So I just heard that taking someone out to eat or go watching

>>18112490
Can't really get to know each other while watching a movie in a theatre and a dinner feels as if you're expecting to much to begin with

Try sonething light hearted fun and maybe active, it's all about getting to know eachother after all

>>18112490

Going out for a meal or a drink is perfectly fine. Food and beverages are great social lubricants and don't really get in the way of talking.

A movie is bad with someone you don't really know yet. The first date is the "get to know each other" baseline date, and sitting quietly next to a stranger isn't really conducive to that.

Anything casual that lets you chat freely is good.

>>18112490
-Walk in the park
-Amusement park
-Museum
-Window shopping at mall or downtown
-Play tourist - go to places in your city only tourists go to. (90% of New Yorkers have never been to the Statue of Liberty)

A casual meal can be part of any of these

bowling

>>18112490
bar

>>18112502
Not OP here. A walk in the park sounds cool but I'd feel awkward asking someone to just walk in the park. Do you just ask someone to go for a walk in the park? I've been told that going to the mall on a date is kind of childish but I don't know.

Coffee is still the best possible first date though right? I once read that going to Starbucks is the #1 most common first date activity in the US.

>>18112719
ITT people overthinking the simple activity of getting to know a new person

Just go for a coffee. You can either sit and drink it, or you can stroll around the mall, the downtown core and look at shops, a large public park/space. I'm a huge fan of walking around because it makes the environment more conductive for flirting and jokes and general discussion. Sitting across from eachother in a stuffy café means you can touch her and you're always sitting in that awkward "interview-esque" arrangement.

Imagine making a new friend and hanging out with them. Now imagine that new friend as a girl. Now just go do that, but throw in some physical contact to suggest sexual interest. Such as, brushing against her lightly as you walk, sitting close to her, laughing with her at something while reaching out and putting your hand on the side of her arm, etc. If that doesn't happen on the first date, it's hard to set the tone that you like her. (Obvi only do it if you like her...)

>>18112741
can't* touch her...

Take some mushrooms and let the universe guide

I took my current gf of 2 years sailing for our first date, rock climbing for our 2nd and a party for our 3rd

>>18112490
going out to eat is fine.

if that seems "too formal" then go out for lunch or for coffee? or to an ice cream parlor.

>>18112759
rofl.

i met my fiancé in a park. i was on a work break and he was walking home. it was raining. he asked for a light, i asked if he wanted to sit under my umbrella and take a toke off my one hitter. i was actually looking for shrooms for a weekend trip i was going on with some friends and he happened to ask me, "you want shrooms?"

it carried on from there. lol

>>18112490
What you do matters very little on a forst date. How you treat the other person matters a great deal.

>>18112490
Getting food/coffee seems like a good idea. You could always go for a walk or to an arcade too!
I guess a movie could be good to save awkward silences since you have no choice but to be quiet, and you can always talk about the movie after

t. girl who has only ever been on one first date so take that as you will

>>18112811
sounds expensive for the first two, and do you have to keep outdoing yourself everytime?