What is your goal on a FIRST DATE?

United States
July 14, 2007 10:42am CST
To me dating is like an art, if you master certain things, you will have a great time. I am currently developing a blog with stuff along these lines, but, I would like to know, what are your expectations on a first date? Are you looking to sleep with the person? Maybe a bit of kissing and touching or are you just content with maybe enjoying the movie,dinner or whatever? Treat this question honestly. Women, are you taking an advantage of some guy offering to take you out to a nice restaurant or are you really looking to get to know the guy? And ladies, what do you expect from a date? Showering with gifts,food,events,good time,etc?
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• Indonesia
14 Jul 07
On my first date sure I will wants to know more about who the one that aking me for a date. It is important for me to know everything before I will decide to give some action. I think it's really2 totally unwise to get on a bed on our first date. I think on first date, I always expect to know more interpersonally with the one that asking me for a date. I also want to know what kind of response that he will show to me on our first date
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@jason_co (407)
• Philippines
14 Jul 07
That would be making a good impression with her. First impression last right.
• United States
14 Jul 07
Not necessarily. Not everyone is interested in making good impressions. Often our own desires are more important than impressing someone. That is not to say that most people are not trying to put their best foot forward.
@heartsick (832)
• Philippines
15 Jul 07
my ideal date anything under the sun, as long as you feel comfortable with your date and your having fun, i want it to be like more talkings and laughing.. just like that, we can add little sweetness.. and hoping for more dates to come.. that's it..
• China
15 Jul 07
Maybe I'm conservative. I never allow any intimate act to happen on my first date. I don't want flowers, gifts or expensive restaurants, which are too shallow and I'm not comfortable to get them on the first date. I just want to know about the person I'm going out with.
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
15 Jul 07
Do people need to have goals on the first date? *LOL* Anyways, for me, I just try to get to know the person. Well, I don't need to know 'everything' about him, I just would like to see if there's a spark of connection between us. To see if he may be someone I'd love talking to, if we have the same intellect, if our differences would somehow cause us to kill each other in the future *LOL* Seriously, I don't really have basic goals. It's more of seeing the whole picture. To see if there's a chance for me and him or if it's only friendship. This reminds me of my first date with my partner. We saw each other online in some 'intellectual' forum. Decided to talk online for a few days, then went on to phone conversations. We ever tried seeing each other through webcams. When we met, amazingly, he didn't look familiar. He looked very different from the camera! I was so humiliated at my self because he passed by to me several times but I didn't notice him! *LOL* But thank goodness he noticed me. *LOL* Anyways, we had dinner, he talked a lot, I just sat there listening. I wasn't thinking anything. He was ok, but not really the spark that I wanted (the fairy tale spark of love-at-first-sight) it wasn't just there. So I thought maybe we're just supposed to be friends. Well, to make the long story short. We hit it off after a months. I couldn't have guessed that someday, I could love this person. So, in summary, I don't think that having too many goals would help at all. Once you're ready to hit it off, you'll not know why, your heart just tells you. Good luck to all first daters. =)
@axynet (1)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
15 Jul 07
I like dating, but now I have a girlfriend for about seven months, so our first date was long time ago. On my first date I always wanna to get closer to the person with me...
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
14 Jul 07
It is years ago since I went on a first date. At that time, not only did we have to contend with getting to know each others, but there were those dinosaurs roaming the streets that we had to look out for. When I went on a first date, I wanted to know what type of guy he was. We usually went to a movie, and or to a restaurant or cafe. I wanted to see if he had enough money to pay because that indicated he was not a leech. I was not interested in getting into bed with him. I also wanted to see how he treated the waiters or how he treated me. If we went to see his mother, I had to find out if he was a mama's boy. I expected him to pay for the meal, and for the movie and that was all. I did not expect a kiss, but a good night shake at the end.
@eden32 (3973)
• United States
14 Jul 07
I'm no longer in the dating scene, but when I was I seldom went out with someone unless I had a pretty good idea we'd hit it off before hand. I would never have gone out with someone just to have a good meal or see if they brought me gifts. I expect that if I were asked out, that the gentleman has something interesting in mind. It doesn't have to be expensive or extravagant; but fun & enjoyable- memorable would be a good idea too; afterall this could be the last first date for both of them :)
• United States
15 Jul 07
A good first daye would be going to a movie together, feeding each other popcorn and going on a long walk and get to know each other. I'm not a materialistic person, so gifts and stuff would make me feel very uncomfortable, especially on a first date.
• Philippines
15 Jul 07
My goal on my first date is that to know the intention of the person that im dating. If his intentions are good then there will be more dates to come and by that time maybe a lot of things will happen. If the intentions are bad then for sure no 2nd date.