My First Virtual Date...the Recap

Times change so we adapt. Leaving aside why I am still active dating in my forties...we only have so much space on a LinkedIn post...after many, many offline dates over the last thirty years I did my first dinner date yesterday and it was really very nice.

Of course, as with IRL dating, all of it has to do with the company! But to protect the lady's privacy, I will leave her out of the story...

For those I am friends with on Facebook, you know i love a good Ten Point list, so here it is on Virtual Dinner Date #1

1) We had been out once before back when the world was normal, so that made this MUCH easier, I imagine.

2) Got dressed in button down shirt and slacks, not my WFH hoodie and boxers.

3) We agreed to prepare our food before hand and sit down together at 7:30.

4) I light candles, put a vase near my dinner to rest my phone on, sent a gif of flowers and initiated facetime at 7:30.

5) We ate, talked, gave tours of apts (she wouldn't let me into her bedroom...keeping it classy!) and our disaster prep supplies...suddenly all the TP, canned food, beef jerky, etc. makes me much more attractive!

6) We had to change technologies a few times, started FaceTime but it got patchy, went to zoom (didn't work well), then a regular call while figuring other options, then back to FT which persisted for the rest of the call. (I did spend about 7% of the time looking at myself in the screen window to make sure he was seeing a good angle of me...she looked great at every angle!)

7) We each had to go to the restroom so the person going put phone on mute with camera facing out. We came to this methodology after I tried to go first without telling her and she called me out!

8) I poured myself a beer, she drank water. I drank a third of the beer. It's the first time in my life that I drank alone...but I think it doesn't count.

9) Talked for a few hours and then had a very awkward kiss goodnight. I went for her lips and she gave me the cheek...so no different then my usual dates!

10) EASILY my cheapest date of all time!

Overall it was fun and easy. I definitely got to know her more than on a normal date. Highly recommended. Gotta keep as much semblance of normalcy as possible.

Stay safe and be well.