Keep your chat on the dating app until the date

Texting is the ‘death of a first date’, says the writer. Photo: TNS/Dreamstime

I am known for saying texting is the “death of a first date” (morbid, I know – but true), and I stand by it. What I mean by that is this: Once numbers are exchanged, if you haven’t already set up the details of the date (time/ date/location), then there is now a 65% chance of the date no longer happening. Here’s why:

> Someone simply doesn’t text, or stops texting, and all hope for meeting is lost.