First Date

[Bowieblue]

What is best for a first date? Drink only or meal?

[stylinsam]

id say both ! especially if the other person was paying!!

[wonderwoman1]

i dont like eating in fron tof other people so i would say drink!!

[crete]

too early for a meal at this stage a drink would be just fine

[~Wingnut~]

OOo I would say if your really keen on this person then go for a meal. You can relax better over a table for 2 than a loud pub.
If your not sure how things would go, go for a drink in a quiet pub and maybe move on for a meal afterwards if you so wish :o)

[nat_84]

I'd say just a drink, get to know each other more in a relaxed environment. Dont want anything too formal on a first date.

[China Doll]

Go for a drink... if things are going well suggest going to grab something to eat.

[Octavius]

China Doll said exactly what I was thinking. Plenty of places have a table for two if you just turn up at the door.

[saxy_jag]

Meal.

Gives you more time to talk and less chance of getting so squiffy you'll make a complete idiot of yourself.

You can make a joint decision beforehand on the type of restaurant you'd like to visit.

[saintjohnny]

Neither! Show some imagination! Ask him/her to meet you somewhere not obviously a venue, and then do something different. Best first date I ever took a girl out on was on the London Eye. She loved it because it was so unexpected. Obviously you might not live in London, but there should be an alternative attraction reasonably near to you, wherever you are. Drinks / dinner is SOOO old!

[m_orts]

Drinks, especially if you're nervous, 2 drinks and everything will go just fine after that...