by Amanda A Ashley

Created on: February 19, 2008

Honesty is the best policy.

If you want to end a blind date, the best thing to do is to tell the truth, instead of making up excuses to leave. Your date will probably see right through you, and you'll end up hurting their feelings more than is really necessary.

So, here it goes- "Hey, I just want to be honest with you. We aren't really hitting it off too well, so maybe we should cut the evening short." That doesn't sound too bad, does it? Being up front, is not always the easiest option. But, your date will respect you for it. Maybe they even felt the same way that you did, and were glad to hear you say it first. If not, then you may have saved your date some potential hurt by ending it before any real feelings got involved.

Another reason to be up front is to keep your date from trying to reschedule the date, again and again, to another time when you aren't taking care of that "unexpected emergency" that just came up. There is some truth to the saying that if you lie, you have to tell another lie, and then another lie to cover up all the lies you have told. Tell them the truth right from the start, and you will save yourself the trouble of having to deal with them over and again.

Dating is difficult at times. There is no need to make it even more difficult by adding awkwardness, and guilt to the picture. Be the kind of person that you wouldn't mind dating. Wouldn't you want someone to be honest with you? No one likes to be led on. If you are leading someone on, chances are the same thing will happen to you in the future. Remember, you reap what you sow.

Keep your integrity in tact. You never know where each road can lead. You also never know who you might come across in the future. Maybe, your blind date happened to be the friend of a friend of your future soul mate. Or, they could also end up being your boss one day. Being sincere and honest is best in all relationships, the old ones, the new ones and even the ones that you believe are going nowhere.

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