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Breezy1 wrote :
I love the drive in. We have one here and I don't go often enough.

But I always enjoy it when I do.

You can wear your jammies!!!
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On a first date???
Let's not be too quick to discourage this simply wonderful idea!
 
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Buck wrote :
Let's not be too quick to discourage this simply wonderful idea!
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A drive-in movie would be a blast! Possibly not first-date material, but after that? Definitely.
 
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I do not take dates, particularly the first few, to the movies for this very reason. But, I have to ask why you can't speak to each other in the privacy of your own car (where you can't bother anyone).

The outside noise / distraction, lack of comfort, inapropriate lighting, and not looking each other in the eye.

To me, the purpose of a first meeting is to speak to the woman I meet, and I would not select a venue which is not conducive to this.

I would also not sit in what amounts to a parking lot for hours.

To each their own.
 
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Good news in these parts. The drive-in I thought had closed many years ago was open tonight, as I discovered during an intentional detour coming home from work.

Now to find a date!
Last edited by Buck; July 21,2010 at 9:22pm. Reason: and a flashlight, in case I want to see anything.
 
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The outside noise / distraction, lack of comfort, inapropriate lighting, and not looking each other in the eye.

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You dont go on your motor cycle do you?

You get to sneak in your own refreshments and real buttered popcorn too.
 
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You dont go on your motor cycle do you?

You get to sneak in your own refreshments and real buttered popcorn too.
Exactly. And choc tops.
 
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Breezy1 wrote :
I love the drive in. We have one here and I don't go often enough.

But I always enjoy it when I do.

You can wear your jammies!!!
I have to say I've only seem kids in the jammies at the Drive In. I remember going to it in PJs when I was a kid and it brings back memories
 
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Well you're in the privacy of your own car and as for talking to each other that's what intermission is for. Yes bench seats are best. I have a station wagon. I could also easily put the back seats down. Not the same as a Panel Van but non the less
This is exactly why you don't want to go to a drive in for a first date or two. Safety concern.
 
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Drive-in movies were a quite acceptable date activity until their demise in the '80s. If you happen to live in an area where there is still a drive-in theater then I don't see why it could not still be an acceptable date activity.

However, you would not want to plan a first date (or two) to a drive-in for two reasons:

1. Safety concerns.

2. The first date is for getting to know each other. You do this by talking. The OP said that intermission is for talking, actually intermission is for the drive-in to sell snacks. Getting to know someone takes more than a 10 or 15 minute intermission conversation (contrary to the belief of some who believe they can determine a soul mate in the first 15 seconds of meeting). And if you need to have a movie as fodder for conversation on a first date then you probably don't have enough in common to be dating anyway.
 
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