Grobus said:
Like, if you were to go on a first date and look back it what kind of things would you like to have done, talked about etc.
The
best way to avoid/satisfy her expectations is to not have her looking out for her expectations being met in the first place. I don't think girls have a checklist of things they'd like to look back on as a first date: they might all
say romance, but that would be freaky on a first date.
In my opinion, 'dates' are for lovers. If you're not yet lovers, don't go on a date. So, the best way to move your relationship to another level (from friendship to
'maybe-more') is to avoid the dating scene altogther. Don't take her to dinner, don't take her to a movie (unless you both happen to have previously said you wanna go see XXX movie; otherwise it's so very impersonal... let alone cliche..). Don't do anything that makes it look like you've planned it for weeks beforehand.
The problem is if you put too much effort/thought into it, and it gets too formal or obvious that it's a date, then you're risking major problems. Remember in high school when you'd panic about having to do a speech for the class, but when the teacher asks you on the spur of the moment to talk about something, there's no nervousness? That's because of all the pomp and circumstance and expectations being put up for a speech, once you've had a week or two to plan and research.
So: avoid the expectations alltogether. Do something entirely casual. The key is to be
relaxed (Can't stress
relaxed enough, so I'll do it again:
relaxed!
) and low-key. I'd do coffee, and let that stretch out into dinner if you want extra-time (or, do what happened to me and my girl -- we got kicked out cos we stayed 3 hours on a sat night, only buying one coffee each. Nice story!
). Go shopping, maybe.. What you do depends on the girl (but don't put too much thought into that... if she seems like she'd be vaguely interested, go for it. Remember the last sentence of the above paragraph.)
...but after all that, in the end if she's into you and you get along, the memories will be nice regardless of what you do...