Hello OhNo 
How's it going?
Girls, help me figure this out. It's quite a fun dilemma in the scheme of things.
I've been good friends with a bloke for about 3 years now - we became friends when we worked together in a very sociable office. I've been very drunk with him several times (albeit usually, not always, with other people) & we've never even kissed. He has always talked to me about his ex, I've been married, etc. All platonic & above board. I can think of one time when it seemed like there could have been a kiss (pre-H), but there wasn't (& it might've been in my drunken head anyway).
We've been talking about meeting up again for ages (we both moved away from where we worked originally, in opposite directions, & haven't seen each other for ages. A year or so.) & it just so happens that we're both next in the same city next weekend (of the 9th) - the Saturday is my birthday, so we're going for drinks. As we were texting, it came out that we're both relatively newly single (not in a 
sort of way - just chatter) & later he asked if I wanted to go 'drinking drinking, or for food'. I assumed we'd sit in a cheap pub, drink a bit, move on to another cheap pub, drink some more & so on. Probably losing money on the quiz machine as we did so, like old times. I'd already made loads of decisions at this point (he goes 'home' more often than I do, so it was based on my availability, what sort of times I can do, etc) & he said 'well we'll be avoiding [busiest drinking street in town] so maybe [nice, upmarket bit of town]?'. I said okay, whatever, & he said that he'd sort it. By which I mean make a reservation somewhere.
... Is this a date? 
It feels a bit like a date, but I feel like I'm reading into something that isn't there? (I missed all this ridiculous over-analysing )