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Romantic Christmas Tips for Singles and Couples
Christmas is a holiday you don’t want to spend alone. If you are in a romantic mood and want to spend xmas with someone special, we have compiled the most original and romantic ideas for Christmas in this seasonal video.
Happy Food for a Happy Date
Food is one of the ingredients of life that brings people together wherever they are from, whatever their religion and culture. It is one of our main needs in life and we need it in order to survive and thrive. Besides being a necessity, a good meal can also make us feel good or impact our mood in other ways. Positively mood-altering food is called “Happy Food”, a term used to describe food that gives us a happy feeling, due to higher levels of vitamins and minerals that impact the production and release of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that makes you feel good.
How to have a great date with Happy Food?
If you are planning a date, you could consider having a dinner at home and treating your date to a self-made happy meal. The most obvious choice for a first date is an aphrodisiac meal, but if you want to make your date feel happy rather than sexy, we suggest a different menu…
Choose the right ingredients for your romantic dinner and a “happy” ending will be assured. In order to make it a happy date for you, we will give you one of our easy and tasty recipes in order to boost positive date feelings. With a candle, nice music and our proposed Italian meal, your dinner date will surely become a success! Read more
Dating Etiquette: Don’t be on Time, Dress Appropriately and let the Guy Pay
First dates are always cause for excitement. Mostly, that’s a good thing: those first-date butterflies are an amazing feeling and they let you know that you are preparing for something special. On the other hand, you don’t want to be too nervous before a first date, either.
The best way to play down first-date nerves is perfect preparation. And what better way to prepare than finding out what singles consider good dating etiquette? We asked singles looking for a date through be2 and found out…
The 4 top rules of dating etiquette
- Dating Etiquette Rule: Let the man pay
There are situations where singles should go with the times and there are situations where it pays to be old fashioned. First dates obviously count as the latter. Funnily, men are more willing to pay than women women are prepared to accept: 30% of the male singles who took part in the survey think the man should pay on a first date, while only 10% of single women feel the same. 56% of women would insist on splitting the bill. The most diplomatic (and romantic) solution to this dilemma is for the man to pay and tell the woman that she can pay next time. This avoids the awkward situation of splitting the bill and also leaves a nice opening for the next date. Amazingly, under 25s are the most old-fashioned in when it comes to splitting the bill on a first date: they are almost twice as likely to let that the man pay for the date. - Dating Etiquette Rule: Be fashionably late Read more
First Date Quote
Just this week, we asked if a good first date idea determines whether you are well-matched. A good first date certainly determines whether you get lucky the same night…
“A man on a date wonders if he’ll get lucky. The woman already knows.”
-Monica Piper
What Makes a Good Date? First Date Ideas as a Matchmaking Decider
Usually, online matchmaking goes like this:
Step 1. You set up a great profile, giving information about your personality, your likes and dislikes, your hopes and dreams.
Step 2. You find someone whose profile is a good match, get in touch, get to know each other through messages, phone calls, etc.
Step 3. You decide you want to meet in person.
After you have reached Step 3, you are faced with first date ideas for the first time. Either you come up with first date ideas or you get to judge the first date ideas suggested by the other person. Either way, the first date ideas come relatively late in the matchmaking process, when you already like someone enough to want to met them. 
A new New York matchmaking website turns that matchmaking process upside down by making the first date ideas Step 1. On this matchmaking site, the first thing you see is the members’ first date ideas. Each profile says „How about we…“ and the members complete the sentence by suggesting things like „…go to the museum and have a picnic in the park“ or „watch a game and go to the nearest sports bar“. Singles are supposed to base their decision about the profile on whether they like the first date ideas. But are first date ideas really so important? Can they tell you enough about a person to make you want to meet them?
Obviously not! There are so many other factors that are more important in the matchmaking process. But that doesn’t mean you should be lazy with your first date ideas. There are some pretty firm rules to what makes a good date and if you put a little time and effort into your first date ideas, it can make the difference between a bad or good date.
What makes a good date?
- Create a memorable dating experience without being a total show-off.
- Provide some activity, along with a chance for quiet conversation.
- Choose a public place to reduce awkwardness, but leave some room for romance and intimacy.
- A positive outlook leaves a positive first impression.
- Have an escape plan if the date isn’t going great, but also the option to extend a date that is going well.
Stick to those and you’re well on your way to a good date.
If you are certain that you have such fantastic date ideas that would make someone fall for you, you can quite easily display your first date ideas in your be2 matchmaking profile. If you haven’t joined yet, register now – free of charge! If you are a be2 member, simply go to your profile and fill in the additional questions in the section „About Love“: Read more
