Written by admin. Posted in Over 40 Dating, Relationships
Learning about each other, knowing which things to tell, knowing which things to keep quite, asking the right questions, it’s a minefield! Although forty is the new thirty, being forty means that you have probably acquired lots of history…… Online dating is slightly easier than dating cold (meeting someone at the pub and asking them out) as your profile is available for all to see. Exchanging information about each other is necessary if you don’t want to remain strangers, but how much information do you give within a given time. If you and hour date are comfortable with openness and fairly liberal, sharing information of a personal nature is probably ok. If you’re dating someone who is reserved and slightly reticent then telling them all about your murky past and peccadilloes is probably not a good idea. Common sense and a bit of tact are both useful tools! A place to start is probably on neutral ground, for example
- Where you’re from
- Where you went to school
- Hobbies
- Family
- What kind of job you do
All seems pretty mundane, but guaranteed not to send your date running for the nearest exit. Sharing feelings about music, theatre, if you hate football (one for the ladies) is probably fairly safe for a first date. Be positive don’t put yourself down, but equally don’t big yourself up…………… Not at this stage of the game anyway.
