A date should be like any other occasion when you get together with a friend, but it is not. Much more of your ego is on the line, particularyif you have any romantic interest developing relationship. And even if you do not know whether that is a goal or not, the pressure is still on to make a good impression and please the other person. Despite this, behaving much as you would on any other social occasion can do a lot to set the tone of the evening and make it enjoyable. Your goal shoul be to put your date at ease so you can get to know him or her better.

As the "guest" on a date, try to participate enthusiastically in whatever is planned for the evening, although you, of course, also have a voice in the planning. The person who does the inviting is technically the host, but you should both help plan the evening, with few exceptionS. If you have already seen a movie, for example, speak up, or if you are Chinese food last night and your date is suggesting it again tonight, say you rather eat somewhere else.

Ending The Date
When you are both adults, you have a certain leeway about how and under what circumstances you end a date. Either of you, at the end of the evening, can suggest that it is time to go home. There is usually a crucial moment when a woman must decide whether to invite e man into her apartment for e few minutes, and when a man can hope that a woman will accept his invitation to saty longer than a few minutes.

When a woman invites a man into her home or accepts an invitation into his, she is usually opening herself up for an invitation to sex. She need not accept, but she should realize that she has, in accepting or offering the invitation to extend the date, left the door open to this. A woman who is not ready to put the relatioship on this level may want to send a clear message by saying good night at the door.