10 Ways to Be a Good Date

1. Meet her Dad. This one is for the high school and college crowd. Don't you dare honk the horn in the driveway. If she lives at home and dad lives there too, you go through him. You engage in small talk, you carry yourself like a man, and you show him that you will respect his little girl. If he is a good father, he won't beat you down and he may not feel the need to offer threats. If he is not a good father, your date will respect the fact that you will look out for your kids some day in a way her father didn't.
2. Open doors. I don't care if its the car door, house door, restaurant door, or the door to the cellar (dates that end with tornadoes are cool). Make sure that you open doors. Very few ladies take issue with old-fashioned manners.
Side bar: Don't pull her seat out. It's just awkward. No one teaches classes on doing it, and no one teaches girls how to have it done for them. She will probably wind up on the floor, and you will look stupid. I may adjust it to say offer once, and she will usually tell you if it is cool or not. Chances are slim that she'll be comfortable with it.
3. Don't take her to a movie (at least early on). If you do, make sure to get some quality time in before or after. Maximize your face time with her. Nothing minimizes your chemistry like sitting side by side in a dark room where talking is forbidden (and impossible).
4. Don't take her to Burger Shack or TGI McScratchy's. Take her a place that has some character and ambiance. If she likes burgers, find a nice grease joint that doesn't have franchises. I'm not saying you need to blow $100 at hibachi steak house. Just spend the extra $10 to make it memorable and show some effort. Try something new and adventurous (and make sure she's ok with that).
5. Don't be afraid to ditch dinner. Coffee gets the same thing done for way less. Take a walk. They're great for conversation. Find out about free stuff online before hand, like open air concerts. If it's not cool, you lose no money and have something to talk about.
6. Ask her about herself. Yes, you have an arsenal of amusing tales and witty one-liners. Use them only when you can't help yourself. You are there to find out about her. That doesn't mean that you don't let her know about yourself. You just need to let her know that you are more interested in her than in yourself.
Side bar: Never talk about past relationships. If you have nothing good to say about other girls in the past, she will want to avoid becoming part of that list. If you have too many good things to say, she will wonder why you aren't still with them. Plus, it's just tacky.
7. PAY FOR HER! If you go dutch, you are basically saying "this is our last date, if this even was a date." Don't woo a woman on her own dime.
8. Walk her to the door. A man who drops her off in the drive way and pulls away is called a cabbie. A good date makes sure she feels safe from any potential ninja attacks on the front porch.
9. Be careful with the goodnight kiss. If all signs point to "she digs your chili," then be the one to initiate. If you aren't sure, better safe than slapped. The safest bet is a kiss on the cheek. If the evening was full of awkward silence, she kept checking her watch, or you kept spilling on her and tripping her while you walked, cut your losses before you cut her lips on your braces.
10. A kiss is enough. A real man stays as far away from sexual sin as possible, and would never involve a lady in it. A selfish loser pressures a girl into sexual sin. Usually, he goes where there's no dad to offer beat downs. If you are a Christian, you will date a Christian girl. That means she is a daughter of the King, and he sees everything you do with her. Treat her like your sister, because she's your sister in Christ.