Feedback Really IS Crucial; It’s Just Lunch Metro DC Dating Best Practices

I have to tell you, it really IS important and helpful to both It’s Just Lunch Metro DC staff and our clients to get feedback as soon as possible after a date.  When we discuss how the date went soon after it takes place, the clients’ memories and impressions of the event are still very fresh, so we get a very clear idea of whether it was a great date!  Here are some tips for giving feedback that will help your director and coordinators to make great matches for you: 

1. Tell us how long you spent on the date.  That gives us an idea of whether your personalities meshed. Attraction aside, if you can talk to someone for 3-4 hrs, that’s usually a good sign.
2.  How compatible did you feel with your date?  Did you have lots in common, or did you struggle to find things to talk about?  Did the conversation flow easily or were there awkward silences?
3. Did you feel any chemistry?  If you did, make sure you let us know!  A feeling of attraction to your date’s physical appearance or personality helps us tremendously in finding you more matches like that!
4. The digits—did you get them? If you exchanged phone numbers or email addresses with your date, please let us know if you plan to contact them for a second date. Very often, a so-so first meeting can become a dynamite connection once nerves have worn off and both people have demonstrated their interest by planning a second date!
5. Trust your instincts when it comes to assessing whether a date went well.  We won’t tell your date the feedback you give us, nor would we tell you what feedback they gave.  Our goal is to use your feedback to help find you better and better matches—unless your feedback is that we’ve found you The One!

Krista White