When you are getting ready for that first big date, what do you do to get yourself prepared? Do you listen to country, classic rock, rap or pop music when getting ready?

Of course each person is different and may have many different ways of getting ready to meet that person you met through a popular online dating site for singles, but I think you will agree that getting those stomach butterflies are all part of making that all important first impression.

Without a doubt, the most important thing that you are looking for in your first date is that connection with the other person, something that you both have much in common, goals, interest, hobbies, or whatever it maybe. The best and sometimes the most important connections you make typically come from when you are feeling your confident self and your date will start to feed from your confidence as well. Connection made!

1. Be sure to give your full and prompt attention to your date

Successful dating relationships is about the two of you together, this is what starts and keeps a great relationship going such as when two people form a mutual relationship or bond. Change in a relationship will always occur, but the change must occur naturally and not one that is forced. It’s not about how you can change or define that person it’s more about how the two of you can grow your relationship together. Many times the change will come from your growth that you both share and that only comes with time. Finding what is important to your date is done through simple fact finding questions without "digging" into someone’s past.

2. Don’t set your expectations to high before your first date

So important that you get yourself into the right attitude and mood prior to meeting your date, remember the very first impressions are so critical and cannot be taken back, by this we mean do NOT set your expectations to high! You want to go into the first date with an open mind and with a positive outlook of getting to know this person for who they really are. Unequivocally, the foundation to long term mutually enjoyable relationship is built from honesty and trust. The more genuine you are from your very first date and forward the easier it will be to build and keep a long term exciting relationship.

Have fun with online dating and most of all just relax be yourself and enjoy that first date.