According to a new study exploring the dos and don'ts of dating, you shouldn't lock lips until the second date or connect on Facebook until at least the third. And don't even dream of jumping into bed with them before the fourth rendezvous¹.

 

根据一项对人们约会守则的新调查，直到第二次约会你才能与对方亲吻、至少第三次约会才能在脸谱网上联系。甚至在第四次约会之前都不要梦想着与之同床共枕。

 

The research, commissioned by TLC's new dating show Undressed, also suggests that men should be the first text after a successful date and women should respond within a quarter of an hour if keen².

 

When it comes to messaging, a maximum of two kisses is all that is required as an end note.

 

Any more might be too 'over the top', while any less could apparently³ come across as 'cold'. A definite no-no is waiting for the other person to text first.

 

Half of the 1,500 Brits quizzed in the study said it was important for their potential love interest to make contact first - which means the other half of daters will be left disappointed.

 

It seems that 'playing it cool' isn't in vogue⁴ anymore either. A third of respondents said they would text back within a quarter of an hour, with only five percent saying they'd wait as long as two hours.

 

Just 23 percent of people think that texting back straight away is a sign of being 'too keen' with the majority of Brits saying they are happy to get right back in contact with a love interest.

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