So, I've got a date tomorrow. Nominally, that's a good thing. Only, you know, I haven't been on an actual date in upwards of five years. (Ironic, since I've basically been in two relationships in that time.) So I've got no clue what to do, where to go, etc.
So, please help! What do people actually do on dates? Where can we head that's more exciting than food? I need to call this girl sometime tonight to finalize the details, so the sooner the better.
(For the record, we're going out tomorrow afternoon, prior to the lady's going to work. That may limit our options some.)
Comments (9)
Laser Tag!
Congrats, by the way.
Posted by Eric | November 4, 2005 1:47 PM
Posted on November 4, 2005 13:47
Tandem skydiving!
Posted by Erik | November 4, 2005 1:59 PM
Posted on November 4, 2005 13:59
Too bad the weather is supposed to be shit, I would suggest a visit to the Arboretum or Discovery Park.
Posted by Jeni G | November 4, 2005 3:17 PM
Posted on November 4, 2005 15:17
Presumably you have something to talk about, so go somewhere where talking is normal.
Posted by Marc | November 4, 2005 3:50 PM
Posted on November 4, 2005 15:50
This is Seattle.
The ANSI-Standard mid-afternoon date place is a coffee shop, especially if it's before work.
It doesn't have to be boring if it's the right coffee shop.
Posted by eef | November 4, 2005 3:59 PM
Posted on November 4, 2005 15:59
Lessee...
Eric is strangely not the only person to Laser Tag to me, but I think it might be safer to get my advice from Eric's wife.
Jeni is spot on for the Arboretum, Discovery Park and the shit weather. I suppose Fun Forest is always an option though, right?
Ed provides an excellent and expected suggestion, but I, perhaps sadly, don't drink coffee.
Meanwhile, the young lady in question and I have agreed to indulge our inner goofs and go to the Seattle Children's Museum, followed by lunch at a location to be determined.
Thank you all for your suggestions, though. I'll file them away for future reference.
Posted by Jason | November 4, 2005 10:34 PM
Posted on November 4, 2005 22:34
as logn as you are filing stuff for future reference.
Ice skating if one or both of you can't skate it's even better ;)
Rent a Horror DVD.
Go play an rpg with her ... he he he ok so the last one is not for everyone
Posted by gus | November 7, 2005 7:42 AM
Posted on November 7, 2005 07:42
Well, here in the heartland, it used to be you could hang out behind the TastyFreeze, like in all the John Mellencamp songs. But unfortunately nowadays most TastyFreezes are closed and being used as meth labs. Forget I said anything.
Actually, I would suggest asking her favorite TV show and making it a late-night TiVO date. The whole point of a date is to get each others' minds off being self-conscious, and what better way to do that that the warm, brain-cell-killing glow of television?
Posted by Ben | November 8, 2005 10:36 AM
Posted on November 8, 2005 10:36
Can't skate? Gus, you're crazy! I'm a skating machine! (She, on the other hand, is a bit of a clutz...)
To go with Ben's idea, I'd need a TiVO. No such luck. But on the plus side, I do have a dvd player and Casablanca on dvd. And what right-minded individual doesn't love Casablanca?
Posted by jason | November 8, 2005 11:37 AM
Posted on November 8, 2005 11:37