Try an action First Date to light the spark of love – First Date Magic Ideas
First dates where you do something physical (but not that physical!) are getting more and more popular, and we have a list of great suggestions in our new book on First Dates and making true love appear in your life, called ‘First Date Magic’. In ‘First Date Magic’ we explain that action dates work very well for a couple of reasons.
For one thing, if you’re doing something physical there is often a legitimate excuse for touching your date, say clutching each other in fright on the rollercoaster, or even pushing each other on the swings in the park. This kind of casual, ‘safe’, spontaneous contact helps create a feeling of closeness and intimacy.
The terror inducing rollercoaster ride has another positive benefit too. When you get an adrenalin surge your body responds in a way that’s very like sexual arousal – your pulse rate shoots up and you get flushed and breathless. And it’s very easy to subconsciously confuse it for sexual attraction. Why? – because it’s physiologically almost identical to the first stage of sexual arousal.
The good news for you is that any activity that’s new, fun and exciting can produce this effect – taking a surfing lesson together, indoor rock climbing, ice skating, even eating hot, spicy food, can have similar results! We’ve even heard about an experiment where people met on a bridge high above rushing water. It turned out that they were more attracted to each other than similar people who met elsewhere.
So if you can find a rollercoaster on a bridge,
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