I went to the movie yesterday with a guy I’d had a lunch date with a year ago. When I told a friend about this, I said, “I don’t know it was a date or not.”
“Did he ask you to the movie?”
“I don’t recall. We talked a few weeks ago and the movie came up and one of us said it would be fun to go together and talk about it afterwards.”
“Did he pay?”
“Yes, when I arrived at the theater he was already there and had bought the tickets.”
“Did you go somewhere afterwards?”
“No, we just stood in the parking lot for a half-hour and talked.”
“Was there physical contact?”
“Just a hug hello and goodbye.”
“Are you interested in him and he in you?”
“I’m not sure. I like his mind, but I’m not drawn to him physically. I’m not sure what he thinks of me.”
Was it a date? Who knows?
Commonly, dates are meetings in which you are exploring if you might be a good romantic match. So is meeting for coffee a date? Most likely. Is lunch a date? Probably. Is dinner a date? Nearly always.
One man told me that his definition of dating was when you had met a person a few times and both decided you wanted to pursue a relationship. Others feel that just meeting and getting to know each other is dating.
The bottom line is, who cares what it’s called. Just get out there and do it!
general definition of dating, to go for an outing, dinner, lunch not only from opposite sex. its a gathering of more than two person for some reason, either for discussion, for acquaintance, get together,. dating doesn’t mean that you will go out with opposite sex, you can have a date with your sister to increase the bonding.