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First Dates

A first date only has to do one thing well: let two people find out whether they want a second. These guides cover where to go, what to ask and what it costs, rated on the things that decide the evening.

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First Date Ideas, Rated by Cost, Noise and Time

Twenty-six ideas scored on what actually decides a first date: what it costs for two, whether you can hear each other, how long it takes and how easy it is to leave.

First Dates

First Date Questions That Get Past Small Talk

Twenty-eight questions, what to listen for in each answer, and what studies of real first conversations say about the question that matters most: the second one.