There are a lot of ways you can easily mess things up with a potential love interest before you’re even given a fair chance. This is why we thought it was important to share some advice recently released by AskMen.com about the proper way to buy a woman a drink. Believe it or not, there is a right and wrong way to do it. Check out these few steps and you’ll be a pro before the weekend!

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This is going to sound like pretty common knowledge, but people like happy people. No one really goes out looking for love, relationships or dating experiences with someone who acts like life is never in their favor. It’s just not the way we operate. Dating and relationship coach Evan Marc Katz made a few really great points recently about why happiness is so essential and how you can ensure that you’re conveying that in the relationships and partnerships that you’re involved in.

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There’s a huge difference in the way that men and women communicate. Women are sensitive and considerate and men are typically direct. While women are typically better communicators they don’t always say what they mean. This is where things start to get complicated, fights happen and feelings get hurt.

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Cinco de Mayo is one of the most fun holidays of the year if you ask any tequila, corona or beach lover out there. It is one day that you’re bound to find block parties, drink specials and a lot of fun things to do. While social holidays can be a great opportunity to ask out that special someone you’ve been eying lately, one centered on drinking could be a risky gamble and might send the wrong impression.

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Healthy people never think about how a disease or ailment could affect their chances for romance, but thousands of men and women struggle with the difficulties a disease can bring to one’s love life. Here are a few simple tips for men and women facing this problem. 

Be Honest

It’s generally best to be honest about a health problem, but that doesn’t mean you need to spill the beans right away. Diane Maps, a breast cancer patient and author of How to Date in a Post-Dating World, says everyone has baggage and that it’s best to talk about health issues after you’ve connected with someone special. 

"Do people tell you they come from an alcoholic background or were sexually abused as a child on the first date,” she asks a Seattle advice columnist. “No! She [a former cancer patient asking for advice] should get to know them with a first or second date to see if she likes them and if they like her—and then tell them once she thinks it's appropriate."

That said if you and date are getting intimate, you should definitely let the person know about an STD or other contagious ailment, regardless of how long you’ve known one another.

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Whether you're preparing to take some new profile pics or you're heading out for a date, deciding what to wear can be a major challenge. Ladies tend to fall back on the "little black dress" but dating experts say wearing black just makes you blend in. In fact, both men and women can benefit from wearing bold colors.

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If you're a fan of hip hop, you know it's more than just a genre of music. Since it began in 1972 in the Bronx, hip hop has changed the way Americans dance, talk, eat, drink, dress, and vacation. Its trends cut across racial, economic, and cultural lines.

The Hip Hop Association in New York uses it to educate young people in classrooms and in Philly, the Start Snitching Campaign is using it to fight gun violence. Now, Yo Jeff is using it to help people date, avoid disease, avoid drama, and find the happiness of marriage.

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