Where to Go on a First Date Besides the Bar

Posted on October 23, 2017 by resourcefulman

Even though everyone wants to fall in love (and have sex), first dates have a pretty bad reputation. Probably because this is a high risk, high reward offer; they have the potential to either fill your life with magic or make you regret ever leaving your home. There is no way to guarantee chemistry (or even basic human politeness) between you and your first date, but you can at least plan a good place to find out if you hate each other.

Reddit user matts41 posted to / r / funny a list of jokes about first date locations since making diagrams is kind of his business, then added the pros and cons of each. The pros of the restaurant are “very cool” and the downsides are “very expensive.” You can ask a date at your home, with the pros saying “you can have sex,” but the obvious downside is that “they won’t come to your house for anything.” Very funny and very true, but it doesn’t help anyone choose a real place for their first date! Thankfully, commentators stepped in and gave some real-life advice for budding lovers who are creative enough to take you beyond the tedious repetitive steps and “drinking encounters.”

One of the best and most difficult tips to apply comes from / u / BearBryantAndJesus , which invites everyone to get some killer hobbies and then find a way to incorporate their date into them. Um, are you suggesting that I work on myself as a person? Never.

The best advice I’ve ever seen in this situation is “get them to do that cool shit that you will do anyway.”

But I don’t do cool shit.

“Start doing cool shit.”

/ u / KXNG_AC thinks that the driving range is the perfect place to try it. One of them is the heart of your date:

One day a friend of mine suggested the perfect place for a date.

Training field. If both of you are not good at golf, you can just hit the ball and laugh. If you know what you’re doing and your date doesn’t, you can help them on their own by approaching them innocently and meaningfully at the same time. If your date doesn’t come, then you have a big club to viciously smash balls.

In addition, according to / u / Cosmo_Hill, animals in cages are a guaranteed aphrodisiac:

Therefore, the zoo is the best. You can walk at your own pace, you can talk about anything, and it happens throughout the day, so you can still go have a drink.

/ u / Lirkmore thinks that going to the museum is a good way to find out if someone is really into biology. They also seem to have heard of some of the exhibitions that I did not see advertised in the New York Times :

Any museum is good too: science / natural history to worry about; art if you prefer comfortable silence; or some collection of strange specialists, if you know that they do it. Maybe the penis museum if you really dare.

Now / u / ThisIsTheMilos switches it to dating based on the mood they get from their future Tinder soulmate. If you want sex, you drink alcohol, if you want a ring, you get caffeine:

When it comes to Tinder, I go for a drink if I think she’s going to meet, or for a coffee if I think she’s looking for someone to date. Either way, I can post bail quickly if needed, and I’m not tied to wasting money or awkward conversations.

Then there are the very hands-on dates that combine household chores with romance; / u / trjones1 got at least one date to go through the wash and dry cycle with them:

After living in New York for a while, I once went on a first date to a launderette.

Plus: wash your laundry

Cons: she was very embarrassed to show me her dirty panties.

Plus: it didn’t last long

We also have / u / lukin187250 , which put a lot of emphasis on what you can learn about the people on the bowling alley:

Bowling is a fantastic first date. You can learn sooooo much about someone when you go bowling.

[…]

… It’s also a pretty cheap date and it’s fun. Bowling is the ultimate first date.

A full breakdown of the many benefits of bowling is very long, but to summarize their full commentary , you basically get to know what their butt looks like, their willingness to show you this, and an intense psychological profile based on their choice of shoes.

Don’t forget the classic “silent darkroom sitting” because / u / mattgrum doesn’t:

Cinema

cons: you can’t talk to them all the time

pro: You can’t talk to them all the time

Or you can try bragging about the little things at the bar, according to / u / InstagramLincoln , although this assumes you are good at the little things about the bar: