Dating Tips For Women - What NOT to Do on the First Date

First dates are tricky, and I don't think anybody ever really masters the technique. I have a friend who runs a haircutting salon, and I asked her to find out from the customers - male and female - what NOT to do on a first date.

1. Don't talk about your ex's

2. Don't give him the third degree about his former girlfriends

3. Don't make a big thing about being on a diet, especially if he has taken you to a fancy restaurant.

4. Don't hire a financial rating service to do a background check.

5. Don't look too surprised if he asks you to split the check.

6. Don't forget your date's name.

7. Don't lose a contact lens.

8. If you do lose a contact lens, don't get down on your knees to look for it.

9. Don't ask the waiter for a doggie bag.

10. Don't ask him to ask the waiter for a doggie bag.

11. Don't laugh if he asks the waiter for a doggie bag.

12. Don't ask if he has a dog.

While we are on the subject of first dates, I want to pass along a supposedly foolproof method for determining how good a guy will be in bed by watching the way he eats. Don't blame me if it doesn't work, though I am merely the middleman on this one. I have heard that it is very accurate.

It is said that if he carefully cuts everything up and moves the food around until it's just perfect, forget it. He's a dud. The one who digs in and goes for it, relishes it and eats it like it's his first and last meal is going to be gangbusters in the bedroom.

It now makes me wonder about the guy who doesn't use a fork at all; rather he just lays his head down to the plate and inhales it whole?