Ahhh I secured the date now he's asked for dinner?

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So following in from my other thread I just said " so when we meeting for that drink"

He straight away came back that he was up for it and we arranged Wednesday now he's just messaged asking if I want to go for dinner!

Should I keep first date to just a drink and save dinner for second date, already attracted to his pictures and like how he comes across on messaging but still wary

You can tell I haven't dated for ages

Whats wrong with dinner?

Go for dinner it's lovely he offered to take you

Drink first. I would say. You don’t want to sit through a long dinner if you’re not keen.
But I would just say, love the idea of dinner, but should we just have a drink first.
Keep it casual and light

Everything I read/hear always first meet should just be coffee/drink

But your right I'm looking to much into this.. it will be my first date in over 2 years... I should just go and enjoy it shouldn't I

Yep, keep first meeting to something low-key and of short duration. You don't want to end up feeling like you have to sit through a whole dinner with someone who is boring the tits off you. Plus it can rapidly get expensive, there's the ickiness about who pays, etc.

I know you think you like this guy and can't imagine not enjoying his company, but honestly, set out some parameters. I always tell my online dates that I have a policy of a first meeting being two drinks max, so that is their expectation.

(If the date is going well, I just ignore that rule :) )

Just go and enjoy. If you want to leave, just make your excuses.

Yeh surely you can make an excuse to leave it's not like when you have dinner you can't leave if it's awkward surely it would be just as awkward with drinks?

Play it by ear. Just say dinner would be lovely but let's not book anything. That way if you don't feel the spark you can make your excuses.

Oh bloody go and have dinner with him,see it as a social evening rather than a date, if he's a complete arse whats the worst that can happen? You've spent an hour or so of your time with him. Oh and always always please go halves.

Do you know him already? If it's an online first date, I would do just a quick drink first. I have known on sight that Im not interested and even 40 minutes out of politeness is painful.

Drink or coffee. If you haven't met face to face, he might be dreadful. It is easy to be 'seduced' by e-mails. Have an exit strategy just in case.

Ok so agreed to dinner, I really don't think he's a total arse so figured worst will be I'm just not feeling the spark, but no reason why I can't enjoy a evening out

Absolutely! It might be awesome or it might be shit, either way, you've got to eat anyway right???! I hope its the former

Haha exactly what I thought, at least I get fed

Cmon uve got to eat op u only live once🙂

How did it go?