Note - English is not my first language. Please excuse any typos, grammatical errors

Note - this happened before the quarantine situation, around a month before everything was shut down except for essential services, but this is just bothering a lot since I am at home all the time, hence the post now.

  1. I - 25M, started college after a long time. Haven't dated much, never had a serious relationship.
  2. Liked a 21F there. We flirted a lot. Asked her out, she said yes. Went on a date.
  3. During date, realised that our views don't match esp wrt what we want from an ideal partner.
  4. I reply that I don't want a melodramatic relationship, I just want someone fun to hangout with. She replies that she wants a "macho man" who isn't afraid to "own" her and show her off.
  5. She gives example of a couple from my class, how the guy declared during fresher's party that the girl was his "soul mate" and how they are still going strong.
  6. I reply that the "strongness" she idolises makes everyone uncomfortable That the couple don't have a sense of personal space, they make out everywhere. She says she doesn't mind it and actually dont like guys who do what they want with their girlfriends in private but barely talk to them or just hold hands in public. I reply back, that it's a common decency, if everyone knows you are dating, you don't shove it in everyone's face all the time.
  7. She then asks me what my expectations are from her. I reply that I just want to have a good time, for now. She asks if I would like to go out on another date with her. I reply, sure, why not. I ask her if she wants to go out on another date with me. She isn't happy that I asked her, says she wants me to be more asserting and dominant. I replied that I wanted to have things clear from her end too. She still isn't happy with my answer.
  8. She then says that she's ok with either -
    1. Staying friends
    2. Having a physical relationship / being FWB
    3. officially being a girlfriend
  9. I smile and reply back in a funny way to control herself, does she want everything right away?
  10. We then flirt back and forth again.
  11. As we leave the restaurant and go outside, I grab her in a corner and say, "I'm going to kiss you now" and was about to kiss her, then she pulled me away and said "no, she said not in front of everyone". I say, "we can go to a more discreet corner if you want", she replies back, "See, I dont know you that well, let's get to know each other first and then see how things go", which left me kind of confused and somewhat irritated, based on what she said during the date. She then just left after saying an awkward goodbye.

I still speak to her somedays, but mainly because we are in certain college groups together and it's mostly related to work or studies. I asked her out again but since we both were busy at that time and now with the quarantine thing, I'm not sure.

I spoke about this with my friends, and their advice was to never go on a date with her again. What do you think?

UPDATE - spoke to one of my childhood friends. He is very harsh with me in such matters, but always has my best interests at heart. When I told him how the "date" went, he went all nuclear on me. He called me a cuck and spineless idiot. Then he proceeded to counsel me and told me it's ok, everyone has bad dates and such, but advised me to never got out with her again. He told me that since I'm in college again, I should look for more opportunities and hangout with as many people (including girls) as I can, even if I don't get laid.

So yeah, I'm not gonna go out with her again.