Neil, the matchmaker.
Our first date was a Neil Young concert, during ‘Heart of Gold’ he looked in my eyes and I felt something that I’ve never felt before, even to this day. We only dated for 4 months before getting married, but I’d do it all again the same way. It’s been hard, amazing, frustrating and painful but also worth every second just to be with him. We’ve been married for 6 years.
This one is HUGE!
One of many, but NOT playing the texting game. When my current boyfriend and I were still just “talking” and right up to our first dates, I couldn’t believe he’d actually respond immediately and carry on actual conversations.
I’d never been involved with someone new I felt like I could just contact whenever for no reason without it being too forward.
Being able to vent without judgement is always a plus.
Right?! I’m dating a guy now and I was venting to him about work. Then I remembered how much other guys sucked at listening so I apologized for being so negative.
He was like, “No please. You need to vent and I like listening to you.”
I want to marry this dude already haha
Someone who can make the best of horrible situations is always attractive.
When I started dating my now-husband, we went to the ocean in April (cold, rainy, not a sunny beachy-time like you’d picture). It was… a shitshow. We had his dog in the back, that puked, couldn’t find parking, dog peed in the hotel room, the brewery we stopped at didn’t have food that day (for some reason, and we hadn’t eaten much), no GPS… it looked the a setup for a horror movie.
And… no yelling, no name-calling, no accusations. It was a fun adventure, rather than a terrible letdown. We stuck our toes in the ocean, but forgot dry socks. So we were cold, wet, hungry, lost and… to date, his patience and humor dealing with all of it is still one of my favorite memories.
Being positive is a positive.
Positive talking points. They talk about things they like instead of opening conversations by talking about things they don’t like. Positive vs negative conversation is a big thing.
Sometimes, it’s the little things that matter.
HE CAME TO THE DOOR WHEN PICKING ME UP FOR OUR FIRST DATE INSTEAD OF TEXTING HE WAS HERE FROM THE DRIVEWAY. I was so fucking happy at this.