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Just curious on what the teeming millions think is the perfect date.
Does it include
Romatic dinner?
Movie?
other Theater?
Dancing?
Concert?
Clubbing?
Sporting Event?
Casino?
getting drunk?
Making out in the backseat?
Inquiring Minds want to know!
Well, the hubby and I will be celebrating our 22nd wedding anniversary this coming weekend. Our actual anniversary is Thursday, Nov. 11th, but he will be out of town, working. So on Sunday night, we will have our ‘Hot Date’. There is a restaurant just about a half-hour from here that we’ve never been to, but have driven by. It looked nice from the outside, so I looked them up online. They’ve got good appetizers, steaks, seafood and pasta specialties. Right up our alley. They look to have a good wine selection, too. So on Sunday evening, we will be having dinner at Oliverio’s in Bridgeport, WV. After dinner, we will return home, tuck in the kid (who is 10 and can look after herself for a while), fall into bed, then wake sometime in the wee morning hours to celebrate further, if you know what I mean! (Wink, wink, nudge, nudge). 
Pre-dawn popcorn and sparkling apple cider?
Not a movie. What kind of conversation are you supposed to have during a movie? Dinner might sound boring, but what better way to know if you connect with someone than seeing if you can laugh and have a great time doing something as simple as eating food? That said, if a guy proposed going to a casino with me on a first date, I’d lock that shit down; he’s the one.
Dinner, a movie, taking a walk, making out in an empty parking lot, coffee, making out in her car. But that was a third date.
For a first date, just coffee.
Well, yeah, duh. The question is what we’re going to do with the sparkling cider and popcorn! 
Dinner then a movie is dumb; a movie then dinner at least gives you something to talk about.
I suppose, but an 80 minute chunk of the evening being spent in a dark room, not talking to each other seems like a poor choice of time. Movies are fine for people who already know each other, but I’ve reckoned for a while now that they’re a not a good idea for people trying to know each other better.
It was our third date, and it was 2 hours out of about 5, and our 2nd date was about 4 hours of pure conversation, so it was good.
But I agree that for a first date, a movie is a horrible idea. I don’t even like the idea of dinner on a first date, even though I broke that rule last week.
Well, if you go do a bunch of stuff that’s not sex, I wouldn’t really call it a Hot Date.
Our first date was an outdoor jazz concert at the art museum with good food provided by a caterer we both knew. I’d say that qualifies as a good one.
I think I see where your opinion and my opinion diverge. Essentially, I agree with you that seeing a movie together is not a good way to get to know someone (unless you go together to see Joe Dirt and the guy laughs like a hyena through the whole thing; then you know everything you need to about him: run, run like the wind!) But you seem to be going on the assumption that a ‘hot date’ has to be between people who don’t know each other.
Yeah, it totally depends on the specifics of the relationship. Is it a 1st date or a 50th? Friends for a decade but 1st date as a couple? 1st time out since the kids were born? Everything the OP mentioned is appropriate in some situation or other.
You’re right. When I hear “hot date” I automatically conjure up an image of someone new that you’re really excited about. Not that you can’t have a hot date with your husband of 8 years, it’s just not what came to my mind. So now that I’ve stopped making assumptions, and we’re no longer necessarily talking about someone you’d like to get to know, I still say a movie can’t be a hot date, unless you’re doing something freaky in the back
My man and I are going to the trivia night at a local pub, getting a little tipsy, winning the trivia contest again (hopefully), then heading home for fun. 
The hottest date I ever went on, we met up early evening, went to a nearby pub for a quick drink while deciding what to do next, then finished our drinks and scurried back in indecent haste to rip each other’s clothes off. Ah, good times.
I wouldn’t bother to show up.
She’d only end up hating me, so why bother?
Anything can be romantic and “hot” if you’re in the right frame of mind. What makes a date special in the sense that I think most people will read the expression “hot date” is the gut-wrenching uncertainty and anticipation.
On the other hand, a date where you have no expectations whatsoever but which turns into something extraordinary could also be considered romantic.
I think a romantic date involves a change of venue - doing something that is new to both of you. Both of you are less guarded when you have to deal with unfamiliar situations and can really serve to forge a bond between 2 people - whether it goes incredibly well or horribly wrong.