Men of Reddit. What are some green flags on a first date?

She listens sincerely and talks sincerely. When you find a common talking point and she genuinely

adds to not only the conversation, but your view on said topic, good conversation gets me

going. My wife, who I've been with for eight years, and I had an incredibly awkward first date

for the first hour.

There was physical attraction, but we were both awkward and shy.

Conversation was so stale and forced that I texted a friend that it wasn't going well

and I could meet in an hour.

Until for whatever reason, she asked me if I had a zombie apocalypse plan, and I did.

So we nerded out together over that and other topics flowed in more naturally.

We talked for four hours and walked from South Keys to Rodeau Center in Ottawa, walking

the entire four hours.

One good shared topic can start something amazing.

I have to 100% agree.

A good conversation can make you a 10 in my book real quick.

Looking back, the thing that should have been the biggest green flag about the woman I married

was that she made just as much effort to see me as I did her. She texted me first, suggested

hangout times, and came up with date ideas just as often as I did.

I don't think I realized it back then, but I realize it now.

When we were first dating, my wife was in law school and an hour and a half drive from her house.

One night a week, she would come to my house.

She was temporarily living with her parents while she went to school as a single parent.

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