1. When he arrives to pick you up, forgo booby trapping the front door as you leave. It doesn't matter if you always booby trap the doors when you leave or that it is a perfectly normal thing to do, he may find it odd to watch you sprinkle powder on the floor and apply scotch tape and pieces of straw to the door and frame strategic places.
2. Do not speak in outline. Even if you are in that mood that causes you to think and speak in list form, he may not understand why you are answering his "getting to know you" questions by beginning each sentence with 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 2a, etc.
3. Even if he has just told you that he is a big fan of British comedy, do not assume that he will understand the Mrs. Slocombe reference if you refer to your cat as a p***y. He might have been lying about liking British comedy or he just might not watch "Are You Being Served." He may look surprised if you reach over, remove a cat hair from his shirt and announce that your p***y is just shedding all over the place now that the weather is warm. He will look even more surprised when you follow that by mentioning that you have more than one.
4. If you visit a rooftop venue and he leaves you standing at the railing admiring the downtown skyline while he goes to order drinks, you should be able to anticipate that when he returns, he will have to walk up behind you if you are still in the same position when he returns. Try not to let this surprise or startle you. Try not to instinctively respond by whirling around with your stun gun in your hand. Even if you refrain from stunning him once you realize who it is, he may be a little unnerved by the experience, especially by the loud popping noise made by the stun gun. Do not try to ease the situation by explaining that you always carry weapons. This is not the moment to reveal that you also have a knife strapped to your thigh underneath your flowing, girly skirt.
