Hey, i just got myself a blind date appointment. This is my first blind date and i dont want to mess it up. Nice ideas would be welcome. Thanks.

Be yourself?

Just a thought, eh.

be yourself, dress casual, be clean and try to be very friendly.

lol funny, but it also a good idea .some one can give a try of what you just said .

Might be a good time to get that raise if it turns out to be your boss ;-)

blind date is exciting!..you dont have an idea what kind of person might turn up..so best be prepared and have a plan b...dont expect too much..but then who knows, she might make you fall "blindly in love"...goodluck,. Nap!

well I watched a tv show once that a friend called about one hour into the date with some kind of emergancey in case it was not working out so u have an out if u need it.... but i think that was kind of rude... But these days you never know what you are going to be faceing...lol just a thought.... lol

Whatever you do..
don't keep saying "See?"

Actually, I would say "I'm not me, I am actually Roger Moore", or Tom Cruise, depending on her age. I mean, here is a sure thing when you could be anybody, why be you then? That's what losers do.

You see, (eat your heart out, Souphie) even Robet Kennedy or JFK played roles once in a while, like he was a fishmonger on the South Kensington market or something, I am sure.

Never take a blind date literally.

Thanks for bringing this up. I have been hiding behind the mask of humour and good manners for so long by now on these boards, that I literally forgot who I was. Or am. I am naturally shy, and normally attention-seeking, so I talk constantly and incessantly, but at the same time I would die of embarrassment and police brutality if I revealed my own self. Nothing harmful or intending to harm, but I have been portrayign anything but myself on the boards and in profiles, here and elswhere.

This has been going on for so long now, that I literally don't know who I am, because I have no practice being myself. If you threatened me with suicide at gunpoint, I still could not be myself.

I therefore can't give the advice "be yourself" because I only give advice that I believe is true, and as such, give plans of action in advice only if I practice those myself. So since I don't know who I am, I can't act like me or be like me, so I can't give that advice, welly solly, my solly.

Blind Date Advice?

Plan something in a quiet but public spot.

Wear adaptable clothes. Don't over or under dress. Comfortable clean shoes, pressed pants and shirt, maybe even a tie but if she is not dressed as a professional you may want to get away from the office look. Be clean and wear fragrance free cosmetics. Don't smoke and keep your hands off your face and hair.Leave your cell phone in your pocket if you want to know what time it is wear a modest watch.

Have enough cash to cover the evening but don't flash a bunch of credit cards or valuables. Tip at least 15% if you do anything that requires service. Not every woman is a service person but they generally dislike when you treat them badly.

Don't talk shop. As a social worker it is going to be tough but don't treat a date like a client. If they are looking for counseling resist or even walk away. A date is for a relationship not overtime work.

Don't be uptight. Look at it as an adventure not an "appointment"

or "like" or "you know" and no telling how many other irritating tid bits..

probably best to take her to an opera and not the movies, remember not to jaywalk, walk at the corner walk with the light

Essentially you are right on, but to me it worked out once. She treated me as if I were her client, and she was Aphrodite, the goddess of love.

This is actually very good advice, Funches. Whoever let you out of your cage in the philosophy thread did a kind deed for humanity.

To the op, in the same vein: give money to beggars, tip generously, be kind to kids and smaller animals, don't swear, don't be rude, don't expectorate, esp. indoors; don't kick the maitre d', don't sue her mother after the date for giving her life, don't chew with your mouth open, don't slouch at the dinner table, and don't force yourself, a kiss, or anything sexual on her at the supposed end of the date.

Just roll with the punches. That's all I got. Never been on a blind date.

Lol. Yay no j walking, big no no in America!