Never been on a date - What is a "date"?

[Realitycrash]

I'm 26 years old, male, and I'v never been on a date. Atleast not a "date" as they are frequently portrayed on TV (dinner and a movie, meet for a cup of coffee, etc).
Don't get me wrong, I'v had relationships, and I'v had sex, I'v just never "dated". What the hell do you do on one? What counts?

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Any activity with someone where there is a stated (or reasonably assumed) romantic interest/mutual attraction, but before there has been an agreement in terms of monogamy/exclusiveness, is a date.

I kind of spitballed that, so if it falls apart under close examination be gentle.

 

[Realitycrash]

Any activity with someone where there is a stated (or reasonably assumed) romantic interest/mutual attraction, but before there has been an agreement in terms of monogamy/exclusiveness, is a date.

I kind of spitballed that, so if it falls apart under close examination be gentle.

So no matter what you do, where you are, if you are meeting up at X place and both have romantic or are interested in some way - or possibly interested - it is a date?

 

[BloatedGuppy]

So no matter what you do, where you are, if you are meeting up at X place and both have romantic or are interested in some way - or possibly interested - it is a date?

Obviously there are exceptions to every rule, but for the most part I'd say yes.

 

[Realitycrash]

So no matter what you do, where you are, if you are meeting up at X place and both have romantic or are interested in some way - or possibly interested - it is a date?

Obviously there are exceptions to every rule, but for the most part I'd say yes.

Huh. That's sort of..Disappointing. I had hoped for my first real "date" being..Dunno, something else.
I guess I'v had plenty of dates then, by that criteria.

 

[Skeleon]

A date is a specific point or segment in time, usually denoted by day, month and year in the common era calendar. It does not include a particular time of that day, usually, so it can be rather vague.
I don't exactly know how you'd "go on" a date, though. I, at least, have not mastered 4-dimensional movement yet, so I'm kind of stuck "going on" the dates as they happen along a linear timeline.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Huh. That's sort of..Disappointing. I had hoped for my first real "date" being..Dunno, something else.

I guess I'v had plenty of dates then, by that criteria.

Well, I was using the loosest/most encompassing definition possible. If you want something more structured, do feel free to adapt a more formal definition of date. For example, I wouldn't recommend telling a new girlfriend you were going to take her on a date and then spend 3 hours running errands with her.

 

[Realitycrash]

A date is a specific point or segment in time, usually denoted by day, month and year in the common era calendar. It does not include a particular time of that day, usually, so it can be rather vague.
I don't exactly know how you'd "go on" a date, though. I, at least, have not mastered 4-dimensional movement yet, so I'm kind of stuck "going on" the dates as they happen along a linear timeline.

Would have been funny if the OP wasn't very clear on exactly what he meant by the term "date".

 

[Realitycrash]

Huh. That's sort of..Disappointing. I had hoped for my first real "date" being..Dunno, something else.

I guess I'v had plenty of dates then, by that criteria.

Well, I was using the loosest/most encompassing definition possible. If you want something more structured, do feel free to adapt a more formal definition of date. For example, I wouldn't recommend telling a new girlfriend you were going to take her on a date and then spend 3 hours running errands with her.

Well, what does on do, then? The Dinner/movie-jargong feels very..eh..Old? Not very romantic at all.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Well, what does on do, then? The Dinner/movie-jargong feels very..eh..Old? Not very romantic at all.

Jeez I dunno. Some...activity. Something you think she'd enjoy, or you'd enjoy together. A concert. A walk in a park. A trip to a zoo or aquarium. A day on the beach. A hike. There's lots of shit two people can potentially enjoy in one another's company. Dinner and a movie is just commonplace because a great majority of people enjoy food and movies.

 

[Realitycrash]

Well, what does on do, then? The Dinner/movie-jargong feels very..eh..Old? Not very romantic at all.

Jeez I dunno. Some...activity. Something you think she'd enjoy, or you'd enjoy together. A concert. A walk in a park. A trip to a zoo or aquarium. A day on the beach. A hike. There's lots of shit two people can potentially enjoy in one another's company. Dinner and a movie is just commonplace because a great majority of people enjoy food and movies.

Well, thanks for the clarification ^^

 

[Kae]

I don't think it has any particular meaning other than you are seeing each other for romantic purposes, where and what are you doing is kind of irrelevant, you can have a date at you're house just for playing games and it would still be a date, it doesn't really mean anything other than it's a meeting for romantic purposes, and since what's romantic varies from person to person, well it doesn't really mean anything.

 

[Yuno Gasai]

I feel obliged to quote Enchanted, as it actually has a pretty cool definition of the word 'date'.

"You go someplace special. You know, like a restaurant, or a movie, a museum. Or you just hang out and you talk."
"What do you talk about?"
"About each other. About yourself. About your interests. Your likes, your dislikes. You talk!"

 

[Rose and Thorn]

A date is a planned event between two or more people at a planned destination, activity and time.

So a date is what you make it really.