For someone to be funny on the first date, you will first need a sense of humor, a quick wit, and above all else not take too much seriously but make sure your not offensive. Remember on first date ideas are not hard to come by, it all depends on where you look for inspiration.
If you’re not anything listed above, you’re still not without hope, because maybe your personality would fit more into being a romantic character.
All depending on the type of character you have will either limit or expand your comical repertoire.
1. If you've found something funny from a movie, tv show, or something else in popular culture
- the chances of the other person finding it funny increases.
2. Arguably the number one funny way to be funny is to be observant.
You have to be able to see something which other people might not initially see or instantly recognize, so be yourself because the more comfortable you are, the more observant you will naturally be, and you won't always be pushing for laughs.
3. If you want to compliment someone and be funny at the same time, you can comment on what a person is wearing by telling them they look great, and tell them next time you meet up you'll wear yours.
E.g. If a girl wears a beautiful dress, tell her it’s great and that you have the same one at home.
4. Imitating is an excellent way to encourage people to laugh because even if you don't do a good impression, you still can get the rebound by saying that you need to work on it.
Remember that not everyone is looking for the best impact in the world, but just something to enjoy together.
5. Physical comedy might be the first thing that we have all really "got" when it comes to comedy since as little kids we might not have understood what is funny when it comes to someone talking, but we know an entertaining action when we see it. Sometimes exaggerating what people are doing can be worth a good laugh.
6. Acting is definitely in a way which doesn't fit the situation can be funny, but making too much use out of it can push the laughs into awkwardness so be careful if you are choosing to act in a certain way.
7. If it’s funny once, it’s funny again, but don't push it past 3 times. If you get a laugh regarding something, you can always return to it when the conversation might be dry.
This is a technique a lot of professional comedians use when they sense that some material their using was not as good as their earlier stuff they used.
8. Pretending to have something in your life that no one ever would want or does have can be funny. If someone asks if you have any pets, you can tell them, you have 2 cats, 1 dog, and rock.
The kids song "one of these things don't belong" still brings laughs to people
9. As you talk, wait to see what comes to your mind from your memory. Is there anything that happened to you that might be funny which relates to the conversations?
If you’re talking about birthday parties, did you ever as a kid get a gift you didn't want and you cried because you got? Things like this will always be a point of reference you can use later on in your conversation too.
10. Be receptive to what the other person seems to be smiling about, laughing about, or having a positive attitude towards as these are all clues for you to use.
11. Always smile, people forget this. Sometimes that person you are having your first date with might had had a bad day before they met up with you.
Being someone who helps contribute to a positive atmosphere will help the other person either get out of a bad mood or above else, help you come off funny because no one wants to laugh when they are caught up thinking about something bad that happened in their day.