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Coffee Dates: The Perfect Date or a Dud?
There’s a time and a place, and it’s not a weekend night
“I’d love to meet you in person, are you free this Friday?” he asked over the phone.
One of the last online dates I met, before I mercifully quit that nonsense, and I had been talking on the phone for about a week. It was time for a face-to-face to see what our true chemistry/attraction was.
“Sure. What did you have in mind?”
“There’s a Starbucks at Hollywood & Highland, lets meet there for coffee,” he said.
***Tires Screeching***
Starbucks?
On a Friday Night?
…in Hollywood?
You know those dating commercials that say “Actual First Date” at the bottom of the screen, when the two people awkwardly meet in front of a restaurant and then laugh and flirt over sushi and drinks? I’d love to go back to those awful online dates. The guys I met online slowly transitioned to being all about the coffee date.
When did coffee become every guys idea of a perfect date?
I mean, I get it, a coffee date is cheap and can end quickly if needed. But too many guys seem to feel like they’re really “doing something” if they ask to meet you for coffee…
