When to call after first date gay

Wow, that went well. A first date has never played out so smoothly; absolutely nothing went wrong. An ideal venue, nary a break in the conversation, plus a bright smile and a promise to do it again at the very end. And then a cherry on top: an affectionate kiss on the cheek and a warm hug to send you on your way.

Could this be it? The one? You hope so. On the bus home, you beam as widely as you dare allow yourself without making your fellow passengers want to switch seats.

Why he’ll never call you back after that fantastic first date

No text comes through. Your inbox remains desolate, forgotten. You wonder if the date happened at all. Was it all a dream? Did he die? Has he been kidnapped? He lied. But why? What did you do? Cast your mind back. Anything sounding familiar? You blew your trumpet Nothing wrong with being proud of your achievements.

Everyone deserves their time to shine, but maybe a lower wattage is advisable on a first date. Ticking off a list of your personal and professional wins might seem like a good idea — success is sexy, after all — but nobody loves a show-off. Did you feel so comfortable that you were opening up about anything and everything?

Does he really need to know you had a difficult relationship with your mother as a teenager or that your father was more at home in the pub than helping you with your long division? Have you put him off by leaving him nothing else to discover about you? In an effort to let you down gently, the compensator will dig out his best acting skills and, to his credit but your eternal confusion, actually be nicer to you than a normal date would be.

Did he listen really intently and seem hugely interested in everything you had to say? Even that minute diatribe about your local supermarket running out of avocadoes? Did he laugh loudly at your jokes? All of them? Even the ones you pilfered from the least funny person on Twitter?

But you are never going to see this guy naked. You should have feigned tiredness after drink three and made a dignified exit.