Dating: Do's and Don'ts (1949). Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version. Producer: Coronet Instructional Films. Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Dating; Gender roles. Creative Commons license: Public Domain. Dating Rules The do's and dont's of the world of relationships and dating No one ever said dating was easy. First dates are awkward, second dates are expectant and the dates that follow that -- during which two people really start getting down to the business of getting to know each other -- present hundreds, if not thousands, of opportunities for missteps, faux pas, blunders and mistakes. That is to say nothing of the myriad chances for problems to which you could fall prey while arranging, planning and preparing for dates. We call too often or not enough, we're too available or never around, we wear sandals to fancy restaurants, laugh hysterically at bad jokes, show up with blue carnations, gab on our cell phones during dinner and commit countless other dating crimes, mostly without realizing were doing it. No doubt about it -- bad dating behavior is a rampant affliction, and it's time to cure it with some common sense advice. If dating is a game, then just like any other game, there are rules you need to study, learn and follow. After all, you wouldn't take the field without knowing where the base lines are, would you? (For those of you who are immune to ball field metaphors, the answer ...