How To Have a Great Date

You’ve just gotten off the phone with a beautiful girl. You made plans for this weekend to hit the streets, see what comes your way, visit the sights. You feel a little bit of a flutter in your chest as you think of how cute this girl will look when she’s hanging off your arm. You start making plans of where to go, what you’re going to wear. It’s gonna be great!

As you see this vision of loveliness walk into the coffee shop to meet you, you’re just so excited to see what the next few hours are going to bring. I love that feeling, that rush of possibilities.

What are you going to do to make her comfortable and want to know you better?

How will you make your time together memorable?


Memorable dates comes from doing something different, something that sets you apart from the guys she’s seen before. In this article, I’m going to touch on three things that will help you create the kind of date she wants to go on. Leading the date is important to convey your confidence to her, being spontaneous will provide memories to look back on, and feeling relaxed will make the date nice and smooth.

Being a Leader

There’s a very subtle effect to leading where the other person is going. It says that you’re a confident person. Leading is being the person in front walking down the street. It’s deciding where to go and what pace to do it at. A confident guy usually walks slightly in front of the other person, and is the literal leader of the group.

I used to be the kind of guy who was a step or two behind my date, letting her deciding the pace, where to go, when to stop, etc. I didn’t realize that it set the tone that she was in charge. We both felt like she was leading me around, but I didn’t know what to do to change that vibe.

How Not to Marry the Wrong Guy

Lately, it seems like you can't open your Web browser without seeing some headline about a famous married couple calling it quits. And while it's no surprise when Charlie Sheen's latest union implodes, you'd think that super-together stars like Sandra Bullock and Kate Winslet would be able to pick winners. How is it that a woman can pledge eternal love in front of all her family and friends and then discover that she's mistaken about the man?

In a recent Cosmo survey, nearly two-thirds of you reported being worried about making a bad choice and winding up divorced. But experts say you can protect yourself from that fate if you evaluate your relationship pre-engagement according to a few important elements. "There absolutely are ways to judge if a man is marriage-worthy and reduce the chances you'll pick the wrong partner," says marriage and family therapist Terri Orbuch, PhD, a sociology professor at the University of Michigan. "Considering these points will help you understand whether you and he have similar underlying values and whether you'd be getting married for the right reasons." Here are six things you should do to help determine whether your boyfriend is the love of your life or possibly your future ex-husband.