As First Date Specialists, we love doing our research on singles and dating! In our research, we’ve stumbled upon a dating website called "How About We" that puts an interesting twist on online dating and offers great date night ideas and advice. The co-founders of the website, Aaron and Brian recently posted their advice on tips on landing a date.
We couldn’t agree more with their advice and wanted to share it with our blog readers. Whether you’re building up the courage to ask a new person out, gearing up for a date coordinated for you by us or planning on asking someone out for your second or third date…you’ll find their advice helpful, enjoy!
5 Essential Tips to Land a Date
1) Break the Norms
Men and women are asking one another out at equal rates and in fact, ladies are at a slight advantage. Dates proposed by women get an average of 5.4 responses each, while men get about 4.9.
2) Be Specific
Dates that involve doing something, such as eating at a specific restaurant or doing a specific activity, are 40% more successful than a ambiguous date ideas. Such as, “How about we try and complete a jigsaw puzzle (500 pieces) while sampling one of Gorilla Coffee’s famous maple lattes?”
3) Plan Ahead
Wednesday is the best day to ask someone out on a date. The worst day to propose a date? Sunday.
4) Keep it Short
A date idea that gets communicated in the 120-140 character range is ideal, so keep it to the length of a Tweet.
5) 2-Part Dates Have the Most Success
60% of the most responded to dates are two-fold: a short, active first part followed by a more intimate second location. Like, “How about we practice our slices at the driving range then get some slices at my favorite brick-oven pizza joint – it’s just a few blocks away.”
