First Date Tips for Single Parents


1. Do not meet your date at your home if your kids are there. Your children really should only be introduced to long-term dating partners and not to everyone you go out with. Plus, you do not want to overwhelm your already nervous date.

2. Keep discussions of your children to a minimum. Your date wants to get to know you right now, not your kids.

3. Do not keep checking with your date to see if he or she is having a good time. You should be able to guess this from their body language. Asking will only make you seem desperate. You need to be attentive but not smothering.

4. A date that involves sharing an activity where you are able to talk with one another can help you get to know the person better. Movies, while popular, involve a lot of silence and are not good for early dates.

5. Keep your dress appropriate and conservative. Too dressed up may make your companion think that you are high maintenance while too casual may come off as sloppy or uncaring. Ladies should save the plunging necklines or short skirts for later dates as you want your date to get to know you and not be distracted.

6. Do not discuss loaded topics such as past relationships or sex. If you get asked about your last relationship, be brief with your answer. Definitely do not bring up the marriage word.

7. Focus your attention on your date. Do not ogle members of the opposite sex or keep staring at the game on the nearby TV screen. Keep the cell phone turned off and out of sight. If you keep checking it, your date may think that you are bored and looking at the time.

8. Thank your date at the end of the evening even if you did not have a good time. Be polite even if the other person is not. You never know when you may run into him or her again or who he or she may know.

9. Try not to obsess over how the date went or whether you will go on another one with this person. Let relationships progress naturally and keep your options open until you enter a long-term relationship.

Source : Annie In Dating ( Single Parent Spot )