Jewish Dating and Body Language: 5 Signs You're Headed for a Second Date

You have spent countless hours on the dating site: browsing dozens of profiles, studying photos, chatting in forums, communicating via messengers and phone, and selecting the one who is just right for you. And now, it has happened: your first date with your Jewish partner and you are finally sitting face to face!

You are quite taken with the person across from you, and you are open to continuing the relationship. But how can you tell if they liked you and if a second date is on the horizon? Especially if you are still learning to read your partner's body language and understand their tone.

Typically, there are clear signs to look out for. These will tell you whether your new acquaintance wants to see you again and if there is a future for your relationship.

In English, there is even a special term for this phenomenon – 'Smize' – smiling with the eyes (smile + eyes). If the person you met for the first time looks at you with joy and warmth in their gaze throughout the entire first date and maintains prolonged eye contact, it is a serious sign of their interest in you. Because someone who is not interested will surely find something else to look at besides you.

Important: a person who is genuinely enjoying their time with you and feels good in your company will hardly be able to stop smiling.

Speaking of conversation during your first Jewish date, it is important to note that it should flow easily. Not as an interrogation, where one partner asks questions and the other only responds. Not as a monologue, where only one of them talks about their biography, work, or hobbies, while the other remains silent.

In a successful first date, both individuals participate – and in the conversation, of course, as well. Both enjoy exchanging information, take their time to talk about themselves, and get to know the person sitting opposite.

Important: someone who is interested in you and what you have to say will lean slightly towards you during the conversation. If you are sitting next to each other, you will probably turn at an angle so that your knees almost touch. If you are sitting across from each other, you will likely forget your manners a bit and place your elbows on the table – so that you can be as close to each other as possible.

If your interlocutor places their hand on your hand or leg during the conversation, it is a sign that they are interested in you in a friendly way. Such light touching instills hope and is considered a sign of mutual interest and attraction.

If you want your new Jewish partner to know that you are interested in continuing the relationship, you can gently touch their shoulder or hand – thereby indicating that you are very much taken with them.

Important: of course, all this should happen by mutual consent. If you are not sure that your hand on their knee will be welcomed warmly, it is better, of course, not to risk it. But things like chemistry and attraction are generally discernible during the first contact.

For example, an air kiss. This is one option to say goodbye after the first date – it indicates that the meeting was pleasant, but whether there will be a follow-up is a big question.

Important: do not despair. Statistics show that people prefer not to kiss on the first date, finding it premature and untimely. A light hug is much more suitable in such a situation.

It's a game, an intrigue, an inspiration, and a host of signs for the person you truly liked.

And if you are interested in further meetings, and the first date turned out to be a gift, bright and amazing, it is worth thanking the person for this meeting and expressing hope for a new one.

Important: this will give your partner confidence that they appeal to you and that you will easily agree on a new date.

Enjoy your Jewish dating – and may your dreams come true with Meet Mazal!