{"id":1816,"date":"2017-10-05T01:31:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T01:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2017-10-05T01:32:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T01:32:06","slug":"ask-someone-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/ask-someone-date","title":{"rendered":"How to Ask Someone Out on a Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t underestimate the power of good timing, a well thought out message, and a perfect profile picture. These three things together are like the Ghostbusters crossing their beams against Zuul. You know&#8230;minus a fourth stream&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/online-dating-etiquette-part-4-of-5-what-to-write-in-your-first-message\">All that is left is <em>the<\/em>\u00a0<em>actual ask for the first date<\/em><\/a>. If your message is able to follow the below guidelines, you&#8217;ll be well on your way!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do<\/strong>\u00a0be clear that you want to see them in person. Let them know you\u00a0want to spend time with them away from the computer!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t<\/strong> be pushy. Respect their reply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do<\/strong>\u00a0offer an idea on where and\/or when to meet and what to do. Also, leave it open ended. Maybe they want to hang but want to do something else!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t<\/strong> be self-deprecating. Less is more here; be confident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do<\/strong> be natural and\u00a0<strong>don&#8217;t<\/strong> wait to send that message!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t underestimate the power of good timing, a well thought out message, and a perfect profile picture. These three things together are like the Ghostbusters crossing their beams against Zuul. You know&#8230;minus a fourth stream&#8230; All that is left is the\u00a0actual ask for the first date. If your message is able to follow the below [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,3,116,480,17,5],"tags":[411,539,316,192],"amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}