needing some help (6)

hi i am new to all this kind of dating . but i have met some nice ladys on here now it timeto get together and meet . i have not dated in 17 yrs be cause of being married now single and starting over i have forgot some of the things about dating you know dos don'ts what t say when you frist meet or even do do we hug shake hands i know to say hi or hello but after that do i bring flowers, candy wine what ? any help will great . i have other threads and i found them very helpful with the come back from you nice folks thanks for your help Sam

Bring a rubber hose and a saddle....works every time.

Seriously, I'm out of practice myself, but I agree with nomindgames. be yourself. If she can't handle you, go on to the next one. I'm still looking for someone who appreciates my twisted sense of humor. I hate explaining jokes. She's out there somewhere, I just hope she finds me before my p p doesn't work anymore!!

Bring a rubber hose and a saddle....works every time.

Seriously, I'm out of practice myself, but I agree with nomindgames. be yourself. If she can't handle you, go on to the next one. I'm still looking for someone who appreciates my twisted sense of humor. I hate explaining jokes. She's out there somewhere, I just hope she finds me before my p p doesn't work anymore!!

Manners, manners, manners...
If there's one thing you'll see a lot of the single women repeating, it's that they long for the days when men were gentelmen and did things like open doors, pull out chairs, help them with their coats, etc..

I'd recommend not bringing wine on a first date. It's a bit too intimate and might "imply" that you want her to drink. (She may be a non-drinker.) Flowers are nice and even ladies who aren't impressed with the flowers themselves are usually impressed by the gesture.
In the Victorian days, a man would give a woman a feathered ink pen as a first-date gift. If she enjoyed the date, she'd write him a letter with the ink pen. (Just a neat little useless fact I thought I'd throw in.)

Make conversation. Don't just be a "yes guy" and don't spend the evening asking her what she wants to do or what she wants to talk about. Have some things in mind to offer. Have some topics in mind to talk about. You want to make it an evening she'll remember, and she's much more likely to remember "the guy who took me to the zoo and brought up neat subjects to talk about". She tends to forget the guy who asked "where do you want to eat? what do you want to do? what's there to do around here?"

Be yourself. Don't try to be something you're not because she'll eventually catch on.
And have fun.
Even if the date is a total flop, you can go home knowing you got a little bit of practice!