What are your most important rules when going on a date?

Can she pay her share...

Well, I haven't dated anyone since before I was married a long time ago but I would say from my experiences that my most important rules are: 

Try not to appear desperate in any way

Don't talk about your ex too much

Be kind, have fun and try not to spill anything on her, LoL! (That actually happened)
Good luck. : )

That's easy.  Just don't go on one.  Ever.


I hate dates.

Good table manners.     

Make sure your fly is zipped.

"Make sure she has a pulse." ... no sense in taking the blame for a bad date if you weren't at fault!

Be reasonably sober. Friend of mine was having dinner with his date and she got up and left when he was trying to cut up the napkin on his plate thinking it was fish.
Then he was asked to leave too.

Call me.

You mean there are meant to be rules?? Ohhhh so that's where I was going wrong -  I never had any rules :P  Someone might have told me there were supposed to be rules :P 

To be fair I really didn't ever have any rules - I treated each person as entirely new, different and unique from anyone else I had dated before... no expectations, no rules, no agenda.