Settle this debate for me

[MamaOl93]

Is bowling a date, yes or no?

@MamaOl93

No no, I don’t think it’s a date, we are just friends, the debate is simply me asking because I said to him I thought bowling was a date idea but we’re just friends now, and he disagreed lol. That’s all :)

Friends go bowling. People on dates go bowling.

You are the first, going bowling with a friend. This is not hard.

Oh that’s a drip feed, two friends can go bowling, two people dating can go bowling, it’s not exclusively a dating thing if that’s what you’re asking. So he’s right,

It’s a date if the people are dating. Otherwise it’s a friends or family activity. Multipurpose kind of thing.

I wouldn’t go on a date to bowling as it’s not my thing so not for me

I'm going with yes.
I can get my flirt on with some friendly competition or you can be like I'm rubbish can you help me and then he's all close to you showing how to score a perfect score.

It can be both but are you now hoping for more from him because you have decided it’s a date even though he’s told you it’s not?

Oh my bad didn't rtft. I think it can be a friends thing. As I said friendly competition is never a bad thing and it's a laugh

I sort of think anything is a date I'd you say it is. Lots of activities could be done with loads of different contexts so it's not only a date. I love fun stuff like this so I'd say it is a date if you day it is.

Pp's saying it's for teens seem a bit uptight.

If he’s made it clear you’re not dating then nothing you do with him is a date! I would go bowling with my kids, my friends or a date. So it can be any of those.

If the lines are blurred for you I’d suggest not doing 1-2-1 things with him for a while, as you’re clearly not comfortable with doing things just the two of you unless you’re dating him.

He's said it isn't a date so it isn't a date.

I can't think of any activities that you can class as 'date' or 'not date'. Going for a drink / meal/ cinema / walk / bowling - all can be done as a date, or with a friend or work colleagues. The activity doesn't make it a date or not a date.

I think you might be hoping he's got feelings that he hasn't got.

It's not the activity that makes it a date or not, it's the intention of the people there. Bowling could be a date or could just as easily be two friends.