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A first date?!!!

Sweet Tee, if you were to date a Melmacian, then you wouldn't be having this problem.

Anyway, for a first date, tell this male Human "No" to the baseball game unless he accompanies you to a chick flick or to a clothing store where you can try on new clothes. Why should you be the only one to suffer?

David, you've ruined it. I was just about to ask Tee if she fancied going to see a chick flick, followed by shopping, followed by vodka, followed by some other stuff

what difference does it make if it is the first date or the tenth. some of you are focusing on the wrong thing here.

he asked her to join him for an activity he obviously enjoys, what's the harm in that? maybe, just maybe, he is trying to share something that is important to him. people don't often go to professional baseball games on a whim... what if they continue to date, is he supposed to quit going to the games because she doesn't like baseball?


go to the game! see him in his element, you may learn more about him from this than having a "more suitable" first date.

i have an extra ticket for the cardinals vs dodgers in june....

Done!...Hot tub after?

before and after!

Better!

ha! i thought that said butter...(it's baseball, not the last tango in paris)

I find night games extremely erotic Kev ...The night air, the smell of popcorn, a hot man pressing his thigh against mine, the sound of the bat cracking as my hero hits a line drive...Baseball, America's favorite pass time!

correction...2nd favorite!

Shhhhhhh....

.. I don't really know how to answer your topic..
. generally. when I ask a lady out on a date.. I try to get the sense of what she likes.. like I'd ask you! would you like to go to a baseball game... giving her the opportunity to say no. and then I'd have an alternative.... outing planned.. but I guess.. I don't know!! I would not expect you to go to something you didn't want to..are have any interest in.. at least not during the dating phase..hmm

go and soak up the atmosphere and enjoy his company. baseball games are pretty chill and beer cups are HUGE!!! :)

you might just have a great time. it was so nice of him to ask :) have fun!

Teebee, I would have to say you should tell him you're not a Baseball fan. I wouldn't want someone I'm first attempting to date to be bored, or just not into the date. That's kinda why I never asked my ex-gf if she ever wanted to go to a game with me. She wasn't into sports, and always seemed to be perturbed if I wanted to watch a game on tv or listen on radio or even talk about it with her son.

Trying to figure out how long it's been since Sweetestgirl has been to a game.

Beer cups are 16 or 20 ounces most, and cost about 8 bucks or more if we're talking about Pro Baseball games and not AAA or AA ball.

OOps stupid POS phone. didn't mean to double post

Teebee, if you don't speak up and your relationship with this guy starts out with you already acquiescing to his preferences that you don't like, do you really think you're going to stay interested in him for long?

but it is a baseball game, not a heroin addiction.

isn't dating where you learn about each others likes and dislikes?
aren't relationships built on compromise?
when is the last time any of us only dated people someone that we liked/enjoyed every single thing they had interest in?
besides, this is but one facet of this man...hopefully.

Reminds me of the first proper "date" that I took my ex out on. I had opera tickets and I was going to take my mother but since I had a new girlfriend I thought that I should ask her if she wanted to go instead. What she said to me was that it had been a long time since she had been to something like that, which gave me the impression that she liked opera or classical music. We sat through the first half of the opera but then she was just bored with it and we went to a pub instead where there was a guy singing with a guitar. She should have probably just told me that opera wasn't her thing but actually, it was a comic opera and she found some of it amusing, even though it wasn't her sort of music.

I'm not sure what to advise you. I suppose that you could say to him that you aren't really into baseball but you haven't been to a live game before and wouldn't mind giving it a go. If you say that though the guy could well feel less comfortable on the date and he would be more worried that it wouldn't go well. I would certainly not pretend to like baseball and if you do go and don't really enjoy the game you should just say so but tell him that you enjoyed his company if you do. You don't want to get involved with a guy that's going to keep dragging you along to baseball games and boring you by talking about it all the time.

On the other hand, you could go and start off the relationship by telling him that you sat through that whole dumb thing and now he owes you and he's got to do something that you like. You could say that it was the most boring thing that you've ever been to in your life and keep bringing it up whenever you want him to do something for you.

Hope this helps.