First Dates Made Easy

October, 1994

I GO ON a lot of dates, which means that I go on a lot of first dates. I'm no expert, but you would think that after almost 20 years of dating, I'd know what I was doing. A lab rat could find the lettuce in the maze with its eyes closed after that much practice. Yet, even after all this time, I handle a first date like Bill Clinton handles questions about his affairs--I stumble, I sweat, I lie and I make my friends do the spin control afterward.I still dread that moment on a first date, between...