When cinemas finally reopen we certainly hope they’re not on your list when meeting someone for the first time. Here’s why cinema first dates are a terrible idea.
Firstly, dating should be a fun-filled romantic opportunity to hang out, get to know someone and if you’re feeling brave enough, grab that elusive cheeky first date kiss at the end of the night.
Or more.
But we’re a family-friendly blog so let’s leave it at that eh?
It should be a relaxing, easy-going and engaging encounter between two people who look to find things in common and learn more about one another.
Whilst a cinema date night may be at the top of many of your first date night ideas, here’s where you may just be going horribly wrong.
Why Cinema First Dates Are a Bad Idea
You meet someone for the first time, you’re attracted to one another and within minutes you’re now in a dark room, sitting there, not looking or speaking to one another watching a movie.
It’s the literal definition of a blind date as you can’t even make out their eye colour in a dark cinema room and the film begins and you’re watching the movie and have no opportunity to get to know this person more.
It’s awkward.
It’s unimaginative and a terrible idea.
How can you possibly know if you have a spark with someone, a good conversation or commonalities if you’re just staring at a screen all the time?
Not to mention if you buy some popcorn or cinema nachos and god forbid you spill nacho cheese sauce over your nice date t-shirt or the awkward moment where your hands meet digging into the popcorn.
It may be cute on the 2nd or 3rd date but with some random stranger you haven’t said more than a sentence to yet, it’s just a bit weird.
Most beta personalities are guilty of the cinema first date because they’re so nervous to even speak to their date that they rely on the cinema movie to fill in the gaps whilst they have a whole film duration to think of topics to discuss after the film has ended.
The movie in question could also be your downfall as maybe the person you’re with has a crush on someone on screen, they’re outspoken and they mention it and suddenly you try to play down how hot they are.
Or maybe you take the arrogant route and try to big yourself up in the hopes of making yourself look better.
Or even worse, you may agree with them or say something out of context and your first impression has just exploded right in your face.
It’s dangerous territory.
Given a few weeks or months, people will have the opportunity to know your positives and accept your faults (we all have them) but if you’re blurting them out on the first date.
That’s a dealbreaker.
Don’t even get me started on the potential argument that could erupt if one of you enjoyed the film and the other did not.
If you haven’t got the confidence to sit down together at a bar or restaurant then it’s going to show the moment you suggest going to a cinema on the first date.
Before you’ve even arrived your weakness gives off that desperate scent of ‘Got No Game’.
The only (and I mean only) time that a cinema date makes sense is if you’ve spent a whole day together going to various locations and doing fun-filled activities together.
You can’t get enough of each other, there’s a movie on you guys both really want to see and you go and check it out.
After the film you grab a drink, and play your cards right and you may get that elusive kiss at the end of the night.
As I say, I’m a family-friendly blog I couldn’t possibly divulge any further than a peck on the cheek.
If you’ve not got the confidence to wine and dine and create good rapport then maybe you guys should have stayed at home and continued messaging back and forth on Tinder, or Hinge, or any of the other countless dating apps out there.
With dating apps giving every single one of us multiple choices you have to make a damn good first impression and stand out from the crowd.
Show confidence in yourself and your choices.
Be yourself, be that immovable mountain that won’t be blown over by a comment or one of the many tests that come your way.
But whatever you do.
Avoid the god damn cinema first dates!
