Dating Rules
The do’s and dont’s of the world of relationships and dating
No one ever said dating was easy. First dates are awkward, second dates are
expectant and the dates that follow that -- during which two people really start
getting down to the business of getting to know each other -- present hundreds, if
not thousands, of opportunities for missteps, faux pas, blunders and mistakes.
That is to say nothing of the myriad chances for problems to which you could fall
prey while arranging, planning and preparing for dates.
We call too often or not enough, we're too available or never around, we wear
sandals to fancy restaurants, laugh hysterically at bad jokes, show up with blue
carnations, gab on our cell phones during dinner and commit countless other
dating crimes, mostly without realizing we’re doing it. No doubt about it -- bad
dating behavior is a rampant affliction, and it's time to cure it with some common
sense advice.
If dating is a game, then just like any other game, there are rules you need to
study, learn and follow. After all, you wouldn't take the field without knowing
where the base lines are, would you? (For those of you who are immune to ball
field metaphors, the answer is "no.") While none of these do's and don'ts are set
in stone -- and, as your mother told you, there are obviously exceptions to every
rule -- here we attempt to equip you with an idiot-proof playbook for the fastpaced,
intense, exciting, full-contact sport of searching for someone with w