# Date ideas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-ideas/957175>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 4, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-ideas/957175 "2022-01-04T01:19:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-ideas/957175/31 "2022-01-08T18:59:21Z")

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The results so far: 83% say either man or woman should ask for the first date (18 votes):

> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/429):
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> In a heterosexual situation, who should ask for the first date? [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/429)

Another interesting tradition:

> **[This is why women are 'allowed' to propose on 29 February](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/this-is-why-women-are-allowed-to-propose-on-29-february-2003554)**
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> A leap year is an event that only comes around once every four years, where February is one day longer than normal.

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