For adults, it's a trip down to memory lane as they fondly recall their first dates - The romantic strains of the violin, the breezy air, the soft candlelight, the wonderfully explosive flambé, the moonlight gazing, the sunset, everything! First dates are definitely unforgettable, it probably been so unforgettable that your date never agreed on a second. On a more serious note, if you want to make your date with the girl you want to be an unforgettable one for all the right reasons, then you better be reading further.

From the iffy to the absolute uncanny, here are the things men should definitely avoid while on a date.

1. Don't be late

If you're going to ask your grandparents, how you should go on a date, one dating advice that they would certainly tell you are the golden old ways on how to pursue a woman - real men used to pick up their dates at home, oftentimes with horse-drawn carriages. It may be an exaggeration, but that's most likely how your grandfather did while he's still persistently chasing your grandmother. Well, it may be 'hip and modern' now to just meet up at a mall or at a restaurant, but one thing you need to keep in mind: It's not modish to be modishly late. Notice that women waiting for her date to arrive after several minutes of the agreed time would get fidgety, glance around a lot of times and would probably call you and ask where you are. For goodness sake, spare the torture guys and be considerate enough to wait for women instead of doing it the other way around. If you're extremely tensed, women are edgy enough as it is.

2. Don't talk about just yourself

Whether you're on your first date or on a second or a third one, a date is a getting-to-know-you stage and not a getting-to-know-you-and-only-you phase. Oftentimes, men get too excited of impressing their dates, that they end up taking the floor for hours and do all the talking. Remember, date conversations must be a two-way street, a mutual exchange of stories, ideas and feelings to discover your common grounds. A date conversation is a way for you to know if you and the other party clicks. And, if you talk nonstop about yourself, your hobbies, your likes, she'll definitely end up getting bored and much more - hating you.

3. Don't bring a chaperone

This is one dating advice that should always and shall forever be written in any person's dating handbook. The undisputable date fact: Chaperones for those who go on a first date in the presence of a friend or a brother or sister are considered malicious evils sucking all joy and excitement from a romantic date. If you can't seem to get out and date a woman without someone to accompany you, please have the balls to stand on your own without a big bro tailing like a two-bit gumshoe.