first date expectations
the best part about a first date is that it’s a totally blank slate, with a world of (hopefully romantic) possibilities to be had. while a majority of the preemptive emotions we are feeling going into it are just bogus nerves or dreamy fantasies, there are some first date expectations that are genuinely ok to have. in almost all of these scenarios, the person is practically a stranger, making the actual date feel totally unpredictable. but there’s a major caveat …