Nice walks, good talks, picnics and home cooked meals have been like 75% of my dates even if I've dated a higher amount than average of princessy types.
Museums and art galleries are also great, and they're usually free/ cheap for the nice environment.
Like even when going to fancy events I've never dressed up super extravagantly and been fine. Just try and show that you care about spending time with someone. The daughter of a museum curator even brought me to the advance opening of an exhibit unexpectedly, and I was wearing a flannel shirt and clunky boots in a crowd of young suited people and nothing bad happened (other than us getting into a disagreement about me being pro Mao/ pro Soviet and her being a black book of communism person). She even said despite the arguments and dress code mismatch that she'd gladly spend time talking to me more than schmoozing and looking ritzy with the others.
Don't worry too much about those built up assumptions around romantic expectations, just worry about vibing with the right person and listening to everyone even if you're not really feeling it after all. People want people to connect with them more often than they want the perception of things looking picture perfect
No, these are generally all fabrications.
Nice walks, good talks, picnics and home cooked meals have been like 75% of my dates even if I've dated a higher amount than average of princessy types.
Museums and art galleries are also great, and they're usually free/ cheap for the nice environment.
Like even when going to fancy events I've never dressed up super extravagantly and been fine. Just try and show that you care about spending time with someone. The daughter of a museum curator even brought me to the advance opening of an exhibit unexpectedly, and I was wearing a flannel shirt and clunky boots in a crowd of young suited people and nothing bad happened (other than us getting into a disagreement about me being pro Mao/ pro Soviet and her being a black book of communism person). She even said despite the arguments and dress code mismatch that she'd gladly spend time talking to me more than schmoozing and looking ritzy with the others.
Don't worry too much about those built up assumptions around romantic expectations, just worry about vibing with the right person and listening to everyone even if you're not really feeling it after all. People want people to connect with them more often than they want the perception of things looking picture perfect
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