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Good first dates...?

Right i am 17 and i am sure the answer changes with so i thought that should be known.

What is a good thing to do with a girl for a first/early date cos i at my age it apparently always comes across as "coming on too strong" if you like take her out to like a nice resteraunt or something but other things seem a bit cheap or cheesy so i am stuck for original ideas just at the moment.

Any comments, particularly from similarly aged girls would be much appreciated. thanks

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Reply 1
depends if it's day or night. you can get away with a nice meal in the day, since it's generally not as formal. personally, my friend who's a girl seems to like walking a lot, so things like going to parks, feeding ducks, they're good. oh yeah, she also has some odd phobia of eating in front of me, so meals aren't good for us:smile:. if your girlfriend however likes getting drunk and fighting people, a park maybe isn't such a good idea.
I hate the concept of 'dates' I just like to walk about, grab some coffee, show her some cool stuff and let her talk about herself. Cinema dates, restaurant dates etc in my opinion are lame and ultimately a waste of my/her money.
Reply 3
Take a walk to the park so you can chat, have a coffee, perhaps a movie if she wants and some lunch. Nothing too extreme that's all.
Reply 4
ah yes, i forgot about the ultimate best first-date ever. go to supermarket. buy ice cream and big wooden spoons. eat in park. hurrah.

she's not my girlfriend though.
Never go to the cinema. It is insociable & you won't have as much of a chance to get to know her. Instead go bowling, shopping or something like that and then go somewhere like Pizza Hut, it's still a meal but isn't too posh & it will give you a chance to talk.
Reply 6
There's so many cool things you can do on a first date:

London Eye #hippie#
Park
Ice cream
Bowling
River [not to swim :hmmm:]
Playstation 2







Last one was a joke I swear
Reply 7
Dramatic Star
Never go to the cinema. It is insociable & you won't have as much of a chance to get to know her. Instead go bowling, shopping or something like that and then go somewhere like Pizza Hut, it's still a meal but isn't too posh & it will give you a chance to talk.
Only go to a movie if you wanna feela feeli

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justfarhan
Only go to a movie if you wanna feela feeli

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:rolleyes: I don't suggest doing that on a first date..... :biggrin:
Reply 9
justfarhan
Take a walk to the park so you can chat, have a coffee, perhaps a movie if she wants and some lunch. Nothing too extreme that's all.


Then she may think you did not put any effort into it! :p:
Reply 10
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Then she may think you did not put any effort into it!

Yeah i think that about a whole walk in the park thing. i ahve and am willing to spend planty of cash if necessary btw :biggrin:
Reply 11
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Weird and Wonderful
Then she may think you did not put any effort into it! :p:
Lol she won't, it's perfectly fine. And if you do anything extreme/over the top then she'll probably freak out.
Dramatic Star
:rolleyes: I don't suggest doing that on a first date..... :biggrin:
;no; :p:
Reply 14
justfarhan
Lol she won't, it's perfectly fine. And if you do anything extreme/over the top then she'll probably freak out.


Yeah. Better be under than over extreme!

Boooo to cinema though! an what do you mean Touchy feely! :eek: no wait that didn't do it :eek4:
Reply 15
Window shopping. Cheap, easy and lots to talk about.
Weird and Wonderful
Yeah. Better be under than over extreme!

Boooo to cinema though! an what do you mean Touchy feely! :eek: no wait that didn't do it :eek4:
If you both genuinly want to watch a particular movie though then it's okay cos you'd have alot of interest in it and will talk about it alot, whereas if it was just a normal movie, you probably wouldn't be talking much.

Feely = oh n0es ;no;
where do you live?
If you live in london, go for a walk during the day to some touristy places, maybe an art gallery, or lunch.

Then go london eye after 6ish....you cant beat that :biggrin:

Infact i would be happy with just the london eye...
I suggest the London Eye first, I win #hippie#
Reply 19
Erm... i've been taken ice skating on a first date before.. The most unusual one was to the driving range! Actually turned out to be loads of fun! :biggrin: Always interesting to do something different i reckon..