Posted on 12/05/2017 11:13:26 AM PST by mairdie
The illustrated guide, which was published by Click Parade magazine in the US in 1938 and recently resurfaced online, includes a string of warnings modern girls would baulk at; from minimising their alcohol intake to always looking interested - even if their date's chat is less than scintillating.
Ladies wishing to touch up their make-up were also warned never to do in front of a man - only in private - and urged not to make conversation on the dancefloor.
Read on for more 'tips' that will make you thankful you're on the dating scene in 2017.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Too funny!!
I’ve got a shy one, too, and I love it. Sweet is much to be preferred.
Good girl!
Same with having a beer poured on your head. I think my reply was "if you're going to waste beer like that, I don't see any future for us."
But nothing tops the comment of my roommate, who asked his date "what's that on your face, a Gainesburger?"
bump
You may not believe this, but as a young man in Michigan Wally Cox was a champion high-school athlete (wrestling, track and field, etc.)
And people marvel that sex robots are becoming a thing.
The 1938 selfie!
-PJ
-PJ
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Most of this sounds dated, but it is still good advice for people, not just for women.
- grooming in front of your date looks bad, male or female
- drinking excessively is also a bad idea. If you can’t tolerate your date while sober, end the date.
- both crying and looking bored are rude, again whether male or female. If you cannot even pretend interest while looking for a better topic, end the date
- flirting with another person during a date is rude
I don’t see most of the advice as unique to women only. Don’t adjust your bra in front of him? Okay. But men should not adjust their anatomy either. The only advice that does not have a close parallel for men is bad advice for women too. No, I don’t want to date a woman who sits in an uncomfortable position to “appeal” to me, nor do I want to talk with a woman who fakes interest in a topic instead of looking for a topic that is a shared interest.
Only part I might disagree with you on is the faking interest in a topic. The rest - right on! When I’m meeting and spending time with someone I don’t know, I try to get them talking about something about which they’re passionate. I might not know anything about it when they start talking, but I will always walk away with a lot more knowledge than when I arrived. That might lead to more interest. It might not. But there isn’t a time I regret learning about something I don’t know. So I guess I object to the phrase “faking it.”
Look, you feel when there is no there there, be polite and don’t burn bridges
You never know.
Sometimes that’s just bad timing
Problem is nowadays in yer late 50s Bridges are burnt all across the landscape.
People have forgotten to be kind.
They have forgotten to laugh
They had iPhones in 1938? Check out that first photo and tell me shes not a time traveler.
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