Practice make perfect. By entering the dating scene you'll explore new places and activities, expand your circle of friends and find yourself on your way to finding the love of your life.
If you really fancy someone and are waiting for them to do the job and ask you for a date, take the risk and ask them out yourself. If they say no, at least you had the guts to ask. It's better than waiting forever.
If it's a blind date, invest some effort in getting to know the person. Email back and forth, exchange telephone calls to make sure there is a connection between you two. Suggest the time and place convenient for your both. Take some safety measures. It's unwise to find yourself at night in a secluded place with a stranger.
If you're having a bad time on a date, treat the other person with respect, bare it for an hour, thank your date and leave. If there is a spark between you from the first sight, don't get overemotional. You might scare the other person away. Politely let your date know that you would like to go out again.
If it's going well, ask for another date, or leave it open. Don't conceal your feelings. Don't be self-centred and don't play hard to get ? it's one of the major turnoff on the first date.
Make a follow-up call or send an email to your date after the first meeting. Suggest a second date if you want to keep the ball rolling. If your date declines, then you won't waste your time waiting.
Let's say everything went well on the first date and you are planning to meet again. What's next? Try to spice up your dating with creativity. Surprise this special person. Go for a new activity on every date until you run out of things to try. Remember that variety is the salt of life. There is nothing more boring than "Ah, um, how 'bout a movie?" sort of conversation on a Friday night.
Try that salsa dancing you've been wondering about. Go for it the first time - together... That'll be a date to remember.
Call your date when you see a beautiful full moon and ask him or her to go for a late-night walk. Hold hands. Wish upon stars together.
Get out of the country. Travel back roads. Browse through small antique shops.
Take advantage of a summer shower. Get out barefoot. Play. Splash. Be kids again.
Take that special person to a breathtaking spot. Enjoy the view together. Stop for a drink after.
Prepare a gourmet feast for your boy-/girlfriend. Go above and beyond your date's wildest imagination.
If you come up with unique ways to play, you'll seem more special to your potential partner. The bottom line is that in your relationship, you took the time and effort to come up with something out of the ordinary. That might take you a long way. It means you took some time out of your busy schedule to organize something special to please your date. It means you care.