Advice: First Date Tips and Tricks

First Date Tips and Tricks

Written by Marisa Pellegrino

The first date: what to wear, where to go, what to say, what to do and what not to do. All this pressure to make a good first impression can be daunting. After all, you know practically nothing about each other and repparttar

whole point of a first date is to judge (as much as we don’t like to admit it) whether or not we think we’d like to get to know each other better. But first dates don’t have to be elaborate or fancy in order for you to secure that coveted second or third date. There are some things you will want to do and others you will want to avoid on a first date to ensure its success and repparttar 101311

possibility of future dates as well.

When it comes to dating, it seems everyone thinks they’re repparttar 101312 expert to turn to for advice. Whether it’s your friends or your lovable aunts who constantly inquire about your love life, everyone has a dating tip for you. But we all know what to do on a date, don’t we? Always have a smile, listen attentively, be yourself, have fun, and repparttar 101313 list goes on. So, if everyone knows repparttar 101314 tips for successful dating, then why do we go through so much trouble and anxiety about first dates? Maybe it’s because there is no set standard of rules anymore.

Once upon a time, chivalry was repparttar 101315 norm. Nowadays, some women get offended when repparttar 101316 door is held open or their seat is pulled out for them. Consequently, many single people are at a loss when it comes to knowing what to do and when to do it. And while there may not be an ultimate list of shoulds and should nots, there are still some common dating tips that everyone can agree on.

It is important to be attentive to your date and this includes listening to what they are saying (and maybe throwing in a question or two) and maintaining eye contact when in a conversation.

There is nothing worse than meeting your date and not knowing what you’re going to do. If you have something planned ahead of time, it shows you put some thought into it.

If you go out for dinner, why not split bill? Sure, you were invited out and your date is expected to pay but offer anyway. And if

Don’t Let Your Kanji Tattoo Get “Lost In Translation”

Written by Stephen Munday

Thinking of getting a kanji tattoo or kanji jewelry? Then arm yourself with this information before you buy anything. It may be repparttar

difference between being cool and national humiliation.

What? National humiliation? Well OK, national humiliation is an unlikely outcome, but an article in repparttar 101310 March 1st, 2005 Washington Post Express shows that repparttar 101311 possibility is there. "Lost in Translation" looked at repparttar 101312 real dangers facing repparttar 101313 unwary consumers who get kanji tattoos.

I am not joking when I say “real dangers”. But neither am I referring to unhygenic tattooing practices. What I am talking about is toe-curlingly appalling linguistic blunders. Specifically, I mean kanji combinations like these:

- Extremely Military Affairs Stopping

- Crazy Diarrhea

- Weird (tattooed on one B. Spears)

Yes, these are phrases that real people (yes, Britney Spears is a real person) actually have had tattooed into their skin.

To be honest, I am not entirely surprised at these and other errors. After all, I have seen many reversed images of kanji being offered for tattoos, and kanji jewelry that simply did not mean anything like it was supposed to.

One necklace, I remember, had repparttar 101314 kanji for “road” on it - although repparttar 101315 poor owner had been told it meant love. I guess her love hit repparttar 101316 road and didn't come back no more, no more, no more, no more....

As Tian Tang puts it in repparttar 101317 Post:

"People ask, 'I got repparttar 101318 tattoo, can you tell me what this means? And I'm like, 'Why didn't you do this before you got that tattoo?'"

Yes, you would think that would be repparttar 101319 obvious thing to do – especially if you are getting something permanent like a kanji tattoo. So how can you make sure you don’t end up a national laughingstock?

First of all, make sure you know something about repparttar 101320 Japanese language. Check out repparttar 101321 copious information at sites like japanese.about.com and in five minutes you will know more about kanji, hiragana and katakana than most of repparttar 101322 people already walking around with it tattooed into their skin.

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