Advice please, first OLD this weekend

[Newpjamas]

Going on my first date with a guy met online
Any tips, advice, do’s & dont’s
Tia

Some of it is common sense, meet somewhere public, I prefer to just meet for a drink, somewhere you can park easily nearby or get a taxi. If it's going well, have some mystery, no inviting back straight away, if he's rude, don't be afraid of ending the meeting at any point. After the meeting trust your instincts, ask yourself do you want to see him again, was it fun, compatible, same values, attraction etc.

I hope it goes well but just don't get too invested, be in the mindset that it's normal that most dates don't end up going anywhere but you have at least had a nice time, hopefully.
You never know, you could get lucky and meet the right man for you.

Thank you @iwishu

On the dating thread on here I think they see the first meeting as a pre-date, just to establish that they match up to the profile you’ve seen. No point thinking of it as a date if you turn up and they are totally different from the person you’ve been chatting to! So make it a quickie - one hour or so, just to see if you can talk to each other naturally, that there’s no glaring oddities and to just sense their vibe. Then the next meet can be a date. That way you take the pressure off a bit too. Have fun!

Thank you
Wheres the dating thread. ,,xx

I don’t agree with the first date necessarily being a pre-date. See if you hit it off. I had some great first dates that went on for a few hours. I always Google the shit out of every date to make sure I can verify who he is (LinkedIn, FB, news). Work out in your head how you want to handle the splitting of the bill. I will always offer to pay half but am fine if the guy insists he pays.

Thank you @Milomonster
He has booked for us to pmay crazy golf
I offered to go halfs he said he would pay so il buy some drinks
Id feel like a stalker googling him lol

He won’t know. Anything in the public domain is fair game for being looked up (just don’t tell him).