Guys, what sort of first-dater are you?

a. Cancel your date-it’s only a date

b. Tell your friend you can’t go as you had a prior engagement

c. Call your date, explain and be honest asking if it’s ok to reschedule to a time that suits them

a. Tell them it was nice, smile, and secretly resolve not to eat there again

b. Refuse to pay because the food was terrible, asking to speak to the Manager

c. Say the food wasn’t good but the service was

a. Grab the bill and insist upon paying the entire amount, including tip

b. Roughly half the bill and throw down 50% + small gratuity

c. Take out your calculator and tot up exactly what you owe, and don’t leave a tip

a. Shut it off and apologise profusely for neglecting to put your phone on silent beforehand

b. Answer the phone and quickly tell the person on the other end that you are busy right now and will call back later

c. Immediately answer the call, leave the table and conduct your conversation with the caller as normal

a. Frequently pepper your language with expletives, after all, you are who you are, no point in pretending to be something you’re not

b. Accidentally let a few curse words escape your lips as the conversation flows but notice it and make a conscious effort to reign in the ‘effing’

c. Monitor your language from beginning to end to ensure you don’t cause offense or disgust your date with foul language

a. Have one stiff drink before heading out the door to meet your date, just to take the edge off, followed by a swish of mouthwash

b. Polish off the bottle of wine, after all, you’re more fun with a few drinks on board and your date will catch up in no time, if they are any craic at all

c. Tempting as a nerve-soothing drink sounds, you’ll wait until your date starts and drink at the pace set by your match so you can enjoy their company

a. Do not even mention your ex under any circumstances, after all you are moving on and talking about the competition won’t impress your new match

b. Talk about your ex and how upset you are over the end of that relationship but only after your match brings up relationship history and asks about yours-you don’t want to lie

c. Bring up the subject of ex’s so that you can discuss why you were so heartbroken. You want to make sure you don’t get hurt again so your match should know all about your ex

a. Call your date hours in advance to change the time of the date and apologise profusely for any inconvenience caused

b. Try and make it for ‘around’ the time your date was due to begin, sure what’s the harm in being fashionably late, you’re worth waiting for

c. Text your date around the time the date is meant to start and let them know you are running a few minutes late but will be there soon

a. Shower, shave and put on lovely clean clothes. Splash of cologne and a dollop of hairgel and out the door

b. You’ve had a long day at work and you had a shower yesterday so a quick blast of deodorant and a clean shirt will suffice

c. Head straight to your date in yesterday’s outfit. Sure the dirty fingernails are a sign of a hard worker

a. Remain seated and nod a hello at her. You’ve already ordered cos you were hungry and she was a few minutes late. Your first course arrives first and you tuck in straight away before it goes cold

b. Stand up to shake her hand and pull out her chair for her to sit down, telling her she looks lovely. You encourage her to order first once she knows what she wants to eat

c. Half-stand up and say hello to greet her before beckoning the waiter over to take your order before you die of hunger-you’ve already emptied the breadbasket