第一次約會一定要定在週日大綱

Whenever people are given too many choices, we get confused and do the wrong thing. We order the Sriracha burger at McDonald’s. We schedule a first date on a Monday.

當人們面臨太多選擇的時候，他們就會頭暈目眩，做出錯誤的選擇。所以我們在麥當勞點了辣醬漢堡，我們把第一次約會定在了週五。

Friday night was never ideal. Friday’s fatal flaw is this: If you’re monopolizing someone’s Friday night, the pressure is on to make it a really, really good first date—you’re up against all the wonders that Friday night holds. You're also up against all the other people who are on dates on Friday night: Nothing says "romance" like a two-hour wait for space at the bar, where she'll end up perched on a tiny stool and you'll end up hovering nearby, jostled by people reaching through your conversation to order margaritas which will inevitably spill on your pants. Additionally, it stands to reason that you should plan dates on nights when you know you’re going to be your best self.

週五晚上絕非約會的最佳時間。這個時間點的致命缺陷在於：如果你打算獨佔對方週五晚上全部的時間，你會面臨極大的壓力，必須讓這個首次約會非常非常棒才行。你是在與週五晚上所有的精彩時刻相對抗。同時你還在與所有其他週五晚上約會的人相對抗：想想看，你們花了兩個小時纔等到酒吧裏有空位，她只能坐在一張小小的高腳凳上，你只能在她周圍徘徊，周圍的人不斷的碰撞你們，插身去點他們的瑪格麗塔酒，讓你們無法交談，他們的酒總會濺到你的褲子上。另一方面，按道理說你也應該知道自己什麼時間狀態最佳，將自己的約會定在那個時候。

If I learned anything from church growing up, it’s that Sunday is the best day to find love. Every Sunday, churchgoers throw on their most pastel pastels and hurry to the church to worship and flirt. This is why all the pious people I know married each other within three months of meeting. Sunday is a very auspicious day for lovers.

如果說我在成長過程中曾在教堂裏學到什麼，那就是，週日是發現愛最好的日子。每到週日，人們都會穿上最好的衣服趕往教堂，他們在那裏崇拜上帝，也相互調情。這就是爲什麼我說認識的所有虔信上帝的愛侶都是在認識對方三個月內的時間就結婚了。週日對尋找愛侶的人來說是一個好日子。

On Sundays you're not competing with a million Friday night revelers for bar stools, and you're not competing with all the cool Friday night parties your date could be at that night. Still, the best thing about Sunday is its distance from the horrors of the workweek. I enjoy my job, but I do not enjoy talking about it on dates. My ideal would be to make it to the altar without knowing what my chosen mate does for a living.

在週日你不用和數以百萬的在週五晚上狂歡縱飲的人競爭，不用和你的約會對象本可以參加的所有周五夜狂歡聚會競爭。不僅如此，週日最好的是，它與恐怖的工作日相隔甚遠。我喜歡自己的工作，但是我不喜歡約會的時候談論工作。我的理想是直到自己走進教堂都不知道我選擇的新娘靠什麼生活。

On weekday dates, it’s impossible to avoid work-talk. You ask me “How was your day?” and I immediately launch into a tirade about my enemy. Then you launch into a tirade about your office enemy and then we’re stuck in a work-talk spiral till death do us part.

在工作日期間的約會中，你不可能避開關於工作的話題。你問我“今天過得怎麼樣？”我馬上開始長篇大論的講述我的敵人的故事。接着你又開始長篇大論的講述你的辦公室敵人的故事。接着我們就會深陷在關於工作的交談的泥沼之中，直到死亡讓我們分離。