DATING RULES
FILL-IN THE BLANK
TABLE MANNERS
COMMON COURTESY
GENTLEMAN
100

AT WHAT AGE DO PEOPLE START DATING?

TYPICALLY AROUND 16 YOUNG PEOPLE START TO RECOGNIZE RELATIONSHIPS.  SOME PEOPLE START LATER IN LIFE, WHEN THEY FEEL IT IS BEST TO START DATING.  THE CHOICE TO DATE US DIFFERENT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL.

100

DATING RULES/STANDARDS _____ US TO FIND A COMPANION THAT IS RIGHT FOR US.

HELP

100

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO AFTER BEING SEATED FOR A MEAL?

PUT YOUR KNAPKIN ON YOUR LAP.

100

WHAT SHOULD STAY IN YOUR POCKET AT ALL TIMES?

YOUR PHONE.  IT IS NOT POLITE TO ANSWER OR, MAKE CALS DURING A DATE OR DINNER.  IF YOU LEAVE IT ON VIBRATE YOU WILL KNOW YOU HAVE A CALL AND YOU CAN CHECK YOUR PHONE LATER AT A BETTER TIME.  

100

WHEN ON A DATE, WHO SHOULD GENERALLY PAY?

THE MAN OR, THE PERSON WHO ASKS TO GO ON THE DATE,

YOU CAN OFFER TO PAY, OR YOU CAN, "GO DUTCH" WHICH MEABS EACH PERSON PAYS FOR THEIR OWN DINNER.  YOU CAN ALSO SPLIT THE COST OF THE TIP.

YOU CAN ALSO DISCUSSD THIS BEFORE THE DATE SO THERE ARE NO SURPRISES.

200

WHERE SHOULD YOU GO ON A DATE?

PUBLIC PLACES, OR WHERE YOU ARE DOING AN ACTIVITY; SUCH AS, A MOVIE OR OUT TO DINNER.

200

HEALTHY DATING TAKES _____.

TIME

200

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO BEFORE YOU BEGIN EATING?

IF YOUR ORDER UIS PLACED IN FRONT OF YOU BEFORE YOUR DATES FOOD IS PLACED IN FRONT OF THEM, YOU SHOULD WAIT TO EAT YOUR FOOD UNTIL THEIR IS PLACED IN FRONT OF THEM.  THIS WAY YOU CAN EAT TOGETHER.

200

NAME THREE MANNER WORDS.

PLEASE

THANK YOU

EXCUSE ME

ETC...

200

WHEN WALKING NEXT TO A ROAD, WHERE DOES THE WOKAN WALK?

TYPICALLY, FURTHEST FROM THE STREET.

300

WHAT ARE SOME CONS OF SERIOUS DATING AT A YOUNG AGE?

YOU DO NOT GET TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE; AS WELL AS, LOSING SIGHT OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL GOALS, ETC...

300

WHEN GOING ON A DATE A PERSON MUST BE ON ____!

TIME

300

IF YOU ARE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AT DINNER, IN WHAT DIRECTION SHOULD YOU PASS FOOD AROUND THE TABLE?

PASS TO THE RIGHT.

300

HOW SHOULD YOU ASK A PERSON ON A DATE?

IN PERSON.

OVER THE PHONE IS OKAY!!

NEVER BY TEXTING!!!


300

WHEN GETTING INTO A CAR, THE MAN SHOULD?

OPEN THE WOMANS CAR DOOR.  IT'S JUST A NICE, GENTLEMANLY THING TO DO!

400

WHO SHOULD YOU DATE?

THOSE WITH SIMILAR STANDARDS, LIKES AND GOOD INTENTIONS.

400

WHEN DRESSING FOR A DATE, ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ...

MODEST US HOTTEST...IN OTHER WORDS, BE NEAT, GOOD HYGIENE (TEETH CLEAN, BODY SHOWERED AND USE OF DEODERANT AND CLEAN CLOTHES.)

400

WHERE SHOULD YOUR HANDS BE PLACED DURING A MEAL?

COMFORTABLY ON YOUR LAP OR, AT YOUR SIDES.  NO ELBOWS ON THE TABLE ORK SLOUCHING!!  

400

WHAT ARE SOME POSITIVE BODY LANGUAGE CUES THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN ON A DATE?

SMILING

SITTING UP STRAIGHT

EYE CONTACT

400

WYEN SITTING DOWN AT A TABLE, THE MAN SHOULD...

BEFORE SITTING DOWN YOURSELF, YOU SHOULD PULL OUT THE WOMANS SEAT, WHICH SIGNALS TO HER TO SIT AND THEN YOU MAY GENTLY GUIDE HER CHAIR NEARER TO THE TABLE.

500

WHAT ARE GOOD THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU BEGIN DATING?

GROUP DATES

NOT DATING THE SAME PERSON OVER AND OVER.

GET TO KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE.

JUST BE A GOOD FRIEND.

500

WHEN AT A MEAL, DO NOT _____!

BE A "HOG"!  DO NOT TAKE MRE THAN YOU CAN EAT.  EAT SLOWLY.  BRING YOUR FOOD TO YOUR MOUTH.  DO NOT BRING YOUR HEAD TO YOUR PLATE AND SHOVEL IN THE FOOD.

500

HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU TIP YOUR WAITER?

TYPICALLY 120% - 15% OF YOUR TOTAL BILL IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT TO TIP.

500

HOW DO YOU SHOW YOUR DATE THAT YOU ARE LISTENING WHEN THEY ARE SPEAKING?

EYE CONTACT

NOT INTERUPTING THEM WHEN THEY ARE SPEAKING...LISTEN, GET TO KNOW THEM

ASK THEM QUESTIONS, FOLLOWING ALONG IN THE CONVERSATION

SMILING/NODDING


500

NAME A COUPLE CHARACTERISTICS THAT SHOW A MAN IS A GENTLEMAN?

RESPECTFUL

KIND TO OTHERS AROUND YUOU

DOES NOT COMPROMISE ANYONES STANDARDS

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