Congratulations! Despite the uneventful mishaps on your first date, you’ve carried yourself well to merit the next one. What now? Should you or should you not walk her home? What about the kiss? How do you maintain contact? These are some of the dilemmas which you may be facing at the moment.
The solution is a hard one to describe, but is concerned with the same gut feeling which you used in initially assessing your date. You’ve both had a great day and you felt the connection. As a precaution during this situation, it is better to feel the comfort zone of yourself and your date before venturing out into more involved situations. If after the date you feel yourselves lingering a bit longer than usual, then it is worth the risk to ask for another meeting. Tell the other person how much you loved the time you spent with each other, and ask if further dates would be appealing. If the answer is in the affirmative, now is the perfect segue to ask the person if you could walk her home, or anticipate an offer to escort you back to your place. If the other person consents to the offer, make sure you keep the conversation rolling during the ride or walk back to her or your place, so as not to lose the momentum of the date.
Asking for a kiss is not done through verbal means, but is more concerned with both of your gestures at the end of the date; if she is giving subtle signals that she is willing to go for a kiss, such as hesitating on the doorway to her house or in getting off the vehicle, you may lean slightly towards her to anticipate a confirmation; that way you won’t put too much pressure on her to return the gesture, and she’ll be more at ease with the kiss. If she declines, respect the decision and offer to call her back as soon as you get home.
The callback is probably the final sign that the date has gone well. If you maintain correspondence with each other days after the date, you could easily set up the next one without further hassles, just make sure that the other person is comfortable with the next set-up. As you progress in your dating experience, you’ll hopefully become more intimate with each other, and you’ll get to know the other person better.