Perfect First Dates?
 

So recently I was asked out by a coworker of mine, and it got me thinking, what are some of the best/worst first dates, or just some fun first date stories?
Boys my age (17-20) don't often do the whole "date" thing before asking the girl to be his girlfriend, but for like the first time ever, someone's actually doing that with me and I'm quite excited to see what he decides to do :P

So tell me, what is your first date horror story?
First date ~looove~ story?

I don't have one, because the times I spent getting to know the boys I've dated don't classify as "dates". They classify as "hanging out".

Nothing wrong with hanging out! First time I met my now fiance, I needed a ride out of town to a job interview for a summer position. I had asked my friends for help but no one either had a car or time to help because of end of semester lab work or exam prep. One told me about a guy that lived with them that might be able to help. I asked he said yes, we drove out to my interview, then went out to dinner. He wouldn't let me pay for either dinner or the gas money like I had offered as a bribe for the trip. I snuck a $20 into his car for him.
Later my then boyfriend dumped me before a concert we were both planning on seeing together, so I was stuck with two tickets that I didn't want. Called up the guy with the car because I remembered it was his favorite band and told him to meet me under the bridge with the money. XD We ended up just staying on his porch and talking. I didn't go with him to the concert but we ended up hanging out more after that. :3
Sorry I didn't have a story of a perfect first date.

Pretty much the only pre-relationship date I've ever been on was an amazing amount of poor judgement hahaha. Movie first dates are always bad, but this girl and I decided to go see Black Swan on our first date. [lol]

My girlfriend and I didn't really date before we were pretty deep in it because we met online.

My first date was my ex taking me out to dinner and flirting with our waitress, then we went and saw the new Star Trek movie.

My dream date is just having the guy come to my house to eat dinner with my family then having him bake cookies or something fun like that with me. I'm really easy to please (so as long as no flirtation with the waitress is going on -_-)

My fiance and I are coworkers so our first "kinda" date was after a work party. We broke off from the others and went to a restaurant/bar and talked and talked until the wee hours of the night. We were both drinking so we were very honest with each other about what we wanted out of life from the start. [lol]

Our first official date was at the local museum to see an exhibit on Machu Picchu. It was sweet but I was really nervous and I got kind of frustrated with myself as time went on since I made a lot of mistakes with my Japanese (my fiance doesn't speak English) and I couldn't read all of the signs. I thought for sure he would end things now that he realized how limited my language abilities were. Instead, he sent me a nice message saying he had a good time and he wanted to see me again soon. [heart]

It hasn't been easy and I still make tons of mistakes, but we make a good team. I'm excited to say we're getting married in October. [:)] [heart]

My guy and I's first date was on the 4th of July. We ate at a cute little cafe, then watched the fireworks by the riverfront. So there were literally fireworks when we first kissed. [lol] IF THAT'S NOT ADORABLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

With my ex, he and I mostly just hung out at my or his place and played video games and watched Netflix. So our "first date" was a month into our relationship when we went to see The Hobbit in theatres. That was nice too, I suppose! Not nearly as romantic, though, especially as he spent a good portion of the movie talking about how hot Thorin was... [lol]

So when I first created this Luke and I didn't know what we would be doing for our date or when we would be having it since we both work so much. But he knew he didn't want it to be something like 'going to the movies' since we both work in the same movie theatre.
So he actually sat down with my best friend and asked her to help him create the perfect date for me.
He also got another one of my closest friends to help him pick the spot and a gift.
He decided that he would take me star/moon gazing for my birthday, which is tomorrow.
He has a truck so my friend told him to pile blankets and pillows in the bed of his truck and pop in a movie under the night sky :D
Safe to say I'm super excited.

@Cherry: Awww, that's so sweet! Our first kiss was kinda romantic too, if I do say so myself. [oops] We actually went on a few month's worth of platonic dates before we had our first kiss. We were coworkers and he wasn't sure if I was even going to stay in the country or not, so he avoided all of my subtle attempts to get closer. Eventually I couldn't handle the uncertainty and confronted him about it (via text, of all things [lol]). I told him I liked him and wanted to be a serious couple if he was interested, but I couldn't promise if I'd be in Japan for good. He asked me to give him some time to think and sort out his feelings.

In the meantime he invited me to go shopping and have dinner like usual. But on the way home after dinner, I noticed the route was different than usual. "Where are we going?" I asked and he said, "Just wait, you'll recognize it." After winding our way through back roads climbing up a hill we pulled into a dark parking lot. He took my hand when we got out of the car and we walked down a paved pathway leading to the edge of the hillside. Turns out he brought me to the castle ruins of Sendai with a beautiful night view of the whole city. It also happened to be nearby the museum where we had our first date.

He asked me "Are you sure you want to be with me?"
"Of course!" I replied.
"I love you," he said
"I love you, too."
And we had our first kiss. [heart]

It was only after we got back to the car that we had a very frank conversation about what that meant. [lol] We agreed we wouldn't tell people at work yet because Japan doesn't look kindly on teachers dating unless they're getting married (and we weren't ready for that yet). But he asked if I would come meet his family and I said I wanted to introduce him to my parents too (albeit, via phone and email). I started visiting his folks almost every weekend and now they're like family.

Over a year later he picked the same place to officially propose to me as well. [:)]

EDIT: Also, The Hobbit was the first movie we saw together in theaters as a couple too! [lol] Coincidences!

@OrphanWhite: That actually sounds incredibly romantic, he must really like you a lot to do the logical thing and seek help in planning it all out to make it the best date for you.

He sounds like a rather thoughtful person, I hope it turns out fantastically for you!

I can't say I've ever had a first date that wasn't some sort of nightmare from hell, but then nobody ever tried finding out how to make me happy before dragging me off to do what they wanted.

I read above that someone's first date involved watching Black Swan... I can understand being a tad put off by it, but I must say that if anyone had ever thought to take me to that movie on a date, they actually might have gotten quite far with me, because I can relate to the girl in the movie, having suffered from similar things.

Taking me to a such a beautiful movie about someone I can relate to would have meant a lot...

Vera: Yes, he is quite romantic, I'm really excited! I'm sure I'll come here and talk about it when it's over.
I like him a lot. Maybe I'll keep him ;P

Also, I'm sorry all of your dates have been nightmares - I'm starting to believe you just have to find someone you're super compatible with to make it really work.

It's the whole reason for dating, I think, to kiss a bunch of frogs and see if one of them turns out to be a prince.

I just think I tend to have better luck by going out just to socialize, and eventually finding out someone likes me. Then I can review how much I know about them and what they're like, and make informed choices in who I let get closer to me.

I think I go too slow for most people usually, they don't seem too keen on waiting for me to decide whether I want to go further with them and they drop me.

Doesn't mean I haven't had some good ones too, relationships, but meh. Not the luckiest dater on the planet, for sure.

I hope this guy turns out to be just what you're looking for. He sounds pretty awesome so far.

I wrote a college paper of the best date I ever had! It was the first date I had ever gone on with this guy. Even though we didn't work out, he is now my best friend. =)

Here's a the short version of the paper I wrote:
There was a lot more to the date (enough to write 5 pages worth of paper o.o). Just little things here at there that meant a lot to me. But, what is above is the main ideas of the date. =)

Why do I always get the ones who either want me to watch football or expect me to pay for everything?

Someone here needs to teach me their secrets...

The last two guys I was involved with wouldn't let me pay for anything. Even if the only way we could have actually gone out and done something was if I paid. I always told them, 'I'm not paying for you. I'm paying for myself to have a good time, and part of that good time include you being able to go along with me." They would never buy it.... I think it's all about finding a balance. Haha.

My first boyfriend would never let me pay for anything. He insisted that HE had to pay. Used to make me mad. After we broke up, it pissed me off even more because he told a friend that I was "needy" and he didn't like paying for everything. I was like "WTF?" because he INSISTED on doing so.

My last Ex paid for NOTHING. If we went out, I had to pay. Sometimes he'd be like "I have extra money, I'm taking you out for icecream" and we'd go out, order, and he'd say "I forgot my wallet, I'm sorry!" so of course I had to pay. That also made me mad. >.<

My current boyfriend is awesome. He pays for it once, then I pay, then he pays, then I pay. It's really nice :)

See, that's like a perfect thing there, being fair and equal about it. I wouldn't want to be someone's mommy, nor would I want them to pay for everything, like I was a child.

If I had a boyfriend who never did anything for me, he'd have to learn to live off of Happy Meals and cereal.

That's the system my fiancé and I have, even more so now that we're getting married since it doesn't really matter whose money we use now that we're planning to be teammates for life. [yes]

I really only ever had one first date. In high school, the guy that became my first boyfriend took me to the pizza place he worked at. On his day off... because it was cheaper than anywhere else, what with that kick ass employee discount. It's just so something that would happen on Degrassi. Girl dolls herself up, they go for pizza. He thought he was a big shot, like, " they know me here." uh yeah dude you're closing tomorrow.

In hindsight though where the hell did I think we were going? It's high school.

Anywho... After that I never really went on any of those official first date, dates. I'm met one guy online and we were... seeing each other... for like a year before we ever actually saw each other. In person. That ended ages ago and then I met my husband. We got cozy quick and it's been pretty much the same for 10 years.

My boyf and I don't have an exact equality of paying for things worked out, but we strive towards keeping it as equal as possible without, like, "keeping score." It's complicated by the fact that he makes more than I do, but I have more money to spare (not supporting myself - living with my parents), but we currently live a good hour apart and I'm always the one who drives to his place (thus using a lot of gas). He buys a lot of our meals, but I buy him lots of other things and do pay for meals quite a bit. Sometimes who pays depends on who can pull out their debit card quickest. [lol] The waiter will bring the check and suddenly we're both scrambling to get our wallets out and are trying to wrestle the bill out of each other's hands. [lol]

"Teammate for life." That's such a cute way of putting it. [lol]

/slaps self/
I absolutely have NO idea why I thought that "Date" meant, well, dates.
[headdesk]

And then I read some beautiful people relating beautiful stories about a beautiful love.

I've never eaten a date before. I'm hoping the first time I do is extra special. [heart]

You mean, you've never eaten the date fruit? I eat it all the time [XD] is it supposed to have some meaning or something? [ninja]

No, I was just making a joke about how you thought this thread was about perfect fruit dates. So I was replying as if that was actually the topic. But I actually have never eaten the fruit.

Ah I see it now.. [rofl] sorry, I'm groggy and sleepy [XD]
I'm doing what mene is best at, I suppose - making the final product of any topic about food >_>
We can talk about love dates again! [XP]

I think that's so cute! [eager]