Written by Michi Sendrawan
Designed by Anais Isobel
When it comes to first dates, are you on team “The bigger the better” or “Keeping it lowkey?”
Honestly, single or taken, a successful first date is what we all want. A first date is in fact the first step to making it official, right? As if the pandemic didn’t make this harder for us, planning the perfect date was never easy.
Traditionally, first dates are dinner plans and ice cream to close. But through the years, people have come up with more and more ideas to fill up your itinerary, such as watching movies, having a bake off, going to the museum, aquarium dates and plenty more. Yes, having a good to-do list or listing down fun places to visit is nice, but it isn’t the most important factor of an ideal first date. Leaving a good first impression is usually judged on how memorable it is. I mean, don’t you love it when you can have long easy-going conversations that are not awkward. It’s just a relief……
Oftentimes though, you run out of ideas, or you get nervous and forget. To set the records straight, we totally get it, so here are 3 simple fool proof conversation topics that might help make your date a night to remember:
1. Life updates, literally anything that has happened to you recently would be a great conversation starter, if you think your week is really boring and your partner couldn’t care less, bring it up anyways, the conversation will eventually end up somewhere.
2. Tv shows, talking about the shows you’re currently watching is by far the best conversation topic, it works on anyone really, you talk about your opinions on one tv show and by some universal blessing, at the end of this date you’ll have probably talked about 30 others, it’s never ending.
3. Strangers, this may sound odd but guessing and making up possible stories about the life of strangers around you is a really fun date activity, it’s silly if you think of it but just imagine all the possible interesting ideas that you and your partner may share.
There will definitely be those moments of awkward pauses along the way. Nonetheless, go with the flow! As long as you keep it real and you are enjoying yourselves, time will go by faster than you know. Don’t stress about accidentally saying something wrong, cause things happen, and most times embarrassing moments just turn into a good memory you can joke about.