Ok I'm totally out of the loop on peoples' thought processes. I just read that taking a woman to a dinner, movie, and then walking around aimlessly is the best *date* she has ever been on...

God help me please... I eat everyday of my life. I usually eat with people because I live with people. They aren't all of the same sex. We then watch a movie or show or series or something. I don't consider this a date. I've taken my best friend out for coffee probably over 2,000x or so, we've gone to the movies at least 30x or so and we have always walked around the city aimlessly *rain, snow, sleet, or shine, stars or clouds, cold wind or no wind...* Does this mean I have dated my best friend? ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME?!!!

Ok I'm definately not old fashioned and I am definately not new fashioned either but I believe a *date* should include romance of some sort somewhere in it. Don't say oh well we went to the beach and walked around on the sand... He better have done something else like I don't know brought some food in a basket, took you out a boat to eat it, dunked you in the ocean, tried to catch a seagull, showed you a sunrise or sunset, played games on the boardwalk something!!! It doesn't end there though!!! There's gotta be something else because this is a daily activity for me when I was living near the shore and god forbid I went to hangout with my friends who live at the shore we made a bbq and drank a lot and watched the fireworks lit off over our heads.

Maybe it's just because I come from a city and there is soo much to do and you guys are from the country so maybe that's the difference? I don't know but I see nothing of how I would go about making a true date with a girl whom I had a sincere interest in.

A date is about spending time together.

It's not all that complicated.

You're over thinking this.

So then a phone conversation is a date? How much time like what if I woke up in the morning said good morning merry christmas is that a date? Hah. Illogical thinking yet again GRRR!

SOME DEFINITIONS OF A DATE:

appointment: an appointment to meet somebody for a social or business activity
I've got a dinner date with a client.


romantic appointment: a romantic engagement with somebody
I thought we had a date tonight.


partner on date: somebody with whom a date has been arranged
My date stood me up.

squonk I'd let you take me on a date. I'm sure it would be a fabulous time.

When two people that are interested in each other go out & spend time together, dinner, movies, drinks, 20 mins in the car etc.

You are overthinking this but at least you are thinking, I guess. I've come to find that most people have lost the ability to think. So you are one up on most.

I figure a date is when you make plans with someone that you are attracted to and you get all of those feelings of excited and a little nervous. I kinda like those feelings.

Merry Christmas

a date is one of those numbers on the calendar that go as high as 31 in some months

Hahaha you'd let me take you on something that I don't even know what it is... Hm Haha :).

I just don't see how dinner and a movie is a date. It's a common occurence of everyday life. At one point in our past yes I believe dinner and then a movie was considered a date because there were less than 12828600050-684324 movies made. Now however, the movie has become an addiction to our lives. Movies are seen far too frequently and well dinner is eaten everyday unless you live in Mexico where it's lunch everyday. :).

For example, I went to the video store and rented 6 movies for christmas to enjoy with my parents. Apparently I'm dating them since I brought the movies home and they're cooking me a ham dinner... For ****s sake I don't date my parents.

Overthinking underthinking whatever the case may in fact be I will never understand the term date from american female eyes and well those who have spent time with me would never consider this a date either oh wait they probably will since I seem to be the only one doing completely different things in the world with females.

It's the fruit of a palm tree. The put it in fruitcake.

cumquat?

well said.

apparently according to her everything is a date *sigh*

Why complicate things over semantics?

A date is just time set aside. The purpose of which is to find out if there's a mutual desire to spend more time together...sheesh already...