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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Claude on May 17, 2009, 05:24:29 PM
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Hey... Let's take a quick ride on the fun train. Where did you take your someone(s) on your first date together? Was it the repeated movies... the classic dinner... the fun minigolfing/ bowling... or something unique?
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Dude, I don't even have one. :'(
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My wife and I had our first date at Straight Street in Lynchburg, Virginia while we were students at Liberty University. It was an inner city ministry for teens. My wife and I went with a mutual friend who was performing a live mini concert. Although we had fun playing ping pong, air hockey and billiards, the memory is more static because we spent the end of the evening as impromptu "counselors" after our friend gave a gospel message and several teens came forward.
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Once upon a time I didn't have one. The end.
Boy, THAT story stunk.
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You are stalking my every move! o_O Okay, I like someone. Add that to your story.
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coffee shop for the win (I wonder how Rrrulez and Gandalf feel that someone younger than them has had a date but they haven't ;D )
Iwin
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Dude, I don't think that. And I do like :-X.
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My first real "date" was a youth group roller skating party. My strongest memory was about my hands getting sweaty as we held hands and feeling nervous. That relationship ended up not working out due to her family moving away and me being lousy at long-distance relationships :)
My first "date" with my wife was to see a play that a friend of mine was performing in. My strongest memory was that the play was pretty lame, and our conversation was decent but not spectacular either. Right after the play I had to go help out with moving some furniture, so we simply said good-evening, and both walked away thinking that might be our first and last date :)
I'm actually much more excited about my next "date". We are planning on dropping off the kids this weekend, going out to eat, watching the new Star Trek movie, and then participating in the OH state Redemption Tournament :)
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7.5 mile run.....to no where letterally it was a loop started at her place ended at her place after that it was monoply with her family.
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My first "date" with my wife was to see a play that a friend of mine was performing in. My strongest memory was that the play was pretty lame, and our conversation was decent but not spectacular either.
Which play was it. I did drama at Asbury and I am wondering if I was in that play. lol (maybe I was the reason it was lame!)
My first date with my wife was also a play. we went to the Arnoff Theatre in Cincinnati to see RENT. That was an interesting play (If you have seen it you know what I am talking about) but I wasn't really focused on the play. I was enjoying the company.
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I think mine with my girlfriend im still with was the pool. Seeing the beads of water run off my sweet tan abs must have hooked her. Just kidding her mom showed up...it was weird.
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I think mine with my girlfriend im still with was the pool. Seeing the beads of water run off my sweet tan abs must have hooked her. Just kidding her mom showed up...it was weird.
*Cracks up*
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Which play was it. I did drama at Asbury and I am wondering if I was in that play. lol (maybe I was the reason it was lame!)
That's a great question Matt. Unfortunately, I don't remember what it was called or whether you were in it :( Like I said, it wasn't very memorable. The only person I remember being in was Stuart Grist.
I think I remember a couple plays you were in though. One was a murder mystery (Hitchcock maybe) at Asbury, and the other was at the Lexington Opera House for a Junior/Senior event. I remember liking both of those plays much better :)
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My first girlfriend and I went to some railroad tracks with a bridge over a large river where we sat and talked.
I went rollerskating once as a first date; chaperoning my brother's first date with my date's little sister.
Coffee shops is usually my card of choice for people I haven't flirted much with. Happens quite often, as I have been single for a while (and loving it).
My favourite date I went on was with my friend Heather. Heather was the first girl I really had a crush on. I was the first guy she really had a crush on. This was about Freshman year. After graduation, I decided to ask her out on a date. Actually, I got talked into it by a rather flamboyant gay friend of hers (who had actually talked two other guys with crushes on her into asking her out as well, which I found out later). I showed up in a suit and he had picked out flowers to give her and to match the suit. Picking her up from work, we went to a coffee shop. My friend Nick was working in the coffee shop and I said something like, "so, guess why I'm dressed so nice?" and he said something like, "are you guys on a date?" to which I smiled and nodded. We sat outside. She had an apple, a cigarette, and a coke. About a dozen people from our school showed up and gave us a hard time. It was an amazing first date.
I asked her on a second, and she said yes, but things got in the way and we never went on it (which was mainly my fault).
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I think I remember a couple plays you were in though. One was a murder mystery (Hitchcock maybe) at Asbury
Uh-oh, do we have C. A. Swann in our midst? ;)
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There's a really awesome open-air theatre in downtown San Diego called The Old Globe, and my first date ever was there to see a showing of Hamlet. The performance was top notch, as always, and the girl could enjoy Shakespeare, so it worked out. My favourite date ever was the time I took a girl to the Torrey Pines State Park. You have to park down by the beach and walk up into the park itself, but once you get to the top there's a pretty huge maze of pathways that lead to bluffs overlooking the ocean; we found one of those and had a picnic at sunset. It's absolutely stunning up there. :)
I wonder how Rrrulez and Gandalf feel that someone younger than them has had a date but they haven't
I'm sure they're not that jealous, being that your mother probably had to drive you to any dates you may have had up to this point. ;)
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nope friends are win
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I took a girl named Renee to Straw Hat pizza after a movie. BTW, I have a sister named Julie.
My current best friend took a girl named Julie to Straw Hat pizza after a movie. He has a sister named Renee.
We both had the large combo pizza (special name escapes me). Our dates ate one piece while the two of us finished off the entire remaining pizza.
Both occurred in 1979. Both occurred in California, one north and one south.
John and I are the same age, born two days apart. Our sisters are the same age. (But, no, we didn't date each other's sister.)
If you send me $1.00 I will send you a penny imprinted with our likenesses to put in your collection next to your Lincoln-Kennedy penny.
:P
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The first date my wife and I had was a double date with her sister Kim and her sister's fiance, Brian. Kerry and I played a competitive game of mini-golf. We tied. We went out to dessert at Bob's Big Boy.
A few years later, my wife and I took my cousin and Brian's sister on their first date: mini-golf at the same place. They played a competitive game. They tied. A few years later, they tied the knot, too. :)
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never dated, not because I couldn't get one, but because I don't want one.
and I can even drive! I own a convertible! (ok, so it's a 1990 Chrysler LeBaron, with a garage paint job and two windows that don't work...) but no girl friends (actually, dating, just about my closest 3 friends are girls, though, 1 or 2 are my cousins...) for me!
and I'm only posting this to crank up my post count
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never dated, not because I couldn't get one, but because I don't want one.
and I can even drive! I own a convertible! (ok, so it's a 1990 Chrysler LeBaron, with a garage paint job and two windows that don't work...) but no girl friends (actually, dating, just about my closest 3 friends are girls, though, 1 or 2 are my cousins...) for me!
and I'm only posting this to crank up my post count
Lol, honesty ftw.
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I took a girl named Renee to Straw Hat pizza after a movie. BTW, I have a sister named Julie.
My current best friend took a girl named Julie to Straw Hat pizza after a movie. He has a sister named Renee.
We both had the large combo pizza (special name escapes me). Our dates ate one piece while the two of us finished off the entire remaining pizza.
Both occurred in 1979. Both occurred in California, one north and one south.
John and I are the same age, born two days apart. Our sisters are the same age. (But, no, we didn't date each other's sister.)
If you send me $1.00 I will send you a penny imprinted with our likenesses to put in your collection next to your Lincoln-Kennedy penny.
:P
I sense man-law violation.
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though, 1 or 2 are my cousins...
You don't know how many?
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though, 1 or 2 are my cousins...
You don't know how many?
For real! You must live in West Virginia if you don't know how many of your girlfriends have been your cousins!?!?! :o
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well, I don't know quite where I'd rate Kenna, as she's karazy (able to compete with the TKP) awesome, but we aren't close. but she could be up on the list...
so we'll say my top 4 closest friends are girls, 2 being my cousins.
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i remember i was on a double date one time with a girl i didnt know. We were eating at tacobell and she dropped her napkin. I bent over to pick it up for her and accidently farted on her:(
i cant even remember what else happened b/c i was so embarressed.
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i remember i was on a double date one time with a girl i didnt know. We were eating at tacobell and she dropped her napkin. I bent over to pick it up for her and accidently farted on her:(
i cant even remember what else happened b/c i was so embarressed.
You took a date to Taco Bell?
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HAHAHAHA Clift.
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i remember i was on a double date one time with a girl i didnt know. We were eating at tacobell and she dropped her napkin. I bent over to pick it up for her and accidently farted on her:(
i cant even remember what else happened b/c i was so embarressed.
You took a date to Taco Bell?
Not always the worst place to go Imo. Then again my GF loves Taco Bell.
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My wife and I had our first date on a no date!?
I use to work with single ministries. One that I had been a part of had an annual fall party, and some of my friends from that group had invited me back to see everyone. One of the things I did as a leader of the ministries was to try and make people feel a part of the group. I usually did this by starting conversations with new people but making sure to draw other members of the ministry into the conversation and then fading out myself. The idea was to get a newbie talking with some of the older members.
Well the night of the party, I saw a young lady sitting on the other side of the fire, whom seemed to be bored. A friend had just handed me a knife and pumpkin for the pumpkin carving contest; which I hate doing; so I used it as an opportunity to start a conversation with the young lady. I asked her to help me carve the pumpkin; she drew the face, and I would gut the pumpkin. While carving, I managed to make her smile and commented that she had a lovely smile; which it was especially by fire light. Note - at this point I am not nor have I had any thoughts of dating this girl, I am still in ministry mode and trying to make her feel welcomed.
We talked for about another hour, while everyone finished their pumpkins; which kept everyone else busy and thus I could not find anyone else to draw into the conversation. Later, there was a hay ride, so we talked further as we walked to the hayride. She made it clear that she was looking for a single ministry, and she seemed like a cool lady, so I asked if I could get her number. Note – I am still in ministry mode. At this time I was helping with another ministry in town that I thought she could benefit from.
Well, she did not respond, and I thought “Did I offend her?” You have to realize that it was very common for me to get together every week with various single guys and gals for lunch or dinner, to talk with them. On average, I would spend 10 hours a week on the phone just keeping up with the members of the ministry. So, for me to ask for a number to get together with a young lady, who was a part of the ministry, was not uncommon; although she did not know this.
After an awkward few moments, we realized we had missed our turn, and walked past the hayride; which was good timing to break-up her silence. We doubled back to the hayride, and I helped her up. Then I stayed on the ground to help the other ladies on. It was at that moment that I thought “Shot, with her getting on before me, someone else will sit next to her.” And, then I realized that I did no longer like this girl just from a ministry point of view.
Well needless to say, I was very happy to see once the last person had gotten on board, she was still standing up on the wagon, waiting on me! After the ride, we spent somewhere between 4 to 6 hours talking in the middle of a grass maze; there was a platform in the middle that allowed you to sit and watch people try to find their way out.
I would say that by the end of the night, we held hands, but that would be lying. At about 3:00 am, we had our first kiss!!! I really do not recommend that kind of speed dating to anyone. I have seen way to many people fall for the ‘falling in love’ trap. In my case, though our action was not wise, God protected us. We were both at a point in our lives where we were serious about dating. Dating was not a game to play, but a means of finding the spouse God would have for us. Another words, that kiss was not just an enjoyment, but a very serious sign of commitment from each of us.
I am happy to report that one day shy of that night, we were married. Now after 7 ½ years of good and bad times, after me doing some very boneheaded things, and the recent birth of premature twin girls, we are happily still married.
Do not look for the right person. There is no such thing. Sure, you have to have connections; Jesus of course being the most important. Look for someone who takes marriage seriously, someone who does not see divorce as an option. In my case, I was fortunate enough to meet that someone at a fall party.