# Dating advice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice/525525>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 19, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice/525525 "2010-01-19T04:16:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice/525525/21 "2010-01-20T19:21:11Z")

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> [@melodyharmonius](#):
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> My first date with my SO was a concert put on by the radio station I was working at. I was pumped when Bel Biv Devoe et al hit the stage…

I hope to God that first date was in 1991.😃

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice/525525/22 "2010-01-20T20:16:44Z")

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> [@Ponch8](#):
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> Thanks for all the advice. In the past a few people have told me that I don’t seem to show much passion, even if I am talking about something I’m passionate about. I do try to make a few jokes during dates, but perhaps not often enough.

Sorry, dude, but like **Taomist** says, it doesn’t sound like there’s anything at all wrong with you - you just haven’t found someone to click with yet. Well, I guess that isn’t bad news - you’re just a [regular, everyday normal guy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpw)🙂 (Video NSFW - language.)

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**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice/525525/23 "2010-01-21T01:42:38Z")

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Maybe you could ask the dates that you went on why it didn’t work out, in some sort of non creepy way. I found out a lot of cool things about me that I needed to work on through a girlfriend turned friend later on. It worked for me.

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice/525525/24 "2010-01-21T14:17:57Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> I hope to God that first date was in 1991.😃

Nope - lol - 2008 - Keith Sweat’s ‘Ladies Night Out’ tour. I worked for an R&B station at the time. The acts that performed were:

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[li]Tony! Toni! Tone![/li][li]Bel Biv Devoe[/li][li]Sisquo w/ Dru Hill[/li][li]Silk[/li][li]Keith Sweatt[/li][/ul]

I really only cared about Bel Biv Devoe - I grew up in New England and loved their music. The rest were just filler, in my opinion.

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