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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.
All fair enough points. So if I wanna take a lady to the Drive In best leave it 'til about a 3rd or 4th Date when we feel more comfortable with one another.

It's just that it's become a real hobby of mine. I love going to the one in my area. Until I started going there it had been about 25 years since I'd last been to one. (I saw E.T that night)

I think it's because of the fact that there aren't that many of them left adds to the novelty. But they're an experience in themselves. So as you can imagine I'd like to experience it as much as possible before they all disappear forever.

Also I am wondering would 3 movies be too many in one go? During non daylight savings time they put on Triple Features. Mind you you can see movie individually if you prefer, but I like making a night of it.

I don't believe in love at first sight either. I'm more the view that it develops over time.
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ian80au wrote :
It's just that it's become a real hobby of mine.

Introducing dates to a hobby invites a question of the importance of that hobby.

Expecting a partner to be passionate for the hobby will leave a narrow range of partners. If the hobby is travel or sports this may not be too much a problem, but the more limited the interest in this hobby is, the harder it will be to find similar partners.
 
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Well it's only one of my hobbies. I also thought it would be appealing cause it involves seeing a movie but doing it slightly differently.
 
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Drive-in, yes!

Triple feature ... not for me, no thanks. I would be physically uncomfortable sitting in a car that long.

But you're not dating me! With the right attitude about it your date could find it very fun. But make sure she knows you're willing to leave early if she wants .... have fun!
 
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