5 Ways to Say Goodbye After A First Date That Didn’t Go Well

4. “Well, good luck with everything!” He doesn’t plan on seeing you for a long time.


“If the date didn’t go well, I make a conscious effort to maintain my distance from her. I’ve used ‘Good luck’ or ‘Take care’. I even slipped and said, ‘Have a great life!’ in the past,” recalls a man in his late 20s. He doesn’t plan on seeing you next week or the week after. Perhaps he doesn’t plan on seeing you ever again. If he sounds like he is sending you off at the airport, it’s safe to assume that there will be no more dates coming up.