'Never look bored... even if you are': Vintage dating guide

Daily Mail ^ | 5 December 2017 | Hana Carter

[Mr.Unique]

Mike Damone’s Five-Point Plan (For Dating) FT&RH

[skinndogNN]

Too funny!!

[mairdie]

I’ve got a shy one, too, and I love it. Sweet is much to be preferred.

[BykrBayb]

Good girl!

[henkster]

I’m telling you, having potato soup poured on you will really put an end to a date.

Same with having a beer poured on your head. I think my reply was "if you're going to waste beer like that, I don't see any future for us."

But nothing tops the comment of my roommate, who asked his date "what's that on your face, a Gainesburger?"

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[Buckeye McFrog]

You may not believe this, but as a young man in Michigan Wally Cox was a champion high-school athlete (wrestling, track and field, etc.)

[Disambiguator]

And people marvel that sex robots are becoming a thing.

[mairdie]

I fell in love with him in The Adventures of Hiram Holliday. I believe it. I've only got 2 DVDs of those and they don't include the episode I still remember of his sword fighting with his umbrella on a bridge.

Mockingbird Hill for Hiram Holliday

[Political Junkie Too]

LOL, looks like she's holding a cellphone.

The 1938 selfie!

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

Have you tried 17 year olds? ;-)

-PJ

[usconservative]

I have a rule: anyone young enough to be my daughter I ain't going anywhere near.

[mylife]

attsa problem

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdbF6nEc8LE

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdbF6nEc8LE

[Pollster1]

Most of this sounds dated, but it is still good advice for people, not just for women.

- grooming in front of your date looks bad, male or female
- drinking excessively is also a bad idea. If you can’t tolerate your date while sober, end the date.
- both crying and looking bored are rude, again whether male or female. If you cannot even pretend interest while looking for a better topic, end the date
- flirting with another person during a date is rude

I don’t see most of the advice as unique to women only. Don’t adjust your bra in front of him? Okay. But men should not adjust their anatomy either. The only advice that does not have a close parallel for men is bad advice for women too. No, I don’t want to date a woman who sits in an uncomfortable position to “appeal” to me, nor do I want to talk with a woman who fakes interest in a topic instead of looking for a topic that is a shared interest.

[mairdie]

Only part I might disagree with you on is the faking interest in a topic. The rest - right on! When I’m meeting and spending time with someone I don’t know, I try to get them talking about something about which they’re passionate. I might not know anything about it when they start talking, but I will always walk away with a lot more knowledge than when I arrived. That might lead to more interest. It might not. But there isn’t a time I regret learning about something I don’t know. So I guess I object to the phrase “faking it.”

[mylife]

Look, you feel when there is no there there, be polite and don’t burn bridges

You never know.

Sometimes that’s just bad timing

[mylife]

Problem is nowadays in yer late 50s Bridges are burnt all across the landscape.

People have forgotten to be kind.

They have forgotten to laugh

[SamAdams76]

They had iPhones in 1938? Check out that first photo and tell me she’s not a time traveler.