20 questions not to ask on first date
I WAs surprised at the 20 questions that Julie silver says every woman should ask on a first date (Femail). No wonder she is still on her own. If a man asked me if I liked quinoa on a first date, I’d run for the hills. surely you should never ask: ‘Would you like to get married?’ Don’t even start me on ‘Are you metrosexual?’ or inquiring if a man is a fan of natural cosmetics.
And someone who is normally in bed by 9.30pm doesn’t sound much fun — unless it’s a certain type of fun, but it didn’t sound like it.
As for asking about inclined beds, that’s just sleep-inducing. Compiling a list of 20 first-date questions hasn’t worked for Julie — is anyone surprised?
SUE MILLWARD, South Croydon, Surrey. I AGREE that men have to up their game if they wish to meet a partner. I see women out for the night dressed to kill and thrill. the men have made no real effort, but still expect women to fall at their feet. It’s hardly a surprise they are single.
BOB MacDONALD GRUTE,
Newquay, Cornwall.
INSTEAD of an interrogation on a first date, which would surely make any potential boyfriend run a mile, what about good old-fashioned chemistry? If there is mutual attraction, a couple will accept each other’s lifestyles, choices, friends, pets, finances, beds, diet, hobbies and appearance.
BRENDA SPRAY, Romford, East London.
JULIE needs to accept no man will ever live up to her very specific needs. I do wonder if her idea of talking things through would involve any compromise on her part or would she expect a potential partner to come around to her way of thinking? Lighten up, Julie.
AUDREY MARTIN, Ferndown, Dorset.
BASED on the 20 questions asked, a man would be very unlucky to pass Julie’s test.
BILL FOSTER, Canterbury, Kent. MY WIFE advises Julie to add one more question to her first-date list: ask the man how much he earns and how much he plans to be earning in the near future. Otherwise she might end up marrying someone like me, who is always short of money!
SAMUEL FAROOQ, London SW17.
OH DEAR, Julie sounds like a control freak. No man is allowed to have his own life — it’s her way or no way.
JOAN DAWSON, Grays, Essex.
THE list of 20 requirements show Julie to be inflexible, boring, bossy, supercilious, overbearing and selfish. the deal-breaker is that she is not prepared to love a man’s dog.
GILLIE COGHLAN, Burford, Oxon.