FlyingTed 0 #1 October 12, 2005 I try to figure out the differences between "Dates" in the US and, for example, Germany or other countries. US: Everything is a date - going out for lunch/dinner with a friend, colleague, ... - going to a movie, ... (am I right?!) Germany: Going out with somebody you really really like and this person likes you as well. It could be you boy- or girlfriend, but this isn`t an requirement. What do you think? Kat #1094 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #2 October 12, 2005 I think you and I should go out to dinner and decide what we should call it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JFK 0 #3 October 12, 2005 Sorry dude.. you're gonna have to take a ticket and lineup like the others... JFK #1013 PM Me No Adrenalin.... No Fun! "Minds are like parachutes the Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #4 October 12, 2005 According to this thread I am the first in line.... ...na na na na boo boo... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #5 October 12, 2005 A date is the price a guy has to pay for a shot at getting lucky. "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GiaKrembs 0 #6 October 12, 2005 QuoteA date is the price a guy has to pay for a shot at getting lucky. Raddest ho this side of Jersey #1 - rest in peace brother Beth lost her cherry and I missed it .... you want access to it, but you don't want to break it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #7 October 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteA date is the price a guy has to pay for a shot at getting lucky. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #8 October 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteA date is the price a guy has to pay for a shot at getting lucky. "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GiaKrembs 0 #9 October 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteA date is the price a guy has to pay for a shot at getting lucky. Whatever, you are so full of ca ca, and you know it!!! g Raddest ho this side of Jersey #1 - rest in peace brother Beth lost her cherry and I missed it .... you want access to it, but you don't want to break it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JFK 0 #10 October 12, 2005 QuoteA date is the price a guy has to pay for a shot at getting lucky. What the hell???? You'd better come back more often in France bro... seems you're loosing some part of your identity Jul.JFK #1013 PM Me No Adrenalin.... No Fun! "Minds are like parachutes the Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #11 October 12, 2005 well since no one else is answering this seriously i'll try.......... a date here in the u.s. is traditionaly between two people who are interested (as in a relationship) in eachother. but you could be setting up and apointment with someone and say "lets set up a date to do this" but it just means a calender date not a "date" date. if i'm gona have a few beers with my guy friends i'll say i'm gona hang out with them, not go on a date with them... hope this some what helps...... and i've got a question for ya.......... with my limited german skills even after having lived there for two years i still wonder this... okay... so the word for friend can be made masculin or feminin and it just means that the friend is maleor female, how do you say girlfriend or boyfriend to me the person you are involved with in a relatonship??? ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #12 October 12, 2005 I would say we tend to use date the same way you do in Germany, though sometimes we will use it more casually... like I'll make plans with a girlfriend for dinner or something and when we confirm I'll say "It's a date." But a "Date" is usually a get-together with someone you are romantically involved with or want to be romantically involved with."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingTed 0 #13 October 12, 2005 Quote and i've got a question for ya.......... with my limited german skills even after having lived there for two years i still wonder this... okay... so the word for friend can be made masculin or feminin and it just means that the friend is male or female, how do you say girlfriend or boyfriend to me the person you are involved with in a relatonship??? The easiest way is, to say “MY friend" (of course, use the female or the male version in German) when you talk about your boy or girlfriend and you say “A friend” if it is just a friend. #1094 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #14 October 12, 2005 Can you understand babelfish? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kid_Icarus 0 #15 October 12, 2005 Dinner and a handjob ________________________________________ "What What..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #16 October 12, 2005 Wouldn't Steak and a Blow Job be better Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JFK 0 #17 October 12, 2005 "Date" is an english term so I can only relate to the definition we give it in France. For us it is a meeting with someone with whom you might want something to happen (relationship), or at least you wouldn't be against. Can take a lot of forms: diner, movie, coffee/drink, walk in a park or whatever suits both of the invovled person. However it seems that more and more people accept to call a meeting a "date" after having few casual meetings with that person, and usually when things are getting more serious. Have many friends in Finland who start "dating" someone when feelings are involved, otherwise it's just a casual relationship (mainly for sex interests) Jul.JFK #1013 PM Me No Adrenalin.... No Fun! "Minds are like parachutes the Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JFK 0 #18 October 12, 2005 QuoteWouldn't Steak and a Blow Job be better Remind me to give you a call next time I'm in California :) Jul.JFK #1013 PM Me No Adrenalin.... No Fun! "Minds are like parachutes the Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kid_Icarus 0 #19 October 12, 2005 How about dessert and cunnilingus ________________________________________ "What What..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #20 October 12, 2005 Actually I would prefer steak and sex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kid_Icarus 0 #21 October 12, 2005 (Motioning....) Table for two.... ________________________________________ "What What..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #22 October 12, 2005 Or you could also say Bekannte (acquaintance). In America, we throw around the word "friend" much to lightly, equating it with co-worker when we should be saying acquaintance far more often. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingTed 0 #23 October 12, 2005 QuoteOr you could also say Bekannte (acquaintance). In America, we throw around the word "friend" much to lightly, equating it with co-worker when we should be saying acquaintance far more often. Same here. #1094 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #24 October 12, 2005 QuoteOr you could also say Bekannte (acquaintance). In America, we throw around the word "friend" much to lightly, equating it with co-worker when we should be saying acquaintance far more often. Well, then there's the um-friend, which is a whole different category. Not quite a date, not quite a friend. You're sleeping with him/her but when you introduce him/her to your friends, it's "This is my, um... friend, [so-and-so].""There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerd137 0 #25 October 12, 2005 A date is what the night before just became after you and your "friend" wake up in bed together. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
