Pre-date jitters

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So I have been on an online dating site for a little over a month and I've been chatting with a guy and getting along with him rather well. After getting back to school, we've been trying to arrange a date where he can come up to visit me. Well, it's looking like he may have Monday night and Tuesday off and he's planning on coming up on Monday evening to meet me so we can go out for wings with a bunch of my friends. I picked a location where my friends would be present just in case if it were to go bad and to make me feel more comfortable. I'm really nervous and excited at the same time. I mean, the guy's willing to drive three hours to meet me so I don't want to make him waste all that gas for nothing. Anything I should keep in mind to make sure I don't blow this entire opportunity? D:

Wow what a guy, he'll drive 3 hours (one way?) to meet you with a bunch of your friends watching your back? If I was him I'd be like f**k this, this girl has trust and possibly control issues I'll stay home instead.

Things to keep in mind
1. Nice guys are usually shy guys, he isn't going to want to talk to your friends at least not until you're serious
2. Guys in general do not like groups of women, distance is good even if he's agreed to having 5 chicks possibly carrying pepper spray at his dinner table
3. It's not going to be worth it. I'm sure he's a very sweet guy who likely hasn't been through a lot. If he isn't he sure expects a lot out of you. Someone will get hurt in the end, likely the one that needs it the least.
4. 2 hugs minimum - coming and going
4.5 when hugging you rub or hold someones back, you don't slap their shoulder blades - also, avoid full body contact, if any part of you rubs up against his cock for more than 2 seconds he's going to get turned on and you don't want that
5. 1 kiss recommended at least on the cheek - going
6. Chew with you mouth closed and don't say a goddamn thing about his table manners, he doesn't want another mother
7. If he's late he probably got lost and is stressed the hell out, that first hug had better be a long one and you might want to run your hand down the side of his head and comfort him.

It's just the other side of things.

Seriously why the hell should a man trust a woman? You seem to imply that a woman should bring a gang to meet a man. Does this also hold true for men? Should I load my car up with 3 other dudes whenever I go to meet a chick? Should I trust that this chick doesn't intend to slip some handcuffs on me, steal my wallet and my keys and leave?

Believe me s**t happens. I knew some guys that met a couple girls at a party. They needed to piss so they leave the girls in the car with the AC going. Come back from taking a leak and the guy's Mustang is GONE.

Do you honestly expect me to give happy advice? I am not a happy person, I don't try to be, I don't try to give anyone that impression and I certainly am not going to start now so would you quit f*****g getting at me for stupid little s**t like that?

I could have given plenty more advice, also inspired by stinging memories. However I only gave what I thought MIGHT be useful. I get the impression that Erisad is a prude. Prudes usually value table manners, a lot of the prudes I've known don't even see the fault in their own manners. She's also innocent, so she needs to show interest without getting in a situation which would cause a conflict of interests (sex vs abstinence).

My advice is heartfelt and the best I could do in 15 minutes while being a day behind on sleep, 3 months behind on getting laid, 3 years of not having money thanks to women, my personality and the economy and etc.

Great, because it's not common nothing could happen! Women don't abuse men, men abuse women. BS!

I don't have a problem living with myself. Nothing was personal beef with Erisad. It was just the most relevant suggestions I could offer.

Who said life is fair?!?! I DIDN'T! I got engaged to the girl of my f*****g dreams when I was 17 and look where I am now! If people get into relationships, they are going to have relationships fail. Erisad is not going to be the luckiest woman on earth, get married next year, win the lottery, move to hollywood, and live happily ever after. Almost nobody is. It's better that the expectations go down now rather than with a little experience.

Im glad to hear you are going through with the date and I hope he is a nice guy.

First dates can be somewhat awkward, even more if you met through the internet(we all know the internet helps us a lot on avoiding our flaws).

I dont know why the friends thing would be a problem, Im aware that there are plenty of creeps online and I probably wouldnt be too sure about dating a girl that wanted to meet me alone on a first date if we started talking on the internet so I dont see bringing friends as a problem. Secondly I believe that bringing another person can help making things less awkward(ever heard about double-dating and why its so great Pistonhead?).

I dont have much advice just try to be yourself because if you dont he is likely to find out sooner or later and its better to be clear before you start a relationship.


As for the trust and control issues I believe that everyone that relies on the internet looking for a partner has some sort of issues and if this happened to me Id be glad I have half the work done and Im not going to have to expend the date trying to figure out her issues and I can focus on more important things(usually her personality and what she is like beyond issues).

Here we go again with the men vs women thing...

And for the record:

So how's your jitters now, Erisad? I'll bet you didn't regret asking for advice around here, eh?