Saturday, April 18, 2009

Naomi's Field Guide to Coffeehouse First Dates

Signs that you are witnessing a first-date-in-progress at your local coffeehouse:

1. It's late on a Saturday afternoon, and the two arrive separately. Scratch that. If it's a guy and a girl at a coffeehouse late on a Saturday afternoon, it's probably a first date.

2. When the two in question meet, they hug. Briefly.

3. The couple sits far from the other patrons.

4. The two appear similar in age, style, socioeconomic status and attractiveness.

5. The guy doesn't drink straight black coffee. He drinks a slightly girlier drink, like a cappuccino.

6. The snippets of conversation you catch include sound bytes like, "I lived for two years in Dallas..."

7. Animated conversation seems to be followed by brief, intense pauses that are broken with comments about the weather or the drinks they're each drinking.


**If you identify two or more of the above signs, you are most likely witnessing a first date.

3 comments:

Mrs. Willowain said...

How about the girl is wearing a dress or skirt and the guy is wearing cologne/has obviously shaved/put too much gel in his hair?

Also, I think #7 could probably stand on its own.

Unknown said...

I'd scratch #2. Maybe when they leave but not when they get there.

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