First dates can be really freaking awkward.

Hey, it's so nice to meet you.

Yeah.

I mean, I literally once saw a guy on a date shake the woman's hand when she reached over to grab some bread.

So awkward.

But there's good news here.

Dates don't always have to be that awkward.

So here's tips to avoiding an awkward first date. Keep

watching. Hey there. My name's Adam Littlechay from Love Strategies.com where we help successful

single women get out there and track long-lasting love and do it with a proven strategy. And two or three

years ago, I was on this really terrible reality TV show called Kate Plus Date, where I was

helping Kate Goslin get out there and attract long-lasting love. And let me tell you, that was

a crazy freaking experience. But it's kind of fun being on this television show because I got to

kind of creep on her when she was on a date. And it's really interesting that if you can have the right

perspective on a date and the right tools in your toolkit, suddenly dates can be a lot better. And we took her cake from being actually really nervous on these dates and unsure of what to do with just a few of these strategies and I'm about to reveal to you. We took her from feeling like kind of no confidence, not sure what to do to actually feeling pretty good before those dates and this is exactly what

I taught her. Number one is to be prepared. Before your date, just plan out a few topics of conversation

that you can bring up just to avoid any type of awkward silence. When you're on a first date,

there's a few kind of key things you can always talk about it. We call this the Ford approach.

The Ford is an acronym. The F is about family. You know, to ask him about his family, where he comes from. Does he have siblings? Occupation, which is his work. This would be my least favorite of all, but the O is for occupation, talking about what he does. And more importantly, why it is that he does it. The R and Ford is recreation. What's he like to do for fun?

Like, get out there. That's my favorite, of course. And then D is dreams. Where does he see himself

in the next few years? If you use the Ford approach, family occupation, recreation, and dream,

this can fill a lot of conversation very easy. And personally, I always noticed that having kind of

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