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krillbee · Mar 3, 2006, 09:11 PM

So I started talking to this girl online and we exchanged numbers and all that, and she said she was free tomorrow night, if we wanted to hang out.

Im all down for this. But the problem is that my brain cannot think of any ideas. Earlier in the day tomorrow I am going to be watching a movie, so I probably wont be in the mood for a movie again.

What else is there to do for a date idea? Preferably something where I'd talk to her and get to know her.

waxcrash · 09:21 PM

Invite her over to your place and cook for her. Make something simple that the both of you can make like salsa or guacamole w/ chips and pull out some Coronas. Chill at your place for a couple of hours and then go out to a bar.

dcmacdaddy · 09:55 PM

First Date??? Go bowling.

It's fun even if you suck. There is a nice crowd environment to take off some of the pressure. You can get a good sense of each other's personality by seeing how you react when someone throws a gutter-ball. And if things go well after a couple games, go out for drinks afterwards and take it from there.

ironknee · Mar 3, 2006, 09:47 PM

i never get the movie date...especially first dates...it's 2 hours of not talking

dinner. bar? prayer group?

mindwaves · Mar 3, 2006, 09:57 PM

haha, I'm going out with someone also tomorrow for the first time. The plan? Dinner and a movie.

macintologist · Mar 3, 2006, 10:21 PM

Take the skinheads bowling, take 'em bowling!

meelk · Mar 3, 2006, 10:33 PM

an observatory or planetarium or museum are excellent dates, with dinner, of course.

demograph68 · Mar 3, 2006, 10:50 PM

Take her to a porno. Then give yourself a mohawk. You are on the way to success.

hyteckit · Mar 3, 2006, 10:55 PM

Go ice skating, especially if she can't skate. You get to hold her hands and catch her if she falls. You guys will have a great falling on your asses. You guys can then go back and warm each other up.

macintologist · Mar 3, 2006, 11:01 PM

Take her to some ultra-leftist protest.

cjrivera · Mar 3, 2006, 11:05 PM

Tattoo parlor for matching tattoos!

Kevin · Mar 3, 2006, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

Take her to a porno. Then give yourself a mohawk. You are on the way to success.

Are you talking to me?

moonmonkey · Mar 3, 2006, 11:25 PM

take her to an Ice bar, all girls get very giggly in ice bars, you will have fun.

krillbee · Mar 4, 2006, 12:39 AM

Go figure I've been kinda sick for the last few days, so this might change how the date will go tomorrow night.

guess no kisses. hhmm, first date in about 6 months too! arrgg! could my body have timed this any worse??

Originally Posted by hyteckit

Go ice skating, especially if she can't skate. You get to hold her hands and catch her if she falls. You guys will have a great falling on your asses. You guys can then go back and warm each other up.

lol, hmm i need to get me a pair of skates.

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

take her to an Ice bar, all girls get very giggly in ice bars, you will have fun.

whats an ice bar?

itistoday · Mar 4, 2006, 12:54 AM

Originally Posted by ironknee

i never get the movie date...especially first dates...it's 2 hours of not talking

Wow, an insightful comment on MacNN... you don't see that everyday...
It points out how vapid American society is. Few people in America have interesting things to talk about. Intelligent conversation is either frowned upon as a "taboo", is dubbed "illegal", or scoffed at as too "academic".

cjrivera · Mar 4, 2006, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by krillbee

Go figure I've been kinda sick for the last few days, so this might change how the date will go tomorrow night.

guess no kisses.

...well, not on your lips anyway...

(sorry, I've had a few beers tonite.)

waxcrash · Mar 4, 2006, 01:07 AM

Originally Posted by itistoday

Wow, an insightful comment on MacNN... you don't see that everyday...
It points out how vapid American society is. Few people in America have interesting things to talk about. Intelligent conversation is either frowned upon as a "taboo", is dubbed "illegal", or scoffed at as too "academic".

You are really yanking hard for a troll award?

itistoday · Mar 4, 2006, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by waxcrash

You are really yanking hard for a troll award?

Nebagakid · Mar 4, 2006, 01:41 AM

girls like allies.

goMac · Mar 4, 2006, 01:49 AM

Every-time I've used the movie date as my first date it's ended in horrible tragedy.

torsoboy · Mar 4, 2006, 02:13 AM

My first date with my wife was taking her to a driving range (I suck at it, but she had never done it before and it was fun), then to dinner, then to another place for desert. After desert, I taught her how to drive a manual transmission. It was fun and we got to know each other pretty quickly.

Do whatever... I hear girls really like dancing....

willed · Mar 4, 2006, 02:33 AM

I wish I lived somewhere which had bowling alleys, ice-rinks etc. Out here I've got to stick to the dinner and drinks plan, as there's nothing else to do!

BlueSky · Mar 4, 2006, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by goMac

Every-time I've used the movie date as my first date it's ended in horrible tragedy.

Try to get it straight...it's buy the popcorn inside, park the car outside.

willed · Mar 4, 2006, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by BlueSky

Try to get it straight...it's buy the popcorn inside, park the car outside.

Hehe, or maybe he tried the 'popcorn trick' - have you heard of that one? I doubt/hope no one has ever done this, but the idea is you put your c0ck up through a hole in the bottom of the popcorn box... when she puts her hand in to dig around for more popcorn she gets a nasty surprise!
I probably saw this in American Pie 4 or something. I can imagine the evening would end in "horrible tragedy"!

Spliffdaddy · Mar 4, 2006, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by torsoboy

snip.....After desert, I taught her how to drive a manual transmission. It was fun and we got to know each other pretty quickly...snip

whoa.

Oddly enough, I taught two of my dates how to drive a manual transmission. Both of them loved me after that.

Hard to explain why it worked.

willed · Mar 4, 2006, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

whoa.

Oddly enough, I taught two of my dates how to drive a manual transmission. Both of them loved me after that.

Hard to explain why it worked.

[insert joke here about her yanking on your gear-stick]

Stogieman · Mar 4, 2006, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by willed

I wish I lived somewhere which had bowling alleys, ice-rinks etc. Out here I've got to stick to the dinner and drinks plan, as there's nothing else to do!

Not even miniature golf?

[insert joke here about her yanking on your putter]

mdc · Mar 4, 2006, 12:38 PM

I think the thing about movie dates, especially early in the dates, is because it is two hours of not talking. It a false sense of "that date went well."
Of course it did, since neither of you said a word to each other except for "Do you want popcorn?" You don't know each other by the time the movie, and the date, ends. You didn't talk to each other, and thus you didn't manage to make yourself look bad.
People enjoy the movie, are in good spirits when they leave and thus think the date went well.

Dinner and a movie is different since during dinner you actually get to talk to the person, have a conversation, and by the time the movie is over you actually know more about the person than you did when the date started.

Y3a · Mar 4, 2006, 01:27 PM

Find a Dinner mystery theatre. Drink wine, eat finger foods, and have fun.

Comedy club might do. Go shoping at some classic area, where you can get food, and see the sights.

Cook for her at your place IF IT"S SPOTLESSY CLEAN, watch DVD"s of old TV shows so you don't have to be quiet for 2 hours.

hey!_Zeus · Mar 4, 2006, 01:58 PM

Sock puppet to break an awkward silence.

besson3c · Mar 4, 2006, 10:22 PM

Take her to your auto insurance dealer, and then take her back to your place to eat oatmeal and play Yahtzee.

wolfen · Mar 4, 2006, 11:02 PM

Have you ever practiced ventriloquism? Chicks LOVE when you break out the puppet and throw you voice.

moonmonkey · Mar 4, 2006, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by krillbee

whats an ice bar?

http://www.regentstreetonline.com/Re...ero+Review.htm

Most major cities have them, its a bit silly but seems to have a funny effect on ladies.

hickey · Mar 4, 2006, 11:09 PM

seriously whats an ice bar

lothar56 · Mar 5, 2006, 01:32 AM

Originally Posted by mdc

You don't know each other by the time the movie, and the date, ends. You didn't talk to each other, and thus you didn't manage to make yourself look bad.

So as soon as the movie is over each person immediately teleports back to their respective homes? Or perhaps seeing a movie will give the couple a little common ground to help spur conversation on the way home when there might not have been before. For some people (points to self) it's hard just to pull conversation out of nowhere, so having common ground like that can help. But dinner's a good idea too, nothing against that. I'm just saying a movie date is not completely useless, albeit a bit shallow.

moonmonkey · Mar 5, 2006, 01:50 AM

Originally Posted by hickey

seriously whats an ice bar

Its a bar made of ice.

krillbee · Mar 5, 2006, 01:52 AM

well we didnt exactly go out tonight, lol. We hadnt really set anything in stone or even suggested any ideas yet, and thats why it didnt happen.
I talk to the girl online a lot, and got her number and she has mine, but for some reason I was afraid to call her last night, so i just tried talking to her online, but she was away.

The suggestions were helpful though, and these are definately something to keep in mind the next time I go out on a date and need an idea.

On a more positive note, I did sorta have a date this afternoon where me and another girl, i met for the first time this afternoon (talked to her online before) watched a couple movies at my apartment and talked awhile.
It went okay, but I'm not sure if this girl is one I'd want to date a lot in the future.

lothar56 · Mar 5, 2006, 02:18 AM

If you know of any of her favorite bands coming to your area anytime, concert tickets freak girls out.

Mithras · Mar 5, 2006, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by willed

Hehe, or maybe he tried the 'popcorn trick' - have you heard of that one? I doubt/hope no one has ever done this, but the idea is you put your c0ck up through a hole in the bottom of the popcorn box... when she puts her hand in to dig around for more popcorn she gets a nasty surprise!
I probably saw this in American Pie 4 or something. I can imagine the evening would end in "horrible tragedy"!

You're thinking of

Diner

with Mickey Rourke as the kid who pulls the popcorn trick as part of a bet. Very funny sweet movie.

ambush · Mar 5, 2006, 09:47 AM

**** her on the first date.

BlueSky · Mar 5, 2006, 11:16 AM

Important thing is to make them laugh, maybe go to a comedy club. For some reason women equate laughter with sex, it's an ancient instinct derived from them having to deal with penises and men in general.

Spliffdaddy · Mar 5, 2006, 11:17 AM

ouch

qnxde · Mar 5, 2006, 12:18 PM

itistoday · Mar 5, 2006, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by qnxde

That's perfect!

ambush · Mar 5, 2006, 05:12 PM

is that britney spears?

Kevin · Mar 5, 2006, 05:20 PM

It's what a kid between Britney and Ray Bolger would look like

nredman · Mar 5, 2006, 05:49 PM

watching movies at your place or her place - always works

rparke1 · Mar 5, 2006, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by krillbee

On a more positive note, I did sorta have a date this afternoon where me and another girl, i met for the first time this afternoon (talked to her online before) watched a couple movies at my apartment and talked awhile.
It went okay, but I'm not sure if this girl is one I'd want to date a lot in the future.

careful there hotshot. if you start juggling the girls around (i hope this isnt what your wanting to do) than sooner or later something will get screwed up. a date at the same time with both girls at differant places, one sees you with the other ect ect. be sure to trust your feelings though in this kind of thing. "...but im not sure if this girl is one i'd like to date a lot in the future" go out on a date with the other girl and see if you like her. be sure to make her laugh though, always good, and i can agree with the no movie on the first date thing, the having the arm rest up or down thing is a real killer.

SSharon · Mar 6, 2006, 12:06 AM

Go to blue man group or one of the other shows suggested in that thread.

qnxde · Mar 6, 2006, 10:01 AM

lol yes it's britney. I used to have a super high resolution version of it which was absolutely grotesque.