On a date: How much of the food on your plate should you eat?????

I don't unlock the car door with the remote until I get to the car!

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chauvinist!:bugeye:

 

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I want equality too. If I ask a guy out, I'll pay.

 

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No.
It goes both ways.
Didn't you ever see "A Bronx Tale"?
I highly recommend it.

You are supposed to open the car door for your date, wait till she gets in, close it for her, then walk around the back of the car to the driver's side door.
If, by the time you reach the driver's side, she has reached over and unlocked your door, she's a keeper.
If she hasn't reached over to unlock your door for you...
Take her out, be a gentlman, and never see her again - she's a princess that will never treat you with the proper respect.

My wife passed the test.

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Fortunately all the guys I know get into the car and then open the door from the inside for me.

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Or own motorcycles.

 

To me that's a sign of lack of respect, consideration and simple, common courtesy.
Poor breeding.

 

To me that is common sense.

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Get in car.

Open door for passenger.

While passenger gets in wear belt, check mirror, etc.

While driver checks etc, passenger wears belt, gets comfy.

Last minute check on both sides.

Go!

 

I am not standing there in the rain while he gets in. I am not standing there alone in a place I have never been before while he gets in. I agree with raven, though I strongly doubt it has a thing to do with breeding.

 

Simple couretsy is vastly more important than a few seconds of "efficiency".

 

Yeah thats why I like the remote locks. We can both get in together.

 

What I mean by "breeding" is "how someone was raised".
What your parents and surroundings instill in you as courtesy and respect.

 

Perhaps, but its unnecessary ceremony. For me.

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I've had to break several people out of those habits.

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I hold doors open for others if I get there first, but I am not going to get there first and then wait to have the door opened, that is, to me, a ridiculous convention.

 

Saying "Thank You", "You're welcome", "Pardon me" and all other social niceties are unnecessary as well - I still see them as important, though.

And I have broken several people like you.

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I agree.
If we get to a building, for example, and she arrives first, she opens and holds the door for me.
When she is driving her car (which is rare, simply because I have a much nicer car) she opens the door for me.
Like I said, it goes both ways.

 

Phew!

Thats fine with me (but I prefer to get into the car on my own)

 

I couldn't agree more. I personally think that dinner and/or movies are a bad idea for a date; especially for the first (and maybe 2nd or 3rd) date. Just like Xev said, some sort of activity is the best idea.
Concerts might not be a good idea for a first date because it would be too loud to have a decent conversation; although I would love to go to a Dave Matthews concert with a girl/date.
The last date I went on, we went and played miniature golf. Amusement parks, ice/roller skating, a bike ride are also good ideas. Physical activity usually gets one's juices flowing (not intended as a sexual connotation), and they tend to open up more and have a better time.

 

Then why not go to the concert then afterwards find a nice lounge or restaruant to pass away a few hours? Or visa versa?

 

It amazing how all the things you normally do suddenly seem to have greater ramifications when trying to be Attractive to the opposite sex.

For the most part we all think of just ourselves (Egocentric), but when we apply that we have to curtail what we do for the feelings of another, some of the things we do are selfish or impolite and this is where you get this spiral of paranoia.

For men it's things like:
Are you shaved?. If it's been a hot day or you're wearing too much, are you sweating?, do you have a case of BO (body odours)?, Are you thinking of things you shouldn't be thinking of?, are you making a facial expression because of that last though?, did she notice that facial expression?, were you staring somewhere you shouldn't be?, did you use enough toilet paper when you went to the toilet... well you get the idea.

For the most part it's all, Me, me, me. Of course it's structured with the understanding that what ever you feel self-conscious about is because you are trying to impress a prospective partner who in turn you want in your life because of you, you, you.

So if you go out for a meal, Eat! I wouldn't suggest eating too much though because the human body tends to attempt to pass food quicker if it's eaten in high quantities. You basically want to eat enough to make sure you aren't hungry but not enough to force you on a trip to the toilet. (especially after seeing some of the toilets in some of the restaurants. I'm surprised people still eat at them to be honest.)

As for will men be upset at how much you eat? That's not something that will truly define if the person sitting at the table is the right person for me. I would suggest it would be down to if your personalities 'Click' rather than 'Collide' and whether you are attracted to one another. If you're having a meal it's likely you are, unless it's specifically stated that you are just going for a meal as friends.

 

For SOME men, maybe.
I can't relate at all.