Lucky Pants and Pre-date Rituals

Preparing for your first date with someone you’ve never met can be pretty nerve-wracking, so we asked around to find out what pre-date rituals friends and family perform to make them feel at their best. Luckily nobody mentioned any Something About Mary style preparations, so what were the most common answers?

Dating Body Language Dos and Don’ts

Whether we like it or not, our body language can reveal a lot about what we’re thinking and feeling, so if you want to impress your date it’s important to keep an open mind and open body language. Psychological wellbeing practitioner Paul Ledger explains the dos and don’ts of dating body language:

What History Has Taught us About Dating

When it comes to historic dating practices it seems that shouting about your love from a balcony or playing the loot while reciting jaunty lyrics weren’t the only ways to get yourself noticed by an attractive suitor. From personal ads to pleasure gardens there was something for everyone.

Should You Kiss on a First Date?

  Whether or not you should kiss on your first date is arguably one of the most stressful aspects about dating. To take some of the worry out of the process I asked the Muddy Matches team for their advice and here’s our checklist for deciding whether or not you should initiate a kiss on… Continue reading Should You Kiss on a First Date?