How To Date With My New Sleeve

[Tshaunda 14]

I am 2 week post opp and 29 pounds down!!! A guy wants to take me on a date. He was like can we do dinner, or maybe go to a bar watch a game and grab a beer. I’m thinking I can’t do any of that, I can barely eat, I can’t drink any alcohol. I’m like wow my dating life will be way different now. I guess I can say, "" Hey I only have a small stomach I can’t really eat or drink so maybe we can have a date that doesn’t require any of the above. I feel abnormal. What is everyone else doing, maybe I just have to wait longer until I can eat more or have a drink.

[Lissa 2,631]

go to the bar to watch the game and order Water or tea. There's no rule that you must drink alcohol. I went out last weekend with friends and had no problem ordering a non-alcoholic drink while they had beer. Nobody even noticed. If you go to dinner, then just order some Soup. Claim you had a big lunch if he asks why you're eating so little and you don't want to share about surgery yet.

Enjoy the date!!

[Liliana Arleen 173]

How about to the cinema and watch a movie? that is something nice

[300PoundsDown 101]

I agree with the others. Skip the dinner and just go hang out. You can always sip on the water! The good thing is it makes you a cheap date!

[Thomas CPA 496]

Hopefully the guy is paying more attention to you then to what you are eating or drinking. Not their business about your surgery on a first date anyway.

[readyforachange 51]

Go to the bar, order Soup and play around w it while you eat it slowly. Tell him you've stopped drinking for one year.....it's just a personal decision. Order a Water and enjoy your time. No one will be paying any attention to what you are eating. Have fun and don't let this surgery stop you from living.

[Pookeyism 1,143]

Tell him you gave up drinking for Lent. Or get some real looks and tell him you have gave up everything but Soup for Lent!

[Bedhead 158]

One of my favorite dates ever was car shopping. Neither of us had any plans of buying one, nor the $$$$$$$$ to buy the sort of cars we test drove- but I think that was part of the fun of it! There was no awkward silence of a movie or weirdness of who got the check after eating. We talked and laughed and had SUCH fun!

[Pookeyism 1,143]

The car shopping thing is good!

[lovePINK 31]

another fun idea is going to an arcade or something at the mall. that doesnt really involve food or alcohol.. i did this the other day with my daughters father and we had a nice time

[Caradina 65]

My two best dates ever... I went to a local film festival. It was a buncgh of shorts, and we talked about them alot after so it broke the ice. The other one was a comedy club. It does something to be able to laugh with someone, and it will test his sense of humor. Neother place involves food or drinking. I know though, I've thought about this too. Suggest you go for a walk together after.

[Meredit 15]

Damn I thought this post was "how to get a hot date with the sleeve" I guess I'll keep trying to figure that out.. Good luck with your date though

[Tshaunda 14]

Thanks For all your advice!!! I actually ended up doing a lunch date with him. It was something nice to look forward to while at work. I told him I was on a liquid diet and just had the Soup which came with some cheese bread that looked oh so good. I gave that to him