{"id":34394,"date":"2017-11-11T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/?p=34394"},"modified":"2017-11-11T16:00:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T16:00:57","slug":"7-stages-first-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date","title":{"rendered":"7 Stages of A First Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Going on a first date is up there with some of life\u2019s more awkward experiences. It\u2019s rarely like the Hollywood encounters we\u2019d imagine as teens, and my younger self would try to avoid them as much as possible… So what can you expect when you finally say yes to potential bae?<\/p>\n

\"
\n<\/p>\n

1. Pre-Date Nerves<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0Once D-day approaches (date-day, geddit?), all that single woman sass will momentarily fade and you\u2019ll suddenly start feeling pretty anxious. From what to wear to potentially backing out, cue encouraging Whatsapps from your squad. You got this girl!<\/p>\n

2. Your Carriage Awaits<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0Whether you\u2019re getting on the bus, Ubering or even getting picked up (how old fashioned!), the journey to your date destination is always one filled with mixed emotions. Will he like me? Will I like him? Do I really want to go? I\u2019ve been known to get a last-minute pep talk from my Uber driver on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n

3. The Date Destination<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0You\u2019re either going to be pleasantly surprised at the chosen venue or disappointed. As long as it sells alcohol to soften potential awkward conversations, you\u2019ll be fine.<\/p>\n

4. Small Talk<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0 Cue something quintessentially British like a comment about the weather. Bless.<\/p>\n

5. Real Talk<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0 After about half an hour, the nerves settle and you can hold a decent conversation. This part is crucial and your inner FBI is scouring for clues to see if this could be potential bae. Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n

6. The Goodbye<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0This is definitely the most cringe part of a first date. Everyone would be lying if they say they haven\u2019t ever been in that clich\u00e9, are we going to kiss or not farewell. A peck on the cheek? A hand shake? Help!<\/p>\n

7. A Second Date?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0Sometimes you\u2019ll want to see them again, sometimes you\u2019ll block their number straight away. Despite whatever experience you have, and as your primary school teacher would say, it\u2019s the taking part that counts. Until next time of course.<\/p>\n

Giph Source: GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Going on a first date is up there with some of life\u2019s more awkward experiences. It\u2019s rarely like the Hollywood…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[183,187],"tags":[3572,3573,3574],"class_list":["post-34394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-au","category-relationships-au","tag-first-date-au","tag-stages-au","tag-thoughts-au"],"yoast_head":"\n7 Stages of A First Date - The Fix<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"7 Stages of A First Date - The Fix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0Going on a first date is up there with some of life\u2019s more awkward experiences. It\u2019s rarely like the Hollywood...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Fix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-11T16:00:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-11-11T16:00:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\/giphy.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alexandre Bram\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alexandre Bram\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alexandre Bram\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db9e9eb9e4754f8debfaa75adaf3eb0b\"},\"headline\":\"7 Stages of A First Date\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-11T16:00:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-11T16:00:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date\"},\"wordCount\":343,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media0.giphy.com\\\/media\\\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\\\/giphy.gif\",\"keywords\":[\"First date\",\"Stages\",\"Thoughts\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Life\",\"Relationships\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date\",\"name\":\"7 Stages of A First Date - The Fix\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media0.giphy.com\\\/media\\\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\\\/giphy.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-11T16:00:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-11T16:00:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db9e9eb9e4754f8debfaa75adaf3eb0b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media0.giphy.com\\\/media\\\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\\\/giphy.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media0.giphy.com\\\/media\\\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\\\/giphy.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/7-stages-first-date#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"7 Stages of A First Date\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Fix\",\"description\":\"Get yours...\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db9e9eb9e4754f8debfaa75adaf3eb0b\",\"name\":\"Alexandre Bram\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/23e99e31b3c2ca77643afa30584e2c1ff261628a076c056f23c733238dfc15f7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/23e99e31b3c2ca77643afa30584e2c1ff261628a076c056f23c733238dfc15f7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/23e99e31b3c2ca77643afa30584e2c1ff261628a076c056f23c733238dfc15f7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alexandre Bram\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefix.boohoo.com\\\/au\\\/story\\\/author\\\/alexandre-bram\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"7 Stages of A First Date - The Fix","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"7 Stages of A First Date - The Fix","og_description":"\u00a0Going on a first date is up there with some of life\u2019s more awkward experiences. It\u2019s rarely like the Hollywood...","og_url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date","og_site_name":"The Fix","article_published_time":"2017-11-11T16:00:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-11-11T16:00:57+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\/giphy.gif","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Alexandre Bram","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alexandre Bram","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date"},"author":{"name":"Alexandre Bram","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/db9e9eb9e4754f8debfaa75adaf3eb0b"},"headline":"7 Stages of A First Date","datePublished":"2017-11-11T16:00:41+00:00","dateModified":"2017-11-11T16:00:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date"},"wordCount":343,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\/giphy.gif","keywords":["First date","Stages","Thoughts"],"articleSection":["Life","Relationships"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date","url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date","name":"7 Stages of A First Date - The Fix","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\/giphy.gif","datePublished":"2017-11-11T16:00:41+00:00","dateModified":"2017-11-11T16:00:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/db9e9eb9e4754f8debfaa75adaf3eb0b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\/giphy.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/LRxugmH6BnAEE\/giphy.gif"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/7-stages-first-date#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"7 Stages of A First Date"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/","name":"The Fix","description":"Get yours...","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/db9e9eb9e4754f8debfaa75adaf3eb0b","name":"Alexandre Bram","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23e99e31b3c2ca77643afa30584e2c1ff261628a076c056f23c733238dfc15f7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23e99e31b3c2ca77643afa30584e2c1ff261628a076c056f23c733238dfc15f7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23e99e31b3c2ca77643afa30584e2c1ff261628a076c056f23c733238dfc15f7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alexandre Bram"},"url":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/author\/alexandre-bram"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ZKVV-8WK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34394"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41621,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34394\/revisions\/41621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}