Love Lab: What makes a perfect first date?
The Love Lab moved up to the next stage of romance, as Michael Mosley took our willing lab rats dating.
So how do we go from that initial first encounter to forming a deeper attraction? Scientists believe they have the answer.
Our eight volunteers were paired up and split into two groups for a first date. Two of the couples had a quiet night in on the sofa, while the others were taken for a thrilling ice-skating trip.
Scientists believe that scary activities such as ice-skating or extreme sports produce endorphins, a feeling of exhilaration that some people misattribute to feelings of attraction.
Indeed, the couples that went on the active first date rated their attraction to the volunteer they were paired with as higher than before, bearing the theory out.
More information:
BBC Relationships site
BBC Science on 'The mating game'
So what's your idea of a perfect first date? And what have been your biggest dating disasters? Let us know.
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Dave the Props Man....
.....is a star.
Swoon! Thud!
Dave - will you be my Valentine?
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What a lot of twaddle on something that women no nothing about, "LOVE"
It is well known that women don't do Love they are just looking for someone to pay all the bills.
Oh! It all starts nice and cosy, just shows how gullible we men are but just a few weeks down the line their true self reveals it's self.
Any suggestion of romance goes out the window and then the rationing starts, using sex as a weapon to get their own way.
The only thing women care about is their own welfare.
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Well I disagree with johnnb1940. Not all are about money but some are about Honesty truth, and genuine Ladies.
There are those whom are only after the money and I can think of one particular case, very high profile The Macartney Saga.
Coz I thought at the time that the Lady was only after a share of Paul's wealth.
Linda Macartney was a well respected Lady in her own right. At the time of her passing I felt for Paul.
Sadly my Valentine has passed under the bridge.
Haplessly.
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The perfect date would be, To have an invite to a nice not to loud restaurant or pub have a meal or drink.
Chat ask the most awkward questions to get them out of the way.
Hopefully its going well then the best thing to do at the end of the evening is to leave a little early than you would normaly do.
So you can see if the other person likes you, then you could ask for the contact details so you ask for another date.
Hopefully you go out again only on a better date next time as you have got to no each other well the first time around.
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