When you go on a first date are you making a good impression?  Are you putting your best foot forward?  There is a lot of advice out there making things confusing and a bit overwhelming and the advice seems to be constantly changing.  So how do you know how to behave? Starting Simple - The Dinner Date. We will start out easy, with the basic dinner date.  We all probably grew up with parents who tried to instill us with good table manners.  How many of us heard some of the following: Don't chew with your mouth full. Get your elbows off the table. Excuse…

Bill Husted, of the Denver Post, recently interviewed dating coach, author and Denverite Rachel Greenwald about her new book, "Why He Didn't Call You Back." During the interview he asked her this question - Should women send a thank you email after a date? Her answer, "Never. She's chasing him, and if a guy likes you, he wants to do the chasing." One of my matchmaking clients (a woman) recently asked me what I thought of her answer and did I agree.  I don't think it's as easy as saying never. Scenarios Let's look at a couple scenarios to…

Dating as you get older is sometimes pretty scary ground. For many, after years being married and perhaps living through a tough divorce, the idea of meeting someone again may seem awkward, uncertain, or at the very least - you may have been out of the dating scene for so long that you don't even know what the rules are anymore! (And rule books seem scarce!) And yet, here you are on your first date. Or at least the first date in years.  Dating when you're past the teenaged years is a bit different and…