Keeping it in your pants: Top 10 smartphone etiquette tips for a first date

We're geeks. We get information technology. Our phones, exist they Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, or Windows Phone, are among the near of import things in our lives. We use them for everything, all the time. But in some situations our phones tin can get in the way, like on a first date.

And so, from one geek to another, I'm going to share ten basic tips on how to proceed your smartphone from ruining a potentially great new human relationship... by keeping information technology in your pants!

Hither are the bullet points, watch the video for the details!

Don't use your phone during a get-go engagement. Your attending should exist on the person you're with, non the device in your hand.
Turn your ringer off. Turn vibration off. Plough notifications off. Become into bedside manner, exercise non disturb way, or any it takes to go along your phone tranquility.
Turning your phone away isn't every bit good as putting it away. Really, it has to be out of sight to be out of heed.
If y'all're expecting an emergency phone call, exist upfront about it. Knowing really is half the battle.
$#!+ happens. If you forget to turn your telephone off and it goes off, apologize, put information technology away, and get back to your date.
If your date leaves the area, that's not an excuse to jump back to your telephone. If you do determine to text your friend, brand sure you lot don't become defenseless.
And don't post annihilation to a public social network your date might see, peculiarly non without their consent.
If your date leaves their phone backside, that'southward also not an invitation to start snooping. Have a deep breath and leave their telephone alone.
Pay attention to your date. Keep eye contact. Utilise their name. Brand certain they experience like the most of import person in the room.
Know when to break the rules. If your date wants a moving picture, to crash-land phones for contacts, to set up a second appointment, and so do it!

There they are, my tips for how to have a corking, phone-free first appointment. I'd love to hear your tips too, so hit upward the comments and tell me what you think! (Especially if you have any juicy phone-related dating stories to share!!)

Also: Apologies for the lack of a Windows Phone in the video! We were all set to buy a 920 before the shoot when the 925 was announced and so we're waiting on that considering, awesome!

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