Quick Tips are simple things that you can do to increase your chance of a successful date. Fuck these up at your own peril. . .
I didn’t plan my date and now someone has died. Oops.
Don’t be an open-ended idiot when it comes to a first date. Have a plan for success or failure. For example, you may harbor suspicions that this date might be a clinger — in this case, you should either have:
1. No bones about standing up, wherever you are, and leaving immediately. I have a friend who does this very successfully (e.g., standing up mid conversation and walking out when things veer into the paranormal) without a shred of guilt.
2. A tidy way of ending conversation and leaving so that you don’t have to feel like a dick.
Alternatively, if things are going really well, you should have a plan that carries you into the next stage of the evening. Say you started out by going to golf at Chelsea Piers and you have ascertained that your date isn’t a sociopath, now what? You didn’t plan far enough in advance and now you’ll have to take a wild guess about what would be good to do. You’re an idiot. Plan ahead. It’s a simple tip that can yield positive results.
