Running the Bases Backwards: It's a Date.

Have you heard of this term: "running the bases backwards"? It refers to our generation- and those that come after us since I am now getting old. Apparently we like to switch it up from the good ol days... now we go to a bar, get drunk, sleep with someone, ask their name in the morning, and hope that maybe we hit it off enough to go on a first date- or at least get a ride home with a good bye kiss. So bascially we start at home and work our way around to third, maybe second if you are lucky- and if you get back to first you have yourself a SO (Significant Other). Raise your hand if you have run the bases backwards a time or five? 

<hand raised>

Perhaps this is why the average age of when people wed is slowly creeping up. We need to get our heads on straight people- and here is where Match actually does something right. For the most part, you have to speak to someone, get their name, view their outlook on children, family, career, etc before hopping into bed with them. And maybe, just maybe, you go on a date first. Silly talk, I know.

There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount of food, and the merest suggestion of affection. As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment can be reduced proportionately. When the affection IS the entertainment, we no longer call it dating. 

Under no circumstances can the food be omitted.

I am about to take Match to the next level and go out on some real dates. I should mention that I am not a gal who dates often. At least not with complete strangers. So how does this work? Do we meet for a drink? What if he's a total douche, how do I get out of there? Do I preface any meeting by saying I have somewhere to be within the next hour so that I have an "out"? What if he tries to kiss me? What if he has a lisp? 

What are some ideas for a good first "date" with a person you have only texted, emailed, and/or spoken to a few times?

Anxiety at an all time high- and social calendar at an all time packed. Wish me luck friends, this could go really well for me (love) or really well for you (creep blog material). 

I suppose its a win win either way huh.