(continues...)
And get ready for everything. Dating can be scary, especially if you do not know the person too well. Why? The reason is you will not be able to control even yourself (your mind, emotions, and hormones play an important role in this game, not to mention your dates'). That's why you must be ready for anything.
For example, I will never forget the day I sat down with Dana in a café (daughter of a model, Dana is still one of the cleverest and most beautiful women I have ever met, besides a good friend). We were both interested, so asking her out was not really difficult. The problem came during the date, when she started behaving trickily to test me. She started becoming arrogant while trying to make me feel uncomfortable with it. You need to know how to react to make things more interesting (and read Women Unveiled to understand why girls do this when they are dating). Read:
After ten minutes of aggressively arrogant behaviour...
"So that's why you want to start dating me...", she said.
"Date? Is this a date for you?"
"Oh, well... As you said you wanted to know me better and that you wanted to treat me to this cup of coffee, dear, I thought this was a date... at least for you..."
(pretty arrogant, wasn't she? Now read my counter-attack)
"Oh, well yes. I said I wanted to get to know you better, but date you? Why should I? Do you think you are a good prospect? ha, ha, ha... "
(Yes, I know that was very close to rudeness, but after so much time of aggressive behavior, she really deserved an aggressive reply. Fortunately, she laughed.)
"Maybe, maybe not", she said laughing. "What kind of answer is that, anyway? Are you Mr. Perfect yourself?"
"Well, yes... ha, ha, ha... Actually you will find out as soon as you dare to be a little curious."
"Ha, ha, ha... That was so arrogant I..."
"Ha, ha, ha... No, of course not. I was just playing along with you. Do you fancy another cup?"
(As you see, first I had to interrupt her before giving her a chance to say anything else. Then, to change the topic fast, nothing better than offering another cup to relax the situation.)
"Yes, why not?", she said smiling. "Just tell me you are not that arrogant in real life, please."
"mm... No, I'm not. I was just playing along with you, as I said."
This takes me to the last dating advice for people who are going to start dating: All is fair in love and war is not just an old saying. "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." Did you like this quote? It was written by Sun Tzu, a mighty Chinese general, more than 2500 years ago.