10 Ways To Ensure That Your Date Is Compatible With You
6. Know your date’s likes and dislikes
Talking about each other’s likes and dislikes can reveal a great deal about your personalities. Don’t limit this discussion to what likes and dislikes you have in your choice of perfume, chocolates or movies, take the conversation deeper. The more you know about each other, the more compatible you are likely to be as a couple.
7. Understand motives
When two people come together for a date, they may have different reasons to do so. One may come just to flirt around, another may come to get over a serious relationship they previously had, and yet another one may come with the motive of getting into bed. Make sure you are on the same page with your date about the status of your relationship and what you expect from it in the future.
8. Cultural upbringing
You may think this sounds very conservative but it will turn its ugly head up later on in the relationship, when it gets serious. Get to know about the cultural and religious inclinations of your date from very early on in the relationship. Later on, the smallest habits can prove to be an obstacle.
9. Routine habits
From brushing teeth before having coffee to throwing clothes for a wash to keeping your room clean, routine habits can prove to be deal makers or breakers in a relationship. If you don’t want to be in a live-in arrangement with each other, at least spend more time camping or holidaying where you get to know the routine habits of the other person.
10. Having similar goals
Having similar goals in life can boost compatibility of a couple to a great deal. If both are ambitious, adventurous or career-oriented, you will be spending more time supporting each other rather than having compatibility issues and ending up fighting.
First dates usually go without a glitch because you don’t see much of the real person. It is only later in the relationship that problems start arising, most of which are compatibility related. No one can guarantee compatibility, but you can certainly take few steps to make sure that you are at least on the right path.
