too idle either. Try to ask some questions to show that you are interested.

14. Don't stare at your date, it would make him/her uneasy. Keeping eye contact doesn't mean you have to keep your eyes glued on the person the whole time. Always ensure your eyes meet his/hers and not elsewhere on his/her body parts.

15. Don't have sex on your first date...