After 76 first dates, I stopped trying to optimize for love and learned to enjoy the experience of meeting someone new.

If you're taking out a special someone for the first time, eHarmony has a list of dos and don'ts for first encounters. It's your first date, so shy away from becoming overly emotional or dramatic.

There has been much research on first date dynamics, from the tie between male identity construction and offers to pick up the tab[i] to what types of first-date behaviors are likely to produce second ...