Blind Date Rules

After reading about recent blind date experience of a friend, I am prompted to share my rules for blind dates. I have been on a few blind dates, nothing exceptional, nothing horrible, and I have developed the following rules for making it at least a somewhat decent experience. So without further ado... the rules:

1) The person setting me up must know me very well.

2) The person setting me up must know my date very well.

3) The person setting me up must have good reasons why they believe we will be a good fit. Single and in their 20's is not a good answer.

4) This is a preference, but not a must. I either want to see a picture beforehand or I have to know that the person setting me up understands what I like in women. In my experience girls are not a good judge of girls and guys are not a good judge of guys.

So that's it. Four simple rules to avoid horrible blind dates and save your hard-earned $$.

On a slightly different note, here are my rules of etiquette for a first date that EVERY guy should follow:

1) If you ask the lady out, you just agreed to pay.

2) If she offers to help pay you can politely refuse unless she insists. If she insists be gracious, don't force the issue. If she insists on paying for everything... get down on one knee, thank God, and propose.

3) Be a gentleman. Some say chivalry is dead, but it's not. Hold the door open for her, pull her chair out. Don't order for her.

4) Here's a lesson from Dale Carnegie... ask her about herself. If you think you might be talking about yourself too much, you are.

Hopefully this helps some of my other single friends (a rapidly diminishing category) have better dates/be a better date.