So I got a Date!, any last minute suggestions?

sanyo7878

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I've been talking to this girl on MSN and facebook for a few weeks now. We have talked about going to a basketball game together. I called her up today (for the first time) and asked her to go to a game with me tomorrow. I asked about getting dinner before hand too. She gave me directions to her house. I'm going to pick her up, then get dinner, and then on to a college basketball game. I worreid about dinner and a basketball game might be too much time together for the first date, but i was like WTF, why not, i'll ask about dinner too while i'm calling her. Any last minute suggestions for me?

Thanks guys.

PS: This girl seems like a really good girl. She does really well in school and goes to church and stuff (this is the kind of girl I like).
 

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I think that's perfect for a first date

When ur out at dinner, you get to talk about yourselves (mainly her) And basically get to know each other. And when ur at the basketball game, you can show ur fun side and there should be enough going on around you that u have plenty to poke fun and tease about. I say go for it.

Oh and from what I learned, USE KINO. Put ur arm around her, touch her hand, her leg, whatever. Just use it, it makes you both feel much more comfortable around each other, which is ur main goal on the first date. If you can get her to feel comfortable around you, that's half the battle. The other half, is just making sure you keep it fun and lighthearted. There shouldn't be any over-serious conversation. Tease her a bit with stuff you find out about her. Call her a dork. You should be fine.
 

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Have fun and don't worry about it. Its just a fun night with a cool chick nothing more. A B ball game is good cause if she turns out not to be the right one for ya you can still have fun watchin the game.

Have a good time
 

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dinner sucks for a first date

Think about it. She is going to be so excited and happy when you pick her up. Then you are going to take her to eat and you are going to sit across from each other and basically interview each other. She is gonna get bored and lose that initial excitement.

I'm a waiter and I see this all the time. I used to be puzzled by all the girls on dates checking me out and making eye contact with me. I'm a decent enough looking fella, but this happens so much I couldn't figure it out. Then it hit me: She's bored stiff! She's looking for anything else to focus her attention on. And I'm up running around, working, entertaining people, and making jokes (active, a masculine trait). While the guy she is on the date with just sits there (passive, a feminine trait) boring her silly.

Then you are going to a basketball game, which may or may not be exciting. If its boring, you are gonna sit there and talk some more. Hopefully its an exciting game where you will get to stand up and cheer a lot.

I'm a huge believer of action dates, especially in the beginning. Sitting around and talking is what women do. Why don't you show her a fun time instead of doing the same boring **** every other guy does?

Lastly, I believe dinner should be her reward for making you happy. So if you want to do dinner AFTER you've had sex with her, then that's fine.

If you are hell-bent on doing dinner, take this advice: Take charge of dealing with the waiter or waitress. I wait on so many dates and its like the guy is terrified to take charge of the situation and it makes my job like pulling teeth. And if the guy defers to the woman its especially bad because now she's in charge, and I doubt that is attractive to very many women.
 

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Game first.

It is perfectly a great idea to each dinner with a girl and take her to a basketball game on the same day; however, the sequece at which this two events come is very important. The best way of doing it is to go to the game first ( and if things go well there) then the dinner.
First of all, lets ( hypothetically) envision what could possibly happen when you take her to the dinner first before the game:
1. Lost of excitement: Human by nature, feel a sense of laziness after are stomach is filled with food.
2. Bored: As someone already mentioned, dinner dates are worse-dates-for- first-date. You've never met this person, chances are she is a taciturn and you'd probably be relunctance, yourself, to carry on great conversation with her. Bad for a start...
3. No more game: After realizing how boring she could be with you, she's more likely to decline her offer to accompany you to the game.
4 Bored 2: Because of her initial degree of bordness, she may not enjoy the game as much as much, even if her supporting team wins.

Now lets see what could possibly happen if we reverse the order of the two events--thus the game first:
1. Excitment at the game: She will not be bored at the game although that's her first encounter with you at a game. Even if the game is boring, she'll cheer on because others are cheering on. One thing I'll advice you to do is try to go against her at the game all the time. Lets say your initial supporting team is team "A" and her is also team "A". Ask her the team she is cheering for, she'll obviously say team "A" and tell her: " Well, you better bring a lot of basket because your team is loosing big time tonite. Go team B". Although your team is "A" and your supporting team is also "A", tease her when team B scores. Cheer on when team "B" score... If team A happens to win the game, she'll tease you as well--thus if she has a sense of humor. You'd be glad team "A" wins because that's the team you'd like to win.
2. Her team "A" wins: Now that you both are happy your team wins, you can go cheer on at a bar and have a drink or take her to the dinner. Remember, she must contribute to the tab.
3. Team "B" wins: Because you tease her and told her initially that team "B" is going to win, she'll feel bad and would try to make it up to you for "predicting right." Tell her you're a psychic. You can continue your business from there....

--amoka
 

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Sanyo: Have you read the Bible yet? In the beginning of any potential relationship you want to keep things super casual. Meaning, make things seem as little like a date as possible. All that picking her up and going to dinner stuff should be thrown out the window.

You should just go to the basketball game, show her a good time and if the vibe is good, go get ice cream or something quick like that after. End the date at a good point and she will be thinking about you for the next few days and waiting for your call.

As others have touched upon, dinner suxs for a variety of reasons. Its too formal, it is usually boring unless your a very good conversationalist (which most guys aren't) and it can get expensive (especially if you pick up the entire tab).

And don't make the mistake of labeling her as a good girl just because she gets good grades and goes to church. I know a **** load of girls who get good grades and go to church who are as wild as they come.




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Pimp-sicle said:
And don't make the mistake of labeling her as a good girl just because she gets good grades and goes to church.
Absolutely. You should be using the first few dates to find out if she is the type of girl you would like to spend more time with.

Why go into a first date with a preconceived notion about what type of person she is?

Listen to her words then watch her actions to try to find out if she would possibly fit into your life.

You will rarely hear this advice applied properly, but just be yourself. Do not attempt to impress her.

You want to keep her interest high. The fact that she gave you her phone number, she answered the phone immediately or she called back promptly after you left one brief message, she agreed enthusiastically with your date plan (and you would never call a girl for a date without one of those) and did not attempt to negotiate a different date, and showed up on time where you told her to be for the date shows you that her interest at this time is high.

Her interest will be high when you meet her for the date. So your task is not to raise her interest level. It is to not do anything to LOWER her interest. Then you end the date before she is ready to go home. Don't hang around after everything is over, chatting. When the last activity is completed, end the date. If you do your job properly, her interest level at the end of the date will be as high or higher than it was at the start of the date (remember the high interest level she proved through her actions!).

Don't chat with her in the time between the first date and the second date.

Call her on the phone to make the second date. You plan the date before you make the call. She answers the phone right away. If not, you leave one brief message consisting of who you are and that she is to call you. You wait for her to call back. Do not call again after you leave the message.

When she's on the phone, tell her the when and where for date #2. She shows up again, her interest is high again, rinse and repeat. Before long she will be all over you and from there let nature take its course.

If at any point during this progression of events she flakes, she is nexted and you start over with a different chick. And of course you can do this with multiple women. Really that makes it easier because if you call Girl A and she tries to change the date or doesn't agree right away, you hang up and call Girl B who jumps at the chance and you shake your head because you can't believe Girl A passed up the chance at a date with you.
 

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thanks for the tips guys. I agree, the dinner thing might not have been the best idea. I wasn't planning on asking her to dinner, it was a last second impulsive decision. I'm going to take her to an informal place to eat, like a chicken strips place (not fast food, but not a sit down dinner with a waiter).

I'll let you guys know how it goes.

PS: I sat next to this girl in a few classes a year or two ago (she was engaged at the time tho). So she's not a complete stranger. I'm not sure when she broke it off with her X, but its been atleast 6 months.
 

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Guys when a dj ask for an advice keep it positive.... you can make anything fun... even dinner... my first date was dinner... I like it she like it... i started flicking little food at her... its childish but remember what pook said we oath to be childlike.... and that there are no rules once you learn the means for success. peace and the focus is fun...
 

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i agree that dinner is fine for a first date also. You have to make it fun though. Once i was at a nice resturant, and a song came on that the girl liked. She told me how much she liked it, so i asked her if she wanted to dance. Well, in this resturant there isnt a place to dance, i just wanted to get up right there between the tables and start dancing. So I got up, and I had her laughing, and after she wouldnt do it, i made fun of her for a bit for being a wimp, but all the time we were laughing and having a great time. Flicking food works good, shooting straws, thumb wrestling, flicking ice cubes, whatever it takes. Dinner with me is always a great time. Oh, and making paper air planes out of whatever you can find, then throwing them, is also fun. :D
 

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jamescr73 said:
i agree that dinner is fine for a first date also. You have to make it fun though. Once i was at a nice resturant, and a song came on that the girl liked. She told me how much she liked it, so i asked her if she wanted to dance. Well, in this resturant there isnt a place to dance, i just wanted to get up right there between the tables and start dancing. So I got up, and I had her laughing, and after she wouldnt do it, i made fun of her for a bit for being a wimp, but all the time we were laughing and having a great time. Flicking food works good, shooting straws, thumb wrestling, flicking ice cubes, whatever it takes. Dinner with me is always a great time. Oh, and making paper air planes out of whatever you can find, then throwing them, is also fun. :D

yeah my brother, who is a dj, always has told me the best way to impress a girl is to make her dance with you. He has always told me to do it even if i can't dance. I guess its the confidence to get out there and not care if people think you look like an idiot.
 

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LAWYER said:
Guys when a dj ask for an advice keep it positive.... you can make anything fun... even dinner... my first date was dinner... I like it she like it... i started flicking little food at her... its childish but remember what pook said we oath to be childlike.... and that there are no rules once you learn the means for success. peace and the focus is fun...
Remember there is a big different between a childish behaviour and a childlike behaviour. Even jesus preached people to be childlike to inherit the king of god ( which may or may not exist). If you take a girl to a dinner and begin acting childish, it is your own prelogative.

--amoka
 

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What ever that means.... my point was to have fun... and keep it fun... and do what ever you want... following the DJ principle
 

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Well guys, its over. The date went good. Picked her up, took her to get some food. She didn't act like she wanted me to pay but I paid anyway since she was only spending like 6 bucks. We went to the game, It was good, our team won. We didn't talk a whole lot during the game because it was really loud and we were cheering and stuff. I got in a little bit of KINO (not nearly as much as I wanted to tho). I did a quick pat/back rub and we nudged legs and arms to gether a couple of times. She gave me a playful punch when I started to cheer for the other team when we were doing bad. I took her home and we had an akward silence when we were in my truck. I even laughed and said something about it being an akward silence. We talked for a few minutes and then I pulled her over to my seat and gave her a hug. She was very receptive to the hug and hugged back nicely. My DJ mind wanted to offer to walk her to her door and hopefully get invited in but my good ole AFC self didn't do it. I thought I had maybe messed up but she sent me a txt about 30 mins later saying she had a good time.

I'll keep you guys posted and tell you about the next date.

Thanks again for all the tips.
 

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Stop thinking about what went wrong, and start thinking about what was good, you had a good time and she had a good time, end of discussion. Dont let people here tell you an activity you chose is bad cause if you are cool and confident enough you can have a good time wherever you are at.
Glad you had a good time. Set up the next date soon.
 

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I agree. Set up the next date soon. Its time to give this girl a kiss next time! As a tip, you can follow a hug up with a kiss if you are somewhat aggressive about it. As soon as the hug ends, look her in the eyes and go in for the kiss. It has worked for me before so I am speaking from field tested experience. The look in the eyes is important, it has to be a look of, "I am the prize, I see you there sexy girl."
 

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Charm said:
I agree. Set up the next date soon. Its time to give this girl a kiss next time! As a tip, you can follow a hug up with a kiss if you are somewhat aggressive about it. As soon as the hug ends, look her in the eyes and go in for the kiss. It has worked for me before so I am speaking from field tested experience. The look in the eyes is important, it has to be a look of, "I am the prize, I see you there sexy girl."

Thanks Charm and qweretyuiopas, I'm going to do exactly that. I'm going out of town this afternoon for four days (I told her about my trip while on the date). I'm going to set something up for right when I get back.

On a side note, I have to see my former one-itis every day. Last semester, I tried several times to get her to go to a b-ball game with me but she would never do it. (BTW, I confessed my feelings to her at the end of last semester and got the LJBF) She asked me to go to this game with her every day this week and I alwasy ignored her. The only two open seats at the game in the section my date and I went to were right next to my former one-itis's roomate. LOL. It was hilarious. As soon as I got to school this morning my former one-itis starts b1tching me out for lying to her (although I didn't technically lie to her) and for not going to the game with her. I blew her off and laughed. LOL.
 

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