1950’s Dating Etiquette

Dating Etiquette for Girls

• Only floozies ask guys out.
• When someone asks you out, it’s polite to give an immediate answer.
• Never break a date without providing a valid reason.
• There’s no such thing as fashionably late; be ready when your date arrives.
• It’s only proper to introduce your date to your parents.
• Don’t apply makeup in public (please see first point).
• At a restaurant, it’s ladylike to tell a date what you want for dinner, so he can order for you.
• Don’t humiliate guys by trying to pay for a date.

Dating Etiquette for Guys

• Dates aren’t like cramming for exams; don’t wait until the last minute to ask a girl out.
• It’s poor form to honk the car horn to announce your arrival; call for her at the door.
• Ask her parents when they want her home — and make sure your watch works.
• It’s only polite to help her don her coat.
• Real gentlemen open car doors for girls — or any door, for that matter.
• It’s chivalrous to walk between her and the curb.
• Bring enough money along.
• No kissing on the first date.
• On prom night, don’t leave the corsage in the fridge.

(Source: rd.com)