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    Women... What is your idea of a great first date?

    Posts: 2,554 Member
    edited February 12 in Chit-Chat
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    • Posts: 910 Member
      I think going out to eat is horribly awkward for a first date. I'd say something outdoors, or grab a coffee and go on a walk. Nothing too fancy or awkward there!
    • Posts: 1,489 Member
      I think going out to eat is horribly awkward for a first date. I'd say something outdoors, or grab a coffee and go on a walk. Nothing too fancy or awkward there!

      I'm with Selly...no restaurants! But I would have a hard time stating what I would like...haven't been on a "first date" in approx. 16 years.
    • Posts: 544 Member
      Getting a second date......of course!
    • Posts: 3,945 Member
      Take me to a game. Red Sox especially. Bruins and Pats too. Awesome date! Also love little quiet pubs where we can chat and get to know each other better. Would prefer not a movie or a loud bar.

      Also very much enjoyed a date with a personal trainer at the gym. Probably not what a typical girl likes though.
    • Posts: 1,489 Member
      Take me to a game. Red Sox especially. Bruins and Pats too. Awesome date! Also love little quiet pubs where we can chat and get to know each other better. Would prefer not a movie or a loud bar.

      Ooooh, I like this..but it would be a hockey game for me! Beers & massive energy..yep, I would remember that date!
    • Posts: 544 Member
      Getting a second date......of course!

      Sorry for chiming in on this one. Couldn't resist. LOL!

      Carry on
    • Posts: 702 Member
      Go play something, Mimi golf, pool......

      Go somewhere fun. Fair, bouncy houses, amusement park......

      Go somewhere you know and have pick nick, hiking where you used to play as a child and sharing memories is a great way to get to know someone.
    • Posts: 264
      A long hike... as long as he's not a rapist.
    • Posts: 10,740 Member
      Lust at first sight which later leads to marriage. That's what happened with my husband <3
    • Posts: 114 Member
      A great first date I once went on.. I met the guy in his college town. We went out to dinner, not a fancy place, but a craft beer type place with a friendly atmosphere. Walked to the local park from there where they show movies in the summer on a big screen. He brought a blanket and we just hung out and watched the movie, but we could talk because we weren't in a theater or anything. It was nice!!
    • Posts: 245 Member
      Do people even date anymore?
    • Posts: 4,064 Member
      Going out for coffee.

      I like coffee.
    • Posts: 2,554 Member
      I think going out to eat is horribly awkward for a first date. I'd say something outdoors, or grab a coffee and go on a walk. Nothing too fancy or awkward there!
      I agree! Almost no one would eat "normally" on a first date. Plus going for a walk there would be no chairs to get hit with!:laugh:
    • Posts: 2,833 Member
      Trail riding with a fellow horse person.
      Absolute NO's; sports events of any type, bars. I never go to either.
    • Posts: 1,141 Member
      I prefer to do/go to any of the following places

      Tour of a brewery
      Play pool, foosball, giant Jenga
      To a sports game (just no basketball)
      A bar
      Ice skating
      A place with go-carts and video games
    • Posts: 267 Member
      hiking! or maybe mini-golfing or something where you don't have to make forced conversation (no dinners as many said) also no movie.
    • Posts: 387 Member
      Going for a run/hike or to a sporting event because I thoroughly enjoy going to pro sports!
    • Posts: 688 Member
      Staying at home and watching TV series.
    • Posts: 1,893 Member
      Trail riding with a fellow horse person.
      Absolute no's; sports events of any type, bars. I never go to either.

      Horse person?

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    • Posts: 7
      Agree with the no restaurant rule! Walking around downtown, getting to know each other, then something fun and maybe competitive like mini golf, bowling, or even go carts!!
    • Posts: 2,089 Member
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      Horse person?

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    • Posts: 183 Member
      A couple of drinks in a chill bar. Maybe two hours. Seriously--no complicated activities or elaborate stuff.

      On a first date all I want to do is meet you, talk for a while, get to know each other a bit. If that goes well, bring on the restaurants/hikes/museums/dance lessons/kayaking/whatever on subsequent dates. Nothing is more awkward than some long, involved activity on a first date, especially if you're not really hitting it off.

      Ask me to go get a drink. Don't try to be creative.
    • Posts: 332 Member
      Well, if you're artsy like me- there's nothing like going out to a cafe for coffee and sketching.

      Last time I had a date like that, we ended up back at my place cooking dinner and watching movies. And yeah. We've been together 2 yrs now :P. First dates that started out with a fancy dinner at a stuffy restaurant, or going OUT to the movies usually made things awkward. You need to be able to chat when you first meet someone, no?
    • Posts: 2,736 Member
      No idea about most of the date, but it ends with the walk of shame.
    • Posts: 96
      a party, beer, and sex. if i still like you after that, youre golden
    • Posts: 125 Member
      I like the idea of bonding over a shared activity like mini golf or bowling, something where you can talk but if there is nothing natural to say you can talk about what's going on. so dinner is out, movie is out. They have this new trend where you can go to a paint studio and paint the painting of the night and there is alcohol and you both get to take your painting home at the end of the day. Sports game works too if the girl likes sports although $$ to spend on someone you don't even know.
    • Posts: 332 Member
      I prefer to do/go to any of the following places

      Tour of a brewery
      Play pool, foosball, giant Jenga
      To a sports game (just no basketball)
      A bar
      Ice skating
      A place with go-carts and video games

      Love all these ideas.

      First date with my hubby-to-be: Golfing, but only 9 holes "just in case we hate each other", followed by drinks and food in the bar after because we were having such a great time.

      Activities are the way to go, things to do so you don't have to fill the silence of dinner at a restaurant, it's so much more fun and casual to be doing something while you get to know each other.

      A couple of other cool first dates I had: Pedicure (yes, a guy and I went for pedicures once), tour of a dam, Laser light show, arcade followed by ice cream.
    • Posts: 8,646 Member
      I took my wife fishing...
    • Posts: 16
      mcdonalds
    • Posts: 1,311 Member
      Anything that involves alcohol, nothing breaks the ice better than a little booze in the system.
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