to ask if you were going on a first date with a solicitor in his 50s (OD of course) what would be good topics of conversation?

[EllenNotHelen]

Haven't had date for ages and now I'm about to see this solicitor and I'm getting nervous. We've done the messaging thing and lots of amusing banter, but feeling he might think I'm a bit dim and boring (I'm not, just my insecurities) so thought if I had a few conversation pieces in mind it might help.

Mim78 had just come on to post exactly that

OP, don't leave us in suspense, how did it go??

I'm a lawyer in my 50s and don't like talking about my work when I'm off duty.

So I would just talk about normal stuff like you would with anyone else.

What does (OD of course) in the OP's title refer to?

Online dating

of course, thanks!

music of the seventies?

children's tv from the sixties and seventies?

his first computer? (wait five minutes for the tape to load, then it crashes just before the end)

the pros and cons of twerking?

Mim78 had just come on to post exactly that

Yes me too! Don't ask him that.

You can show an interest in why he chose to go into law and what does he specialise in, but I wouldn't treat it as a job interview and go to the date ready to talk about Lord Denning. That would look as if you were trying too hard

Just relax and be natural.

Yes how did it go??

That has to be one of the weirdest questions I've read in a long time OP

What the fuckety fuck has his job got to do with dating?