******* Favorite Restaurants for the First Date? ********

If he takes me to McDonalds on the first date, how would I ever get to know whether he's a wonderful guy or I would have a really good time with him? I'm sorry, that's just such a crappy first impression, and like BR said, you only get one chance to make a first impression.

 

Damn wish I could rep you fam

 

You wouldn't because it does not matter enough apparently. Well anyway, a disingenuous person will never take you to Mc Donalds, but maybe avoiding liars is not a priority.

 

Simply put, Beasty, if he's the kind of guy I would enjoy being with, he will think enough of me not to make McDonalds a first date "dinner." A meal at a fast food joint is not dinner, imo.

 

I went for pizza last night does that mean I don't respect or like the woman?
I think you're hanging on to outdated thinking love.

 

I love pizza! You could never go wrong taking me out to a pizza place.
Mc Donalds sucks.
I just go there for a shake or an ice cream in summer.
So if a guy would go to the movies with me and treat me to some ice cream at Mc Donalds afterwards, I would be fine with that.
But dinner? Sorry, but that's for teenagers.

 

This. Pizza is still a cut above McDonalds. I said that in an earlier post.

 

Whaat? No post in the where is the pizza thread?

 

I'm still waiting to unwrap your burger....

 

speaking for myself; if I agree to go on a date w a man, I am clearly already interested enough to get to know him. I will have already established he is good company to keep and I am genuinely interested. I don't mind going to grab pizza, panera, or even hot dogs on a boardwalk. My preference would be somewhere we can sit and talk, in a comfortable atmosphere. McDonald's really isn't my idea of this. Its usually dirty, crowded and the service is poor.

Honestly, I'd want healthier meal options, also. Fast food hurts my stomach.

 

Why?

 

Makes sense too me. The message that Ches is sending is quite different, I don't know if she realizes that.

 

Jamaican has asked me to pick the restaurant on Thursdays date, so I'm going local, reasonably priced and Moroccan. A mezze plate to share ranges from $13-$30.

We'll also be going Dutch

 

Oy vey. Scratch what I said the first time. A guy may be a nice guy but if he takes me to McDonalds on a first date, we likely won't get to the second date so that I can really find that out. I'm sorry, I don't care what the arguments are, in my mind, McDonalds as dinner is not an appropriate date. The first date should be where you put your best foot forward. At our age, If Mickey D's is his idea of a romantic dinner, then he's not someone I'm likely to be attracted to over the long haul. He may be a great guy, like some of my male friends, but he probably wouldn't stir me romantically.

 

The interesting thing is if this is what he does for all his dates is it really a best foot forward?

 

Lol. Maybe he's a centipede - lots of best feet.

It may not be what he does for all his first dates. There are plenty of other first date options. I'm just saying if you ask me out for dinner on the first date, please don't make it a chintzy fast food place. That's a turn off.

 

Went to Burger King for a first date with one of the kindest, sweetest, down to earth women I've ever met this past September. She actually wanted to go to BK, I must admit I felt awkward beforehand agreeing to it because I felt pressured by societies standards to go elsewhere but I went along with it.

From the time we both sat down, we thoroughly enjoyed each others company with 100 watt smiles, sharing hardy laughs talking over a vast assortment of topics getting to know each other.

Ever since that date I learned if a person is truly into you, the small shit like the type of venue you choose doesn't matter.

 

thats true. if that is then case nothing matters.

 

That was one of my better and memorable first dates. All of my worst dates have been at fine dining establishments with cheap ass opportunistic broke bitches. The only thing they were concerned with was a free meal and what they could get out of me.

 

that kind of attitude you may find around any kind of women, even those with money.