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How to make blind date a success

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The Daks Club, an agency that provides instructions to single people seeking marriage, has presented guidelines to help a single to find a partner without fail when they first meet on a blind date, based on years of experiences couple managers have.

The success depends on clothes he/she wears or attitude he/she takes, not appearance, height or wealth, according to the guidelines.

It advises women to take off dark-colored overcoats and wear bright-colored clothes like pastels.

People look smart once they are dressed in achromatic colors, but it can make them look gloomy.

Other advice for those going on a blind date given by the Daks Club includes:

-- Have a blind date at venues which are not crowded with people.

Sometimes, we can see a man first meet his partner on a blind date at a crowded department store, underground shopping district or exit of a subway station. This is terrible. Neither side knows much about the other. It prevents them from concentrating attention.

-- Choose a small café rather than a large one as a venue for the meeting.

It is better for the two to hold dialogue at a small café than a large Starbucks or Café Bene store crowded with customers.

-- The duration of the first blind date between the two should be two hours at most.

Refrain from trying to know much about the other at the first meeting. It is better to leave room for the next meeting.