First date coffee Second date drinks Third date dinner - and yes not the places on that list because all of those are cheeks. Do it right and you'll be clapping cheeks.
This. I learned this the hard way. Got stuck at dinners with people I had no interest in......and two.......not everyone is good at showing up on time for reservations. so i look like a fool waiting.. coffee....problem is you need a part A + B. part = coffee shop, and if it's going well, part B = somewhere to grab some food otherwise, you can't drink 3 lattes lol. drinks....be ready to bounce after 1 drink if it's going bad or you have no interest. i ain't paying for 3-4 drinks often for someone I am meeting once.. this is also a great plan. if people are not going to stick around for 2-3 dates....then good riddance.
I met up a first date at Starbucks. She invited me back to her place for dinner. After dinner we moved back to her room for Netflix and chill (New Girl). My tummy started rumbling. I told her I needed to pee and took the fastest diarrhea dump ever with the faucet running. We did the deed that night and she did not want a relationship so we hooked up several more times until I moved.
The Cheesecake Factory is ghetto as ****. I went to one in Chicago and there were strung out teenagers and broke as ***** hood rats scampering all over the place. My boys like going there because they accommodate really big dudes, they have huge chairs and lots of space - so they had no issues with 33 feet and 1500 pounds from 5 guys. Still - it was amateur hour.
I consider this a success. Is it love of your life/marriage success? Nope.... But it is still success....... low stress and sex multiple times.
Been to the Cheesecake Factory (Galleria) once, summer 1996. I was back in town and an old friend from HS shows up at my parents house, says "let's go out", I say "sure". Little did I know he was recently given access to part of his trust fund (turned 21), nor did I know how much spending 3ish years amongst the uber-rich kids on drugs at Vanderbilt had changed him. The night went Cheesecake (I looked around..."uh, ok"...looked at the menu "wtf IS this place"...did some bumps, ate some apps, had some drinks, then went to Treasures where he proceeded to get grabby and physically thrown out (as I talked the staff out of his deserved ass-kicking) after an hour or so. Good memories. No, I have no plans to ever set foot in a Cheesecake Factory again.
i plan to take my first gf to a rox game. but maybe like when the pacers or kings are in town so the tix won’t be expensive. btw is taking a cab or uber on a first date considered halal? i don’t have a license and dad prolly won’t let me borrow his corolla