SarahC07 0 #1 April 24, 2009 So, after work today I stopped by Grotto to pick up some chocolate cake (they have a-mazing chocolate cake). I'm waiting in the bar area and I'm listening to this man and woman chat. The conversation makes it obvious that it's a first (maybe second) date/meeting. The conversation was forced and awkward. It made me slightly uncomfortable, just listening. The guy was talking louder than necessary... maybe he was drunk. Anyways, it made me think - what's the best first/blind date? Sitting and talking to someone in a bar just sounds boring and uncomfortable, but dinner or lunch is a longer time commitment. I'm not really fishing here... I'm more or less bored. I'm not getting drunk and eating cake for a few more hours... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guppie01 0 #2 April 24, 2009 I can't say it was the "best" but snowboarding lesson made for a interesting blind date. g "Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?" Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU OMG, is she okay? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #3 April 24, 2009 Coffee for a first meet. Jacuzzi for the second! www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #4 April 24, 2009 You dont serve coffee in your jacuzzi?Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #5 April 24, 2009 Can tell you about a really annoying one... My friend tried to hook me up with this "high-flyer" who works in The City (central London for you non-locals).. She went on and on about how great we would get along. I finally told her to give him my number. He texted a couple of times and then called me to suggest getting together. He was charismatic and funny.. He suggested a "surprise".. I was intrigued.. He said we should meet in Covent Garden (a pretty expensive/trendy area) and that I should "wear something sexy". So that Friday, I went to work looking like sex on a stick (because we were meeting *right* after work).. I got comments ALL DAY from colleagues, who noticed I wasn't looking as drab, make-up-less and gray as usual.. "Ohhh.. You got a HOT DATE??" I left the office ON TIME, walked a couple of blocks on cobbled stone IN STILETTOS, got on the tube (metro), and AS THE DOORS SHUT, I got a text from the guy telling me he was canceling because he had forgotten about some leaving do for one of his work colleagues. I was "surprised" alright.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #6 April 24, 2009 I think a good first date is someplace where there is some level of activity and distraction. Just to ease the awkwardness of the one on one total interaction. A fair, amusement park, zoo, wine tasting, etc.Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #7 April 24, 2009 Quote You dont serve coffee in your jacuzzi? Nope. Margaritas! www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #8 April 24, 2009 Quote I left the office ON TIME, walked a couple of blocks on cobbled stone IN STILETTOS, UGH!! I feel your pain, sistah!! I ruined my favorite pair of strappy high heels walking drunk down a cobbled stone street in San Juan during the Puerto Rico boogie... It was awesome... Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #9 April 24, 2009 Quote Quote I left the office ON TIME, walked a couple of blocks on cobbled stone IN STILETTOS, UGH!! I feel your pain, sistah!! I ruined my favorite pair of strappy high heels walking drunk down a cobbled stone street in San Juan during the Puerto Rico boogie... It was awesome... Well, at least you have good memories!! I once ruined *stunning* italian shoes with *killer* heals.. It was at a fancy ball that had fireworks on the estate.. Grass + suede + rain = ruined shoes But GREAT night!!"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #10 April 24, 2009 Quote Quote Quote I left the office ON TIME, walked a couple of blocks on cobbled stone IN STILETTOS, UGH!! I feel your pain, sistah!! I ruined my favorite pair of strappy high heels walking drunk down a cobbled stone street in San Juan during the Puerto Rico boogie... It was awesome... Well, at least you have good memories!! I once ruined *stunning* italian shoes with *killer* heals.. It was at a fancy ball that had fireworks on the estate.. Grass + suede + rain = ruined shoes But GREAT night!! Yup. Definitely good memories of that entire trip. But.... to have some awesome Italian shoes ruined... I would've cried. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #11 April 24, 2009 Man... I haven't had a first date in forever!! Probably 3 or so years, I guess??? Can't remember. I agree that a 1st (BEER! - I wonder if a whuffo date would find the humor in that....) or blind date should be some kind of activity. Driving range if there's a common golf interest is always fun. Or maybe a tandem?? See what they're made of??!!?? Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #12 April 24, 2009 Quote But.... to have some awesome Italian shoes ruined... I would've cried. I did!!!"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #13 April 24, 2009 Wow that sucks...... got any pics of you dressed up like that? Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #14 April 25, 2009 Go commando! I once had a blind date....i forgave her because she was really hot and just didn't know it. Right now the guys are laughing and the girls are pissed! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #15 April 25, 2009 Quote So that Friday, I went to work looking like sex on a stick (because we were meeting *right* after work).. ROTF!Love that expression! But we really do need pics to fully grasp the concept."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC07 0 #16 April 25, 2009 www.textsfromlastnight.com I drank looots o wine this evening... That website is hilarious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #17 April 25, 2009 Quote Quote So that Friday, I went to work looking like sex on a stick (because we were meeting *right* after work).. ROTF!Love that expression! But we really do need pics to fully grasp the concept. I didn't take any pictures, but I think one or two people at work did!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #18 April 25, 2009 QuoteAnyways, it made me think - what's the best first/blind date? While it might not be true for all/most, best blind date thus far has been first winter ascent of a Colorado 14-er, i.e., one of the 52 peaks with summits over 14,000ft. /Marg Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohanW 0 #19 April 28, 2009 (Almost) personal masseuse for a Paraski World Championship. Then things got really up close and personal .. Not really just a first date though - about first to fifteenth, in less than a week. (I suck at PA and am an intermediate skier at best. But I can take a massage with the best of 'em. Johan. I am. I think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #20 April 28, 2009 Visiting the cabaret and having a few Dutch beers with her afterwards in a nice pub worked allright. Even though I knew nothing of her but that she could type it was an awesome date. Oh, and we were both seeing someone at the time. weren't we...dear? "That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #21 April 28, 2009 I had a blind date with a family friend of a guy from work. She demanded that she come to my place rather than be picked up at hers. When I came to the door and said "hi", she turned to her ride and said "OK, you can go!". Turns out she was checking me out to make sure I wasn't the typical nutso redneck. She told me later if she was turned off by what she saw that she would have made an excuse and bailed right then. Anyhow, she was a local and I was new to the area, and after a couple cursory "safe" bars she says "let's go to 'insert bar name here'. My friends and I always used to go there at the end of the night, we knew we'd be safe." Yep. It was a gay bar. At least I knew I wouldn't have to spend the night fighting off other guys hitting on her. It was an AWESOME night. Hell, she could have taken me to a landfill and it still would have been an awesome night, she was that great. We ended up going out a couple times. She lived on the West Coast, I (at the time) lived smack dab in the middle of Kentucky. Logistics were insurmountable. Dammit. Last I'd heard she'd met some older guy in LA. Like I had a chance against that. Elvisio "talk about smoking hot!" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
