I probably wouldn't have gone but only because I didn't realise it was a date!! I had been in a pretty serious relationship and only just broken up, my now husband had not long split from the woman he was engaged to (it was a mutual thing, she had told a friend of mine about it), he and I had been friends for a while, it had never even crossed my mind to think of him like that, I didn't fancy him, he wasn't my type, I fully expected my ex and I to get back together (the split was over something very silly and very recent), anyways my newly single friend lived a few hours from me but travelled a lot due to his hobby, he rang me panicking about a flight booking which I sorted (in the days prior to easy Internet access) and next time he was in my area he asked to take me for dinner as a thank you, I went despite my friends warning that it wasn't a good idea, they too believed my ex and I would reunite. I had a lovely night, better than most first dates I'd ever been on and I kissed him that night which shocked us both, thankfully he rang the next day to talk about it and we decided to see each other again, we fell in love quietly and quickly, told our ex's when we thought the time was right, didn't get married for almost 10 years, didn't live together before that, I had a child that was my absolute priority so this suited me. We're 20+ years together and the only thing I'd change is moving to his part of the country, its too far from my family and friends but we're planning to move there soon, tonight he hugged me as said 'thank you for being my wife', he's had a tough few days because one of our dogs had to be put to sleep and its really upset him, we look after each other and shore up each others weaknesses without emphasising them. I'd go on that date that wasn't a date but he'd have moved after we married instead of me.