Wellie wellie well. Just jump in..

Arranged date with girl from the webs after finding some time, using the usual, meet me here, this time, which works wonders for confidence.

On my way down she tells me she already ate, because she's weak willed, I found this an opportunity to tease with "Well I'm totally eating then, if you earn it, maybe I'll share". Was met with a good response.

Get to the street with the pub early, give her a call, tell her I'm just about there, as she said she was just wandering around that area after work. I find this eases the tension of the first meeting, and also shows that I have the confidence to make a real phone call, but what do you guys think?

Have pints, talk about things, IOI's straight from the start. I have food, neg her a bit if she's earned some, but find an excuse to give her some. She leads the charge to get another pint. Lots in common, grab her hands to compare (easy and great kino, thanks to whoever on here wrote that one out!). Get food to go.

During our convo we talked about a tea chain, I'd been there a lot of times, she said "you paid too much, I feel like I should put more in", I say "that's why you're buying me tea", "so we're going to the tea place?", "yup". I remember someone saying multiple places makes the date seem longer, and more comfortable.

Chat up the tea-ladies while I'm there, sit down, she chats it up with girl sitting near, I lead the charge and keep talking to her while my date is to the loo, dunno why, but I think I made some jealousy.

On the way to transit, we're going different ways. She says she had a really good time, and she has all this shit to do before bed (damn) but I turn her around and go for the kiss. Mack on the corner for a bit, she says she had a lot of fun again, I say get home safe, I'll talk to you soon.

NOW! Sounds good, no? However, I was reading first date stuff on here, specifically, follow up soon. So "hope you made it home safe. Ps. What are your plans for the rest of the week?" about a half hour after we leave. Nothing yet. Going on 24 hours.

So all in all pretty great date, followed a lot of tips on here, and found myself getting away from a lot of the mistakes I used to make. Also, applying this stuff to every day life is gold. The only problem is that last text, salvageable?

Update: Heard from her. She's going on a trip, said she was busy getting prepped and didn't see it going anywhere in the meantime. I said no worries, didn't have expectations. Have fun, you know where to find me when you're back.

Tl:dr - Next!