Rule 39 - No matter what you have heard guys, always bring flowers on a first date.  Now I’m not talking about a freakin jungle here as there’s no need to turn her home into a botanical garden and you damn well better not bring roses.  Nothing overboard or expensive, just a small five buck or so garden bouquet from your local grocer will be fine.  Don’t forget to take the sticker off and remove the plastic wrapper nonsense too.  This will get you instant “date cred points” and put you one step ahead of the doucher she went out with that didn’t bring her any. 

Advanced awesomers only:  If you are smooth enough to pull this one off it is worth a shot for a slight modification on the above.  Pick some fresh ones from her neighbor’s yard instead of buying them (save yourself a buck or two).  Just make sure you don’t get busted in the process by the neighbor.  This does take advance prep work though cause you have to know whether or not the neighbor has any flowers. This will generally work a lot better on a future date once you scope out the scenery.  Leave a little dirt on em too.  It’s way funnier and more awesome that way.  She’ll appreciate your comedic awesome nature and it will give you a little joke to talk about when she is cooking you breakfast the next morning…or to share with peeps at the wedding. 

This post was written by Chad Elkins.