8 types you encounter on a first date
If there is something I have a love-hate relationship with, it is the nerve-wracking, butterfly-inducing, sometimes successful, more often disappointing phenomenon called dating. We can all relate to it. Sometimes it’s a huge success, other times we wonder if we are in an episode of Bananasplit.
Yet we have to face it if we want to catch our great love. One thing is certain: whether it’s the beginning of a new relationship or the setting for the next embarrassing story that your girlfriends can tease you about for years, every woman has experienced a date with one (or more) of the types below.
1. The free spirit
If freedom and happiness were a person, he would be sitting across from you right now. This man wants nothing more than to sell all his possessions, backpack through Indonesia, and live off love. Meanwhile, you dream of a place where you can fill your online shopping carts in peace, preferably horizontally, while your next glass of wine is on its way. Did someone say: mismatch? Next!
2. The career tiger
By the time you’ve transformed from a salt bag to a mega babe, he has already been to six meetings and two networking events and, if you believe his stories, saved the world at least once. This date will probably end prematurely due to an unexpected deadline for his snoozefest of a job, the content of which you will probably never fully understand.
3. Casper the ghost
We all know this one. You finally have a date where the sparks are flying. There’s a connection, you can laugh together, and after the evening ends with a kiss, you hear nothing more from him. Hello, could the person who raised this man please come to the front desk? I have a few questions.
4. Broke Barry
You sensed it coming when his eyebrow shot up the moment you ordered more than just the house wine and a Caesar salad. This man carefully scrutinizes the bill at the end of the evening to ensure he only pays for himself. That you opted for the pasta with shrimp and a third glass of prosecco is not his problem. After he has talked down his glass of tap water from the bill, you will probably never see him again. He later describes you to his friends as demanding.
5. Sjaak the critic
It’s almost impressive how this type manages to undermine everything you enjoy. Wine? He doesn’t drink. Taylor Swift? Pop music is for thoughtless airheads. Makeup? He doesn’t like it. He sternly advises you to try a natural look, like Kim Kardashian. With this man, you find yourself involuntarily in an ‘anti-all-speech’ and there’s no escaping it. This would be a good moment for Frans Bauer to make an appearance.
6. Tall, dark and hungry
How this man manages to eat on a first date is a mystery. While your stomach is turning from nerves and you shakily lift your wine glass in an attempt to relax, he inhales his three-course meal as if it’s a sport. These types are, in my opinion, ripe for scientific research.
7. The detective
Brace yourself, because this man wants to know everything about you. ‘Where were you born? At what time? What is your earliest memory? If you were an animal, what would you be? Why?’ Oof… You will definitely leave this date with a spinning head and one or two accidentally revealed family secrets. It can happen to the best of us.
8. Too good to be true
He seems to have it all. He's handsome, holds the door open for you, laughs at your jokes, has plenty to say, and is interested in you. You expertly ignore the fact that he seems a bit too perfect. You're far too busy planning your wedding. Could this be him?
