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Salute is the answer if you can get a reservation (call asap). Trumbull Kitchen and Agave are the backup plans.

As someone whose first date with my now wife of 16 years was going to an NIT game at Gampel, I can attest that attending a UConn game together is the correct way to start a relationship.
 
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I went to Salute with my wife before our first date at a game at XL. I already knew her through my sister-in-law... it might be a little intimate if you don't know this person at all.

No idea how this woman decided to go on a second date with me. She hates basketball and I'm pretty sure I dropped a number of hard f-bombs.
 
Depends on who’s paying. Go somewhere nice if she’s flipping the bill, a mediocre establishment if you’re going halfsies, and maybe a food cart if you’re paying. Never impress them too much on the first date or they’ll always expect it. Words to live by.
 
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WeAreUCONN said:
Depends on who’s paying. Go somewhere nice if she’s flipping the bill, a mediocre establishment if you’re going halfsies, and maybe a food cart if you’re paying. Never impress them too much on the first date or they’ll always expect it. Words to live by.
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You've taken the part in bold a little too serious with your Boneyard post history
 
Huskyhoops25 said:
Suggestions where to pregame in Hartford. A bite and some drinks, hopefully within walking distance to the XL.
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First thing you need to do is find out what is her favorite kind of food - then start looking for places to eat.

And nobody asked, but I will. Why is your first date so far in the future? I haven't dated in a long long time, but a first date was always just a couple days in the future at most.
 
husky429 said:
I went to Salute with my wife before our first date at a game at XL. I already knew her through my sister-in-law... it might be a little intimate if you don't know this person at all.

No idea how this woman decided to go on a second date with me. She hates basketball and I'm pretty sure I dropped a number of hard f-bombs.
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She saw you at your worst lol
 
Black Eyed Sally’s. I’m a proponent of eating at places you’d eat otherwise. Need to find out if you have anything in common. That‘s best done in a more casual setting, beer not wine. Fancy restaurants are for later in the relationship.
 
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WeAreUCONN said:
Depends on who’s paying. Go somewhere nice if she’s flipping the bill, a mediocre establishment if you’re going halfsies, and maybe a food cart if you’re paying. Never impress them too much on the first date or they’ll always expect it. Words to live by.
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What kind of dillweed doesn’t pick up the tab on a first date?
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
What kind of dillweed doesn’t pick up the tab on a first date?
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I go on first dates quite often. We often negotiate beforehand on how “we” will pay for the date. Most of the time 50/50 is fine but if a woman offers, then who are we to say no. This isn’t the Stone Age, equality is prevalent and preferable now.
 
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Showing my age, I will refer you to this advice......

"When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV".
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Sit down dinner is a bit too stiff for a first date. Get drinks at a non-dive bar, head to the game and have fun.
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When I was dating a lot, almost every single person that agreed on "drinks" immediately grabbed a table in the dining area and asked for a dinner menu. It was the most bizarre thing I experienced when I was dating frequently. The first couple times I thought it was a weird coincidence or miscommunication but it happened 90% of the time.

Unsurprisingly I ended up dating one of the few people who just got drinks. And the only dates that resulted in a second were people who knew that drinks didn't include dinner.
 
JMick said:
When I was dating a lot, almost every single person that agreed on "drinks" immediately grabbed a table in the dining area and asked for a dinner menu. It was the most bizarre thing I experienced when I was dating frequently. The first couple times I thought it was a weird coincidence or miscommunication but it happened 90% of the time.

Unsurprisingly I ended up dating one of the few people who just got drinks. And the only dates that resulted in a second were people who knew that drinks didn't include dinner.
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That's poor form by them! On occasion drinks would lead to small bites at the bar, but to brazenly just grab a dinner menu - c'mon.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
That's poor form by them! On occasion drinks would lead to small bites at the bar, but to brazenly just grab a dinner menu - c'mon.
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It was so weird. I started pushing date times out later and later to avoid it and it still happened. I started having bets with friends about it.

It drove me nuts because I didn't want to be committed to anything beyond an hour and some conversation. It's one thing to start at the bar, enjoy the night and then move to a booth and split an appetizer. That I get. Dinner is awkward to leave. Maybe that was the point lol. Or people looking for free meals.
 
JMick said:
It was so weird. I started pushing date times out later and later to avoid it and it still happened. I started having bets with friends about it.

It drove me nuts because I didn't want to be committed to anything beyond an hour and some conversation. It's one thing to start at the bar, enjoy the night and then move to a booth and split an appetizer. That I get. Dinner is awkward to leave. Maybe that was the point lol. Or people looking for free meals.
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There's a certain kind of woman who goes on dates for free food. It's bizarre. And 80% of the time their pictures are 4+ years and 3 sizes old, with dubious hygeine.
 
husky429 said:
There's a certain kind of woman who goes on dates for free food. It's bizarre. And 80% of the time their pictures are 4+ years and 3 sizes old, with dubious hygeine.
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I can tell you that this was not gender specific.

The only conclusions I could come to were that people have wildly different expectations of what drinks means, they got burned by "just drinks" in the past, they couldn't plan their day out correctly and were just hungry, or they were really excited for the date and wanted to keep me there longer.
 
I hope she loves the Huskies as much as we do but usually on a first date all the attention should be directed at your date not the refs blowing calls & you complaining, thats for the second date
 
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