mom have in common with teenager? As it turns out, no matter how old we are, we get nervous about first dates. Meetcha, an online dating site for the 40- and-older singles crowd, recently found that 57 percent of its members felt nervous--including the appearance of dreaded sweaty palms--when anticipating a first date [source: Spira]. sweaty palms are normal. Except when they're not, but we'll get to that in a minute.