“In my day (30 years ago) taking date to a restaurant was “normal” even in yeshivish circles. It is not pretzus.”
My comment was meant “tongue in cheek” (that’s why I put a smiley, because I didn’t want anyone to think I meant it and that I was, c”v, criticizing people who go to restaurants on dates).
I was saying that to Joseph because he has come out against people doing things on dates, as seen in the thread I linked as well as his above response.
And btw, if you check out that thread, you’ll see that I came out in favor of people doing stuff on dates.
Actually, the reason I prefer to do things on dates is precisely because of the OP’s reasoning – if you do something fun on a date, it is harder to have a bad date. The reason why most of my dates are bad is because we don’t do anything, so if you don’t like the guy, it is just a waste of time and energy.
I would be able to go out more often if the guys I went out with actually took me to restaurants or to somewhere fun.