Valentine's Post: Icon's give 14 Opinions of a simple first Date
Happy Valentine’s Week Icons,
Love is in the air. That is right. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.
And people are struggling current in this economy to come up with ideas to have a great time or a simple first day with someone special.
NPR posted a new article suggesting what could be a better idea for a 1st date:
That is right: the suggestion was grocery shopping. Is grocery shopping a good 1st date?
Off to Twitter to ask YOU Icons what you thought about this idea and there were plenty.
Valentine's Post: Icon's give 14 Opinions of a simple first Date
Here is my question:
According to the NPR article:
Think about it. Your grocery store is a place made up of fresh fruit, birthday balloons, Skittles, live lobsters, flower arrangements, and hot-n-ready fried chicken. It's kind of the perfect place for a date
What did you guys have to say about all this?
Opinion #1:
This sounds similar to points made by Fiona in the NPR article. It is a way to look at some habits of a significant and glean some insights. I don’t know if I would want that kind of pressure right out the gate but to each their own.
Opinion #2:
Food is my passion, so much so I was a cook in the United States Army. One of the first things I did for my husband is show off my food skills. It is a great opportunity to let someone know what you can do for them if the relationship continues.
My advice: KISS. Keep it simple, silly. Don’t try to pull out the hardest dish you know how to make that you make mistakes on. Get something simple going and that you know you can do without burning. And you don’t know their palate so do not try exotic flavors out the gate.
Have fun and eat good.
Opinion #3:
This might be a little TMI. I don’t think sex on the first date should be the goal, if it goes well there will be a lifetime of that later. But a great first date depends less on where you go and what you do versus who you are doing it with.
One time we went on a date, and everything was a disaster, from raining on us at the beach to heavy traffic we were stuck in. It was comical and we laugh about it to this day.
The date was bad but the whole thing was still wonderful because of who I was with.
Opinion #4:
Every grocery store is designed for you to spend money. Eggs and milk, the most bought items are always way in the back to make you walk around to see stuff you didn’t need or do not normally buy. Shopping the perimeter most likely guarantees that you stick to the basics and that you spend the most time in the store.
This is more of a suggestion that a yes or no answer.
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Opinion #5:
Groceries are indeed expensive now thanks to inflation. In fact,
Inflation and shortages of some food items have caused the price of grocery staples to surge in recent months. The price of eggs spiked 60% year-over-year in December, for example, after an Avian flu outbreak affected roughly 60 million birds nationwide last year, Fox News reported.
Relentless inflation and surging grocery prices have these Americans on edge | Fox Business
If you got that kind of money to go on a first date at the grocery store, by all means do you. That is a different type of flex these days.
Opinion #6:
I understand the issues with grocery shopping on a 1st date. Comparison shopping, couponing, and determining a weight of fruit are all distracting while you should be talking to get to know someone. Grocery shopping, I personally like to do alone because it takes time to consider. Also, it is a lot easier to shop for someone you know than to second guess yourself in a big market.
Opinion #7:
A 1st date is essentially with a stranger. So, you are taking a high risk going to a grocery store. You don’t know how they will feel or do not even know what you are going to get. Some of the Icons say to save it for a later date to give yourself some familiarity with the person.
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Opinion #8:
Again, being more focused on the actual shopping part might be a distraction. You can end up ordering each other around like a seasoned couple on the 1st date and tend to forget that dates about each other and not so much the food. The list can be a distraction.
Opinion #9:
Eggs are not cheap. Last I checked it was $10 for 18 at the local Publix. It depends on the goal of the date whether you will put all the eggs in your basic. If you want her to know you got it like that or are a “high value” man, taking her to Publix for eggs might work.
Opinion #10:
This sounds like an entire operation: grocery shopping, cooking and a Redbox. Might be some Netflix and chill in his mind. But are you really ready to take a new date to your home out the gate? I do not judge but things might be going too quickly for the very 1st date.
This sounds more like a 3rd or 4th date to me. There is no reason to rush.
Opinion #11:
In my opinion, dating should be with the intent to marry. Having a goal in mind makes you more selective and attentive. But do you really want a potential judging your eating habits so early on? What if they judge you harshly when you pick foods they don’t like for whatever reason. This does open the door to certain judgements, but dating is all about judging.
Opinion #12:
This person believe it depends on the plans after the store. Of course, you’d think that the idea is to cook the food and the whatever comes next. With people nowadays, you never know.
Opinion #13:
If you are clever, this can be interesting. Does he know how to mince garlic? Is she witty while we are walking around? What type of conversations do you have with someone while shopping?
From NPR:
But the most important information that you can glean from a grocery store date is whether this person is willing to bring their energy and excitement to something very ordinary.
Opinion #14:
We have an example here of someone that not only did it but is still married. We can all give our opinions but at the end of the day, what works is what works. IF you can find the love of your life through going to the grocery store, by all means do it.
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Happy Valentine’s week. Find someone you love and love up on them.
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