9 Straightforward Steps for Turning the First Date Into the Second One

When you're planning a date, there's multiple things that need to be kept in mind to ensure it's a great date for both parties. What time of day and where it will be are rather important to impressing your partner, so here's some steps to ensure that you've planned the best date possible. 

Pick Possible Dates

You'll want to start out with picking a few dates that you're available for a date. Whether it's during the afternoon or evening, find the best days possible for you. Once narrowed down, let your date know about these days. See when they're free and what works best for them, and then pick a day with them for a date.

Plan What to Do

Discussing mutual interests to plan exactly what you both want to do is the next step for planning a date. Once the day has been picked, it's time to decide on what to actually do. A movie, dinner, a night in, it's up to the both of you to decide what you're both interested in. Don't be too specific though to give away the whole date, be subtle with the questions you ask.

Make Reservations

If you and your date have planned to have a night in together, you can skip this step. Otherwise, you should get to planning reservations and buying tickets at around this time. If you're heading for dinner, make sure reservations are booked, if you're going to a movie make sure to buy the tickets now, etc.

Tell your Date About the Plans

Not in detail! Just enough so that they know what to wear to the date. For example, you wouldn't want your date showing up in formal attire if it's a simple movie date, and you wouldn't want them showing up in casual clothing for a dinner date at a high end restaurant.

Have a Secondary Place to go in Mind

Sometimes, dates tend to go incredibly well. In this case, it's always best to have another location in mind to go to after dinner or the movie has ended. Whether it's a simple coffee shop, a drive through a scenic area, or even a secluded romantic spot. There can be times when you both just don't want the date to end yet, so having this secondary place in mind is great for that occasion.

Once the whole date has been set, the next steps involve the actual date itself.

Dress your Best

Dressing to impress is one of the most important things to leaving a good impression. Showing that you have a great sense of fashion can really please the eye of your date.

Show up on Time

You'll want to make sure that you show up on time for your date and you aren't running late. It's best to leave a great first impression, and also show that you're responsible and punctual.

Pay Attention to your Date

Listen to what they have to say, have engaging conversations, and relate to them. Give them the attention that they deserve on the date and make sure that you both have a great time by giving each other mutual attention.

Plan Another Date

If the date went well, another date should be in the works! Set up possible dates & repeat the process once more to plan another brilliant date.