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First Dates

First dates can take many forms, from casual to formal, with outcomes from heavenly to horrible. You might have had a first date set up for you by another person, through meeting at a class or club, from a chance encounter, or more recently, online. Think back … to your most memorable first-date experiences. Who asked whom? Where did you go? Has the experience of a first date been different at various phases of your life? How has the first date changed for your kids or grandkids? Share your first dates stories forward.

A Date at Eight

by Risa Nye

I’m sure we thought we were terribly grown up, going on a date and all. Did my mother make me wear gloves? She may have.

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

by jshutkin

Just a great slow dance song, so who was I to complain? Blessedly, Susan seemed happy to dance it with me, slowly and [...]

Also Sprach Zarathustra

by Suzy

A blind date to a boring movie is not a recipe for success

The First Shall be Last

by Tom Steenburg

There is something liberating about a “date” when, from the outset, both know that there can be no future.

Lost a Friend, Gained a Spouse

by Laurie Levy

It was also the night I committed the most anti-feminist act ever. I came with Paula but left with Fred.

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by Betsy Pfau

I was hot and heavy with Bob my sophomore year, but he had a bad habit of wandering off with other girls. This did not make [...]

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First Dates

First dates can take many forms, from casual to formal, with outcomes from heavenly to horrible. You might have had a first date set up for you by another person, through meeting at a class or club, from a chance encounter, or more recently, online. Think back … to your most memorable first-date experiences. Who asked whom? Where did you go? Has the experience of a first date been different at various phases of your life? How has the first date changed for your kids or grandkids? Share your first dates stories forward.