The 14 Dumbest Things a Guy Can Do to Ruin a First Date (Especially in Beijing)

Clemence Jiang | Feb 13, 2014 1:30 pm | 1 comment | 5841 reads

First dates are important: it is either a good date or a bad date. There are no such so-so dates in between. Good dates can happen in many ways: by dressing properly, picking a romantic place to wine and dine, and having interesting conversations and making the right moves, but bad dates and deal breakers are always similar.

If you are lucky to have a date for the Valentine’s Day, don’t fall into the following categories, especially when you are in Beijing.

1. Call the date by another woman’s name, five times before main course is served.

2. Take your date to a place where your ex-girlfriend frequents.

3. Try to be impressive by telling the waiter, "I'll have the most expensive thing on the menu," without even looking at it. Don’t be too surprised by the zeros.

4. Give her a bunch of crushed flowers and blame the people on the subway.

5. Tell a joke that only you think is funny.

6. Bluff about your Chinese, and the only thing you can properly say is “give me the cheapest one!”

7. Leave your wallet at home, and your roommate refuses to bring it to you.

8. Pretend you read Chinese menu and order a dog penis that you assume is a sausage.

9. Ride a scooter without license to pick your date up, and get deported for bumping into a middle-aged Chinese lady.

10. Ask the date to have a walk when the AQI outside is above 800.

11. Be three hours late because you have no idea of Beijing’s traffic.

12. Hitting on another girl (or guy) during the date.

13. Eat lots of stinky tofu before the date.

14. Tell the date your favorite Chinese city is Dongguan.

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