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I was reading about whether or not people had first date kisses with their current BF/hubby/Fiance. That got me moving to Nostalgia Lane, remembering our first date. Actually let me rephrase that since I can’t remember our “actual” real first date years and years ago.
Our first date what somewhat of a disaster. After finally finding Mr. Kiwi lurking online, I emailed him and said, “Hey! Remember your old girlfriend from 1997/98? I treated you pretty badly back then, so if you don’t I wouldn’t blame you…” Well, that started some conversations via email and finally a phone call.
A friend of mine was having a birthday party in West Hollywood, so I asked Mr. Kiwi if he wanted to go with me. Now I had a friend Danielle (the toxic friend) who was also invited and I stayed with her that weekend. Danielle knew Mr. Kiwi was my “one who got away,” yet was very unhappy about him being invited as well. He came to pick us up, and I must say I regret the first time seeing him had to be with her there. I know, I know, it was my fault for doing it this way, but I thought we would both be more comfortable with another party being there.
While on the way to West Hollywood, Danielle proceeded to grill Mr. Kiwi about himself and how I always thought of him as a mistake I let get away. When we got lost, Mr. Kiwi and I got out of the car to ask for directions (he told me he liked my shoes!), with Danielle sitting in the car. Finally we arrived and were early, so we took a walk and went to some tapas place. Danielle ordered herself some tapas and while eating, she asked Mr. Kiwi if he spoke Spanish (because I’m half and not at all fluent, but Danielle is fluent even though she’s white). When he said no, she insisted that he must. He looked at me like I was insane for having a friend like that and said again, “No, I’m not.” She kept going in that vein for awhile until we finally left for the party. She ordered more food there, and then proceeded to ask Mr. Kiwi if he was a good dancer, because that meant he was good in bed. Yes, she really said that.
After the painfully long party, I was all set to drop her off and have some alone time, since she was really making me uncomfortable with her lines of questioning. Imagine if I was uncomfortable, how Mr. Kiwi was feeling! She didn’t want to go home yet, and asked if we could go do something else so I suggested pool and they both agreed.
Playing pool was uneventful - she kept her manners about her, and didn’t humiliate me. When the time finally came to drop her off first, I was relieved. It was one of the worst first dates of my life. When Mr. Kiwi finally dropped me off, I said “Next time, just the two of us, I’m so sorry!” He exhaled saying, “That sounds perfect.”
He later told me that he wondered if I was giving him some sort of test - like if he could deal with this bitchy friend of mine, he passes. Thankfully he didn’t let first impressions change his opinion of me, and we were inseparable after that. Mr. Kiwi and I had a horrible date, but it could only get better from there!
How was your first date? Who did the asking?
Our first date wasn’t really a date. He asked me to teach him how to play the violin, since I can play pretty well. Little did I know, he has this talent for being able to pick up an instrument and be able to play it fairly well in a matter of days. This continued for a couple of weeks until I invited him to a super bowl party, and we’ve been together ever since!
I don’t know that we had an official first date…I was definitely being persued and was asked on dates that I kept declining. Things cooled down for a while and then we picked back up again a year later after IMing and phone calls…
HA HA Miss Strawberry, now that I think about it, was part of the evening that sparked our relationship (sorority dance), which was right before Christmas break. We talked A LOT over break, and when we returned he hosted mine and two friends’ 21 birthday parties, and that was our night we decided we were together. We probably just had a movie night at his place or made dinner at his place…
He initiated it all!
Our first “date” this time around was very un-datelike. We had been hanging out as friends for a few months after losing touch after our prior shot at dating, so he was over in my dorm room with a bunch of people all watching a movie. When the movie ended, it was pretty late, and instead of heading back to his parents’ house (he was just in town for the weekend)…he just kinda stayed. 
Our conversations had been getting more mushy-like in the previous few weeks, and even though we weren’t “dating” or anything, he was explicitly visiting ME, not just “coming to the city for the weekend” so even though I wasn’t entirely expecting it, it was a pleasant surprise. Not much of anything happened, but we made the decision to officially give it another try! 
we had already been together [we met online] for two months by the time we finally got to meet, so we didn’t really have a first date. to be honest, i don’t mind that either.
we did have an awesome first kiss though. 
He says I asked him out on our first first date but I have an email to prove he asked me out, I just let him know when I was going to be in town. After that date we decided to just be friends. Our second first date was his work party. i invited myself along because it sounded like fun. A couple days before he said he wanted to pursue a relationship and the next time we went out it would be a date. (every time we hung out as friends I made sure to let him know we weren’t on a date, poor guy put up with a lot back then)
it wasn’t a date until we met… and then it was a date. the best of my life.
Well… I was trying to set him up with a friend to go to his formal, but she didnt like him so I went with him as a backup. He asked me and such, but it was more of “i really need a date to my frat thing!” so i went and we had a terrible night… bad food, bad weather, bad friends, no drinks, etc. But the whole time, we sat there in the back of the room talking and joking around about the horrible DJ. When we got back to my dorm, he walked me up and we ended up watching tv until 4am and then making out on the couch till 5… It was a very good date!
Wow, it’s starting to look like “first dates” aren’t really the norm anymore! At least, not in the traditional way! Awesome!
We had been hanging out for awhile. I considered our first “date” the first time we hung out outside of school - we played pool and talked for hours. However, we do have an official first date where we got coffee and went and saw Shrek 2. Cute and fun.
We never really had a first date, either. We hung out and went to parties together, then “got together,” and then about 4 or 5 weeks after our first kiss we went out on a real date.
Well, we met on eharmony and he initiated the match. He’s from a different state and so when he came down to meet me, it took a few hours of getting used to eachother. The next day, we went to the zoo, a bike shop, and Pecknels to buy a guitar case. (I was giving him my guitar. And he gave me his digital camera–a lovely exchange!) Our first date held no kissing–just a lovely time! ( : Since it was in my neck of the woods, I was the planner. Going on a date was inevitable. No one really asked! ( :
Today is the second anniversary of our first date. These have been the best two years of my life. We met on the Salon personals. He didn’t want to chat much by email, he wanted to meet. I actually wanted to chat by email a bit more first, as I hadn’t met anyone via the personals yet, but, I thought “what the hell, he seems nice, and it’s a public place.” So we met at Borders, and our short coffee date turned into four hours of talking. In the parking lot when we said goodbye, I realized he was going to try to kiss me, but I didn’t want our first kiss to be in a parking lot. So although he went for my lips, I turned my head and he got my cheek. Now it’s two years later and we just booked our wedding for June 2007. I’m very lucky. And I should get off the computer and go celebrate!
hmmm my first date with Mr. Peach… was way back when i was in highschool! we went to a nearby park… walked around for an hour or two while sharing about our family history (like grandparents, parents, siblings). i insisted. AHAHA. i dunno, i felt like we should get to know each other better. and then we went to go take sticker pictures. do you remember those?? and the whole time we were so freakin nervous we didn’t even hold hands. actually we didn’t hold hands until 3 months after we started dating. haha~ i miss those days. =P
Our first date was really casual. We had been “talking” for about a month(while I was in a relationship…bad me) and I finally broke up with the guy and he asked me to be his girlfriend, so naturally I said yes. Our first date, though, was while I was single and I wanted to call and ask him to go out and eat and for a movie, but I was chickening out. Right about the time I finally decided to go for it, he called me and asked me if I wanted to go out and eat. We laugh about that today, cause he said he was doing the EXACT same thing I was.
first “date” - made a plan to sneak out on time from work (because the boss was a horrendous woman) and met at a 24 hour restaurant to grab some food (we were both bartenders and we got off after 4am that night on a tuesday. told you she was crazy..) a quick meal turned into 3 hours of talking.. the next night, same thing, but it was more like 5 hours of talking.
but the first time i actually feel like it was a date? he called me and asked if i wanted to see harry potter. hahahaha….
I wasn’t sure our first date was a date until we got there. Our alma maters were playing each other in basketball, and, after a week or so of putting up with my trash talking, he suggested that if I was so confident, I should bet dinner on it. After dinner, we grabbed a movie and stayed up talking for hours. Even though my team lost, i found a winner!
Oh, we didn’t have a date. We met on a film shot, and the second night together we were hanging out and drinking a lot of vodka. I kept grabbing his bum the entire night, but he says he wasn’t sure it was me or another girl. We stayed up to 10am talking and finally I said, “I’ve got a little thing to show you in the alley.” What a great pick-up line!?! So romantic?!? Well, I pulled him into the alley and made out. We’ve been together since. . .
I should say, I was never that much of a slut. I guess my FI just brings out the wild side in me.
Our first date was at a golf driving range… not too romantic haha…well, at least he chose to date me over Superbowl Sunday!
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Mrs. Kiwi, Los Angeles Age and Occupation in 06: 27, Bookkeeper Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, P.E. Teach/Coach @ private schools in LA Engagement Date: March 31, 2006 Wedding Date: November 3, 2007 Venue: Radisson Hotel About Me: I'm a bookkeeper who failed high school algebra. I'm currently living in Los Angeles, literally a street over from where I grew up with Mr. Kiwi, my honey of three years. We have a jumbo mini-dachshund (seriously, he's huuuuge), and we're planning an autumn themed wedding on a shoestring, paid for by ourselves. The wedding date is my late grandma's birthday, I needed her there somehow, and that seemed like the best way for us. I can't believe I'm a Bee! I couldn't be more proud!
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