I don't consider articles about brushing your teeth before a
date and not leaving your credit card
on the table after
dinner to be
especially useful, but then again I brush several times daily and don't give money to strangers based
on transparent sob stories.
I'm talking meeting someone for coffee or a quick happy hour drink, not an expensive
dinner or other big production (which in my opinion puts too much pressure
on a 1st
date,
especially one from the internet where you have no previous in - person contact).