Dressing appropriately for the occasion is key.
A first date that isn’t too much too soon is the right approach.
A coffee date, ice cream, brunch, lunch, a walk, a smoothie, juice, frozen yogurt, etc., are all appropriate first dates.
The first date is about determining compatibility.
For the longest time, you were stuck on the romantic fantasy of falling in love with the perfect man who would sweep you off of your feet.
You still remember the butterflies you felt when you went out on your very first date with your first crush.
Sadly, those butterflies weren’t long-lived.
The reality of actually going out on dates with him made it clear he didn’t fit the picture of who you had dreamed your perfect man to be.
The spaces you put yourself in are filled with younger men.
Even though you are in your thirties, you continue to put yourself in the same spaces you did when you were in your twenties.
Are you religiously going to nightclubs to socialize just as you did when you were in your twenties?
Nightclubs are havens for younger men who are often in their twenties.
All your life, you have never required an intoxicant to set you at ease and get you to relax.
There are several things that do that for you, whether it be a spa treatment, a phenomenal bubble bath, enjoying your favorite sparkling water beverage, watching your favorite reality TV show, etc.
That’s you.
But dating isn’t a solo activity.
A high-maintenance woman lives a certain lifestyle that some men can provide and others can’t.
Several of the men who have the financial means to provide this lifestyle don’t have a problem spoiling a partner.
That said, a man like this will still be put off by a high-maintenance woman when she expects high-maintenance treatment right from the start.
His initial intention when he meets a woman is to determine compatibility.