I’m early 30’s and got out of a bad relationship last year, and I’ve been going on a bunch of dates the last few months to find a kind and good partner.
I average about 2 first-dates a week, but I almost always feel a lack of chemistry and spark, the dates have almost become routine and I’m tired of the same old questions
How long have you been living in Amsterdam?
How’s your family?
How’s your job?
What are your hobbies etc. ?
Bla bla bla bla.
The times I did hit it off with a girl and it lead to follow up dates and/or a fling they asked some spicy and intimate questions and that made the conversation exciting and us connect on a deeper level.
The one girl steered the conversation to drugs, sex our experiences in therapy, childhood trauma etc. and fuck that was so engaging and fun and we hit it off. Unfortunately that only ended up in a fling and I want something more serious.
I’m not sure how to recreate that, I don’t feel super comfortable steering the convo to a sexual nature and/or deeply personal things as a guy, I don’t wana seem like a creep 🤷🏼♀️ but maybe I’m overthinking it.
Anyway how I can spice up first-date conversations?
Trick here is you need to volunteer something spicy first to lay the foundation that it’s safe to be spicy.
If you come out of the gate with spicy questions without calibrating what spicy is, expect plain answers regardless of the quality of the questions.
Relatively low hanging fruit is to get them to weigh in on a disagreement with two spicy sides… if it’s framed as being between you and someone you respect already, and you volunteer your own spicy take, that provides the safety for the other person to get involved
Ah that’s the best tip I’ve seen here thanks, allow them the choice to lead it more spicy or not.
If they’re comfortable with more spicy they might pick that route