Dating Etiquette Tips from Dr. Phil

I posted in How To Succeed When Meeting the In-Laws about using rules about etiquette, that your parents drilled into your brain while growing up, when meeting your significant other’s family.  A lot of people don’t believe in etiquette anymore, but I think that it creates a set of standards to fall back on when you find yourself in new and awkward situation.

Etiquette is not something that should rule your life…Remember Countess Luann De Lesseps from Real Housewives of New York?  Now she took it too far.  But I do believe that there is a place for etiquette in relationships and you just need to find where that is.

Again, I strongly believe that etiquette lends its support when you find yourself in awkward situations.  Here are Dr. Phil’s Seven Keys to Dating Etiquette:

1.  Dress the part. Don’t dress too sexy.

2.  Be on time or your date might wonder, “What was more important than getting here on time?”

3.  Mind your table manners — and if you don’t have any, get some!

4.  Focus 100 percent on your date. Turn off your cell phone and other messaging devices.

5.  Check your emotional baggage at the door. Don’t go burdening your date with all of your problems.

6.  Sweat the small stuff. Listen to what your prospective mate has to say.

7.  Follow up. Do something that let’s your date know, “Hey, that was a lot of fun.”