What makes a date a date? Options

[*mipadi*]

Maybe it's my relative lack of experience in the area of relationships, but there's a question that often nags at me: What makes a date a date? At first glance, this may seem like an easy answer; but it's one that seems to elude people I ask. Take, for example, these two different, yet similar, scenarios:

1. You notice a nice young member of the opposite sex with whom you go to school. You think it might be nice to take him/her out sometime—dinner, a movie, something along those lines. So you ask him/her to a movie. Is that a date or just a friendly outing, and why? How do you know? How do you make it clear one way or the other?
2. You are friends with a young member of the opposite sex. You hang out with each other on a semi-regular basis. You decide to ask him/her to a movie or dinner. Is that a date or just a friendly outing, and why? How do you know? How do you make it clear one way or the other?

[NgocQuyen]

wow, thats kind of hard to decipher...haha hmmm
in situation number one...hmmm....it depends if you're interested in that person like THAT...you know what i'm saying? i mean i think that a date is with someone you have interest in. like you want to have some sort of relationship with that person, you know what i'm saying?
in situation number two...ughh same deal....

i just think that if you want it to be a date you have to say something on the lines of / or hint to that you like them and are interested in them

thats just..what i think...i'm not sure if that even makes sense..it sounded better in my head