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When it comes to arranging a first date with someone you have met online, choosing to go for dinner is unlikely to be a wise move.<\/p>\n

Sophie Saint Thomas has written a blog for XO Jane in which she explained one bad experience she had of online dating involved being taken for a meal by a  lawyer around three years ago.<\/p>\n

Once she got there, she soon realised the man in question could not stop talking about how she reminded him of Britney Spears.<\/p>\n

One of the major flaws of agreeing to a meal with someone as a first date is that it is incredibly difficult to leave once you realise there is no spark between you.<\/p>\n

"This taught me an important lesson in online dating: Never accept an invitation to dinner as a first date. Start with drinks," Ms Saint Thomas wrote.<\/p>\n

Settling down in a cosy pub or a trendy bar is sure to be a better option, and you can even invoke your exit plan if required.\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801706541-ADNFCR\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are much better first date itineraries than heading for a meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNever set dinner as first date plan - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/never-set-dinner-as-first-date-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Never set dinner as first date plan - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are much better first date itineraries than heading for a meal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/never-set-dinner-as-first-date-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-25T17:05:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/never-set-dinner-as-first-date-plan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/never-set-dinner-as-first-date-plan\/\",\"name\":\"Never set dinner as first date plan - 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